Vijay Sethupathi is an Indian actor and film producer. He was born on 16 January 1978 in Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, India. His film career started as a background actor and he played minor supporting roles for a couple of years before playing his first lead role in Thenmerku Paruvakaatru (2010). In 2012, he gained massive popularity for his critically acclaimed and commercially successful films Pizza, Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom, and Sundarapandian.
Sethupathi has established himself as an actor with his notable work in Tamil films like Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013), Pannaiyarum Padminiyum (2014), Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum (2016), Iraivi (2016), Vikram Vedha (2017), 96 (2018), Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018), Petta (2019), Super Deluxe (2019), Master (2021), Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal (2022) and Vikram (2022) and Telugu films like Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019), Uppena (2021) and Farzi (2023).
Vijay married his girlfriend, Jessy whom he had met online. The couple has two children, a son named Surya and a daughter named Shreeja.
