Vijay Sethupathi
4 Albums

Native name	விஜய குருநாத சேதுபதி
Born	Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi (1978-01-16) 16 January 1978 (age 39) Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Dhanraj Baid Jain college (DB Jain college), Thuraipakkam, Chennai (B.Com.)
Occupation	2004–present [1]
Spouse(s)	Jessie (2003-present)
Children	Surya Shreeja
Parent(s)	Kalimuthu (Father) Saraswathi (mother)

Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi (born 16 January 1978), best known as Vijay Sethupathi, is an Indian film actor, producer, lyricist, and dialogue writer who stars in Tamil films.^[2] He is also refereed to as "Makkal Selvan" (People's Actor) in Tamil Nadu.Following a stint as an accountant, Sethupathi began considering an acting career. He started his film career working as a background actor, playing minor supporting roles for over five years,^[3] before playing his first lead role in Seenu Ramasamy's Thenmerku Paruvakaatru (2010).^[4] He went on to play the villain role in Sundarapandian (2012), and got his breakout roles with the films Pizza (2012) and Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012).^[5] He continued to star in successful films such as Soodhu Kavvum (2013), Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013), Pannaiyarum Padminiyum (2014), Naanum Rowdy Dhaan (2015), Sethupathi (2016),^[6] Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum (2016), Dharma Durai (2016), Kavan,(2017) Vikram Vedha (2017) and Karuppan (2017) all of which earned critical and commercial success, and turned Vijay Sethupathi into a bankable and popular "indie-film star" in Tamil cinema.^[7][8]