John Vijay


John Vijay is an Indian actor who works in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. He is well known for his performances in Oram Po, Thillalangadi, Mouna Guru, Kalakalappu and Sarpatta Parambarai.

Career

John Vijay did his M.Sc. in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai. Vijay also works as the head programme director of Radio One FM. John is the chief of 'H2O', an advertising agency with its office at Nungambakkam. He made his acting debut with the film Thalaimagan.
Pushkar and Gayatri, who were his juniors in the Visual Communications course in Loyola College, offered him a role in their directorial debut Oram Po. His performance as "Sun of Gun" in the film was described by critics as "scene stealer, his antics bring the house down". His character in his debut film Oram Po was defined as a person who hails from Thoothukudi who had to come to Chennai and stay in Chennai on a permanent basis. He apparently learnt Madras Tamil for the film Oram Po.
John Vijay insisted that his fear of acting with big scale high-profile actors vanished after being cast by Mani Ratnam in [Raavanan (2010 film)|Raavanan]. He played the role of a rogue police officer in Mouna Guru starring opposite Arulnithi and his performance was well received. He played a friend of Rajinikanth in Kabali. John Vijay playing the role of an antagonist in Iravukku Aayiram Kangal.
He has also trained a few emerging actresses to speak Tamil fluently by hosting a program titled Tamil Pesum Kadanayagi, and he insisted the reason to host such a program was to encourage Tamil actresses to bag national awards by speaking Tamil in a fluent manner.
He played with Mohanlal in Malayalam films such as Lucifer and Big Brother. An later, he appeared in Telugu films such as Waltair Veerayya, Bhagavanth Kesari, Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire and Razakar.

Controversy

In October 2018, singer Sriranjani Sundaram accused John Vijay of sexual misconduct as part of MeToo allegations. It was during the middle of the night in 2014 that Sriranjani narrated a sequence of events about her receiving phone calls from Vijay, apparently accusing Vijay of phone sex, with the latter allegedly pursuing a conversation with Sriranjani, although Sriranjani had told him that she would call back the next day. The incident unfolded just a month after both attended a fun interview together.

Filmography

Tamil films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006Thalaimagan
2007Oram PoPichchai
2007BillaJohn
2008Poi Solla PoromJohny
2010RaavananHemanth Shankar
2010Angadi TheruDirector
2010Bale PandiyaPasupathy
2010Thillalangadi'Manda Odu' Maasi
2010VaKing,
Parattai Prince		Dual roles
2011KoHimselfSpecial appearance
2011Aanmai Thavarael'Andhra' Prasad
2011Vanthaan VendraanTraining coach
2011Mouna GuruMarimuthu
2012KalakalappuDharmarajan
2012Etho Seithai EnnaiKumar
2013SamarManohar
2013DavidRanade Babu
2013Moondru Per Moondru KaadhalElango
2013NeramKattai Kunju
2013Theeya Velai Seiyyanum KumaruMilitary Colonel
2013Pattathu YaanaiDaya
2013Ainthu Ainthu AinthuSpecial appearance
2013Vidiyum MunnLankan
2014Vaayai Moodi PesavumNuclear Star Boomesh
2014Thirudan PoliceMaravattai
2014Vellaikaara DuraiVatti Varadhan
2015Enakkul OruvanLucia Drug Dealer
2015Rombha Nallavan Da Nee
2015Sakalakala VallavanACP Duraisingam IPS
2015Thiru.Vi.Ka.Poonga
2015Dummy Tappasu
2016Azhagu Kutti ChellamCallsheet Kumar
2016Peigal Jaakkirathai
2016Saagasam'Chain' Jaipal
2016Ko 2Police Commissioner Santhanapandian
2016KabaliAmeer
2016NambiarPolice Officer
2016Bayam Oru Payanam
2016KadalaiBusinessman
2016Veera Sivaji
2017Vaigai ExpressSP Alexander
2017EnbathettuSakthi Saravanan
2017Kootathil OruthanYogendran
2017Thappu ThandaGuru
2017ThupparivaalanKamalesh
2017SoloShravan
201712-12-1950Himself
2017UlkuthuShanmugam
2018KaathadiKarthavarayan
2018Iruttu Araiyil Murattu KuththuSwamy
2018Iravukku Aayiram KangalVasanth
2018Semma Botha AagatheySekar
2018Kadaikutty SingamMLA
2018Vanjagar UlagamMaaran
2018Saamy 2Devendra Pichai
2018PattinapakkamSamuthiram
2018VandiInspector
2019Mr. LocalLawyer Arjun Reddy
2019ZombieInspector Panner Selvam
2019SangathamizhanCriminal Guest appearance
2019ThiravamZEE5 original web series
2019Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi GunduArms dealer
201950/50KulandhaiAlso singer for "Bin Laden Ganguda"
2021BhoomiEkambaram
2021Sarpatta ParambaraiKevin aka Daddy
2021Agadu
20214 SorryStephen
2021EnemyPeter
2021ThuneriKaruppasamy
2022AnanthamRamuWeb series
2022Take DiversionJK
2022The WarriorrSP Joshua
2022KaatteriNaina, Aarumugam
2022CobraAnand Subramaniam
2022YugiGuruprasad
2023Pichaikkaran 2Ilango-
2023KarungaapiyamKasi aka Annachi
2023KolaiMansoor Ali Khan
2023PartnerJohn Vijay
2023Thee IvanMinor
2024Singapore SaloonAnoop Menon
2024Vadakkupatti RamasamyMookaiyan
2024VithaikkaaranInspector Dharmaraj
2024PorPolice InspectorBilingual film
Simultaneously shot in Hindi titled Dange
2024Bayamariya Brammai
2024Jolly O GymkhanaInspector Idithangi
2024Nirangal MoondruDirector Kishore
2024MayanIPS officer
2025Leg PieceInspector Daas
2025Chennai City GangstersDamar Lal
2025Red Flower
2025Indian Penal LawSpecial Squad Officer
2025Revolver RitaInspector Kamaraj
2025MahasenhaForest officer Prathap
2025Retta ThalaInspector Thiraviyam
2026The BedInspector

Kannada films