Thalaivasal Vijay

Thalaivasal Vijay is an Indian actor and dubbing artiste. He has acted predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam films.

Career

Vijay's debut film was Thalaivaasal, which became part of his stage name in Tamil cinema following acclaim for his performance. He is noted for his character roles, especially in R. Sukumaran's 2010 Malayalam film Yugapurushan as Narayana Guru. The actor is usually seen in negative and supporting roles. Vijay, in his career spanning over 30 years, has appeared in more than 270 films.

Filmography

Malayalam

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Madhuranombarakattu	Kalki Parameswar
2004	Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku	Periya Thevar
2010	Yugapurushan	Sree Narayana Guru
2010	Shikkar	Rowther
2011	August 15	DGP
2011	The Filmstaar	Sakhavu Raghavan
2011	Teja Bhai & Family	Damodarji
2011	Melvilasom	Colonel Surat Singh
2011	Snehadaram
2012	Karmayogi
2012	Achante Aanmakkal
2012	Nidra	Madhava Menon
2012	Hero	Dharmarajan Master
2012	Silent Valley
2012	Matinee	Najeeb's father
2012	The Hitlist	Robert
2013	Lokpal	Ramabhadran / PP
2013	Celluloid	Mudaliar
2013	Breaking News Live	Adv. Surendra Menon
2013	Bangles	DYSP Soloman
2013	Radio	Doctor
2013	Olipporu
2013	North 24 Kaatham	Sreekumar
2013	Oru Kudumba Chithram	Shanmukha Vel
2013	Pigman
2014	Gamer	Abraham Koshi
2015	Lavender	Joseph Tharakan
2015	Kanthari	Cameo
2015	Oru New Generation Pani
2016	Campus Diary
2017	Vedham
2018	Captain	SP Rajashekaran
2018	Kinar	Minister
2019	Luca	Jayaram
2019	Kunjiramante Kuppayam	Raman
2022	Aaraattu	Varadaraja Venkatachalam
2023	1921: Puzha Muthal Puzha Vare	Variyankunnath Kunjahammad Haji
2023	Within Seconds	Don
2023	Garudan	Colonel Philip George
2025	The Protector
			Post Production

Telugu

Year	Film	Role
1995	Stri	Paddalu
2005	Nayakudu	Vadayar's henchman
2006	Neeku Naaku
2008	Keka	Kiran's father
2010	Maro Charithra	Swapna's father
2011	Gaganam	Col. Jagadeesh
2013	Satya 2	Prakash Rao
2018	Bhaagamathie	Psychiatrist
2019	Yatra	Tulla Devender Goud
2020	V	Ramanujan
2022	Radhe Shyam	Scientist
2022	Aa Ammayi Gurinchi Meeku Cheppali	Dr. James Kutty
2024	Razakar – Silent Genocide of Hyderabad	K. M. Munshi

As voice over artist

Year	Film	For Whom	Character
1997	Ullaasam	Devan
1998	Uyire	Aditya Srivastava
1999	House Full	Surya (Telugu actor)	Police commissioner
1999	Mudhalvan	Surya (Telugu actor)	Pugazhendhi's bodyguard
2000	Pandavas: The Five Warriors		Shakuni
2001	Pandavar Bhoomi	Mukesh Tiwari
2002	Gemini	Murali
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	J. D. Chakravarthy
2003	Magic Magic 3D	Tirlok Malik	Krishna
2003	Nala Damayanthi	Bruno Xavier	Ivan
2003	Arasu	Murali
2005	Ghajini	Pradeep Rawat
2009	Vettaikaaran	Srihari	Devaraj
2012	Vettai	Ashutosh Rana	Annaachi
2013	Aarambam	Atul Kulkarni
2014	Jilla	Pradeep Rawat
2017	Kadamban	Deepraj Rana
2018	Adanga Maru	Babu Antony
2022	Ponniyin Selvan: I	Babu Antony	Khottiga
2023	Ponniyin Selvan: II	Babu Antony	Khottiga

Awards

Year	Title	Awards
2010	Special Jury Award - Yugapurushan	Kerala State Film Awards
2012	Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Karmayogi	1st South Indian International Movie Awards
2018	Azhagu	Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal for Best Father