Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi (Tamil: விஜய குருநாத சேதுபதி; born 16 January 1978), known as Vijay Sethupathi (Tamil: விஜய் சேதுபதி), is an Indian film actor, producer, lyricist, and dialogue writer who appears in Tamil films. Following a stint as an accountant, he begun considering an acting career. He was working as a background actor, playing minor supporting roles for over five years, before playing his first lead role in Seenu Ramasamy's Thenmerku Paruvakaatru (2010). He went on to star in Sundarapandian (2012), Pizza (2012), Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012) (which brought his initial recognition), Soodhu Kavvum (2013) and Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013), which earned critical & commercial success, turned Vijay Sethupathi into a popular name in Tamil cinema.

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Vijay Sethupathi has three siblings, one elder brother, one younger brother and one younger sister. He returned from Dubai in 2003 to marry his girlfriend, whom he had met and dated online. He has two children, one son (Surya) and one daughter (Shreeja). He named his son Surya in the remembrance of his friend who died during his school days.