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John Vijay at LUXE cinemas, Chennai, 2016
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Born |
India |
20 November 1976
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2006 - present |
Spouse(s) | Madhavi Elangovan |
John Vijay (born 20 November 1976) is an Indian Tamil film actor, who plays supporting roles. He mostly plays the role of a comedy, villain in Tamil films. He has also worked in a few Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films.
John Vijay did his M.Sc in Visual Communication from Loyola College. 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.
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".
He is married to Madhavi Elangovan, daughter of ex-MP Mr. TKS Elangovan of the DMK on 21 January 2011.