Vijayakanth filmography

The following is the filmography of Vijayakanth (1952–2023), an Indian actor, film director, film producer, philanthropist and politician.^[1][2]

Filmography

Actor

1970s

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1979	Inikkum Ilamai	Arun
	Agal Vilakku	Dhanushkodi

1980s

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1980	Neerottam	Kumar	credited as A. Vijayakanth	[3]
	Samanthipoo	Prakash
	Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam	Ponnan		[4]
1981	Sattam Oru Iruttarai	Vijay		[5]
	Sivappu Malli	Ranga		[6]
	Nenjile Thunivirunthal	Muthu		[7]
	Jadhikkoru Needhi	Kaantha		[8]
	Noolaruntha Pattam	Udhaya		[9]
	Needhi Pizhaithathu	Vijay		[10]
1982	Parvaiyin Marupakkam	Vijay
	Pattanathu Rajakkal	Vijay
	Autoraja	Raja
	Sivantha Kangal	Inspector Vijay
	Om Shakti	Kathavarayan		[11]
	Sattam Sirikkiradhu	Subash		[12]
1983	Naan Soottiya Malar	Ashok		[13]
	Dowry Kalyanam	Ethiraj
	Saatchi	Inspector Vijay
1984	Madurai Sooran	Sooran		[14]
	Madras Vathiyar	Marasamy
	Theerppu En Kaiyil	Madhan		[15]
	Vetri	Vijay (Vetri)
	Nooravathu Naal	Raj
	Vengaiyin Mainthan	Pambatti
	Kuzhandhai Yesu	Jeeva
	Vellai Pura Ondru	Jeeva		[16]
	Nalla Naal	Chinna Durai (Muthu)
	Maman Machan	Mahesh
	Veetuku Oru Kannagi	Vijay
	Sabaash	Vijay		[17]
	Naalai Unathu Naal	Arun
	Sathiyam Neeye	Soori
	Idhu Enga Boomi	Vijay		[18]
	Vaidhegi Kaathirunthaal	Vellaichamy	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
	Kudumbam	Vijay
	January 1	Inspector Mano		[19]
1985	Alai Osai	Muthu
	Santhosha Kanavukal	Pandian		[20]
	Pudhu Yugam	Vijay
	Navagraha Nayagi	Narayana
	Raman Sreeraman	Vijay, Sanjay	Dual role
	Puthiya Sagaptham	Vijay		[21]
	Annai Bhoomi	Raja
	Naane Raja Naane Mandhiri	Rangamani		[22]
	Thandanai	Kumar
	Amudha Gaanam	Sundaram
	Engal Kural	Himself	Guest appearance
	Eetti	Velan
	Neethiyin Marupakkam	Inspector Vijayakumar
	Puthiya Theerpu	Inspector Raja
	Yemaatrathe Yemaaraathe	Suryaprakash		[23]
1986	Karimedu Karuvayan	Karuvayan
	Amman Kovil Kizhakale	Chinnamani	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil
	Nambinar Keduvadhillai	Murali
	Manakanakku	Ramanu
	Enakku Nane Needipathi	Vijay
	Vasantha Raagam	Vijay
	Oomai Vizhigal	DSP Dheenadayalan
	Annai En Dheivam	Vijay
	Thazhuvatha Kaigal	Gopal
	Dharma Devathai	Vijay		[24]
	Oru Iniya Udhayam	Sakhtivel		[25]
1987	Sirai Paravai	DCP Rajasekharan
	Solvadhellam Unmai	Vijay		[26]
	Poo Mazhai Pozhiyuthu	Pandian		[27]
	Velundu Vinaiyillai	Vetri
	Veerapandiyan	Manimaran		[28]
	Cooliekkaran	Raja	In This Film He has got the title 'Puratchi Kalaignar'	[29]
	Veeran Veluthambi	Inspector Rahman		[30]
	Ninaive Oru Sangeetham	Marudhu
	Manathil Uruthi Vendum	Himself	Guest appearance for song "Vangala Kadale"
	Sattam Oru Vilayaattu	Vijay
	Uzhavan Magan	Chinna Durai, Siva	Dual role
1988	Kaalaiyum Neeye Maalaiyum Neeye	Raja, Inspector Vishwanath	Dual role	[31]
	Makkal Aanaiyittal	Kathiravan
	Ullathil Nalla Ullam	Michael Raj		[32]
	Therkathi Kallan	Kallan
	Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran	Anthony	Cinema Express Awards for Best Character Actor Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
	Thambi Thanga Kambi	Shankar		[33]
	Nallavan	Gurumoorthy, Rajasekhar	Dual role	[34]
	Senthoora Poove	Captain Soundarapandiyan	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor Cinema Express Awards for Best Character Actor	[35]
	Thenpandi Seemayile	Vijay
	Uzhaithu Vaazha Vendum	Raja		[36]
1989	En Purushanthaan Enakku Mattumthaan	Marudhu		[37]
	Paattukku Oru Thalaivan	Arivu
	Poruthathu Pothum	Nallarasu (Vallarasu), Ponnuthangam	Dual role
	Ponmana Selvan	Raja
	Dharmam Vellum	Inspector K. Jaganath, Vijay	Dual role
	Rajanadai	Inspector Vijayakanth
	Meenakshi Thiruvilayadal	Shiva / Lord Sundareswar		[38]

1990s

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1990	Pulan Visaranai	DCP 'Honest' Raj	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	[39]
	Pudhu Padagan	Manikkam		[40]
	Sandhana Kaatru	Azhagiri
	Sirayil Pootha Chinna Malar	Muthappa, Parthiban	Dual role	[41]
	Enkitta Mothathe	Pandiyan
	Chatriyan	ACP Panneer Selvam
1991	Iravu Sooriyan	Himself	Special appearance
	Captain Prabhakaran	DFO Prabhakaran IFS	100th Film In This Film He has got the nickname 'Captain '	[42]
	Maanagara Kaaval	ACP Subash		[43]
	Moondrezhuthil En Moochirukkum	Robert		[44]
1992	Chinna Gounder	Thavasi (Chinna Gounder)	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	[45]
	Bharathan	Bharathan		[46]
	Thai Mozhi	Inspector Alex	Special appearance	[47]
	Kaviya Thalaivan	Manikkam		[48]
1993	Kovil Kaalai	Uppiliyappan		[49]
	Ezhai Jaathi	Subhash Chandra Bose		[50]
	Sakkarai Devan	Sakkarai Devan		[51]
	Rajadurai	SP Rajadurai, Vijay	Dual role	[52]
	Enga Muthalali	Vijaya Ragunadhan Reddy		[53]
	Senthoorapandi	Senthoorapandi	Extended Cameo Appearance	[54]
1994	Sethupathi IPS	DCP Sethupathi		[55]
	Honest Raj	ASP Raj	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	[56]
	Pathavi Pramanam	Siva		[57]
	En Aasai Machan	Aruchami		[58]
	Periya Marudhu	Periya Marudhu		[59]
1995	Karuppu Nila	Shanmuga Pandian
	Thirumoorthy	Moorthy		[60]
	Gandhi Pirantha Mann	Balu, Gandhi	Dual role
1996	Thayagam	Sakthivel	Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	[61]
	Tamizh Selvan	Thamizhselvan IAS
	Alexander	Alexander IPS
1997	Dharma Chakkaram	Chakkaravarthy		[62]
1998	Ulavuthurai	Commodore Vasanth Periyasamy	125th Film
	Dharma	Dharma
	Veeram Vilanja Mannu	Duraipandi, DSP Vijay	Dual role
1999	Kallazhagar	Kamalakannan, Kamaaluddin	Dual role
	Periyanna	Lingam (Periyanna)	Extended Cameo Appearance
	Kannupada Poguthaiya	Vetrivel, Vasudevarayar	Dual role

2000s

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2000	Vaanathai Pola	Vellaichamy, Muthu	Dual role	[63]
	Vallarasu	DCP Vallarasu
	Simmasanam	Sathyamurthy, Sakthivel, Thangarasu	Triple role
2001	Vaanchinathan	DCP Vaanchinathan		[64]
	Narasimha	Captain Narasimha
	Viswanathan Ramamoorthy	Himself	Cameo appearance	[65]
	Thavasi	Thavasi, Boopathi	Dual role
2002	Raajjiyam	Karthikeyaan
	Devan	Rathnavelu IPS	Extended Cameo Appearance	[66]
	Ramanaa	Ramanaa
2003	Chokka Thangam	Muthu		[67]
	Thennavan	Thennavan IAS		[68]
2004	Engal Anna	Sundaralingam Prabhakaran (SP)		[69]
	Gajendra	Gajendra
	Neranja Manasu	Ayyanar
2005	Maayavi	Himself	Special appearance
2006	Sudesi	Sudesi		[70]
	Perarasu	Ilavarasu Pandiyan (Kasi Vasudevan IPS), Perarasu Pandiyan	Dual role
	Dharmapuri	Sivaraman
2007	Sabari	Sabarivasan
2008	Arasangam	Arivarasu IPS	150th Film
2009	Mariyadhai	Annamalai, Raja	Dual role
	Engal Aasaan	Mahendran

2010s

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2010	Virudhagiri	Virudhagiri IPS	Also Director	[71]
2015	Sagaptham	Deiveegam	Cameo appearance	[72]

2020s

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
2024	The Greatest of All Time	Captain (Gandhi in disguise)	Posthumous release AI Generated Cameo appearance	[73]
2025	Padai Thalaivan	Professsor Ramanaa		[74]

As producer

Vijayakanth with his brother-in-law L. K. Sudheesh has produced films under the company Captain Cine Creations.

• Vallarasu (2000)
• Narasimha (2001)
• Thennavan (2003)
• Engal Anna (2004)
• Sudesi (2006)
• Arasangam (2008)
• Viruthagiri (2010)
• Sagaptham (2015)