S. J. Suryah

S. J. Suryah
S. J. Suryah in 2016
Born
S. Justin Selvaraj Pandian

(1968-07-20) 20 July 1968 (age 56)
Other namesNadippu Arakkan
Alma materLoyola College, Chennai
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Lyricist
  • Film director
  • Film producer
  • Screenwriter
  • Playback singer
  • Composer
  • Narrator
  • Philanthropist
Years active1988–present

S. Justin Selvaraj Pandian[1] (born 20 July 1968), known by his stage name S. J. Suryah, is an Indian actor, lyrcist, film director, film producer, screenwriter, playback singer, composer, narrator and philanthropist who predominantly works in Tamil films and in few Telugu films. He sought to become an actor but started out directing, assisting Vasanth and Sabhapathy.

Suryah made his directorial debut with Vaali in 1999 whose success catapulted him to stardom. His other notable films include Kushi (2000), New (2004), Anbe Aaruyire (2005) and Isai (2015). He made his acting debut with New and went on to act in films like Kalvanin Kadhali (2006), Thirumagan (2007), Vyabari (2007) and appeared as the antagonist in Spyder (2017), Mersal (2017), Maanaadu (2021), Don (2022) and Mark Antony (2023) and as the protagonist in Kadamaiyai Sei (2022) and Jigarthanda DoubleX (2023).

  1. ^ "SJ Suryah's real name is S Justin Selvaraj". The Times of India. 18 October 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2017.