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name: "Vijay Amritraj"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vijay-amritraj"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 December 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T12:17:19.809464+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Vijay Amritraj

Actor. Born 14 December 1953 in Madras, Madras State, British India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 December 1953, Madras, Madras State, British India
- **Active:** 1983–1986
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay_Amritraj, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q468309, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0025398/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1233481

## Biography

Vijay Amritraj is an Indian actor, retired professional tennis player and sports commentator. Born on 14 December 1953 in Madras (now Chennai), he achieved success as a tennis player before pursuing acting roles.

His best-known screen role is as the MI6 operative Vijay in the James Bond film *Octopussy* (1983). He also appeared in *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986) as a starship captain, *Nine Deaths of the Ninja* (1985) as Rankin, and guest roles in television series including *Hart to Hart* and *Walker, Texas Ranger*.

Amritraj has worked as a producer on several films and later became a tennis commentator. He received India's Padma Shri award in 1983.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, atptour.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), Fi1m 78, as Starship Captain — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *Octopussy* (1983), Fi1m 64, as Vijay — [page](https://film.one/film/octopussy.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, as Doctor
- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), as Starship Captain — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *What a Country!* (1986), series, as Ali Nadeem
- *The Last Precinct* (1986), series, as Alphabet
- *The Last Precinct* (1986), as Alphabet
- *School Spirit* (1985), Associate Producer
- *9 Deaths of the Ninja* (1985), as Rankin
- *Octopussy* (1983), as Vijay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/octopussy.md)
- *James Bond in India* (1983), Acting
- *Players* (1979), as Vijay Amritraj

## Gallery

- ![Sid Kohli alongside Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani and co-presenter Vijay Amritraj at Wimbledon 2024](https://film.one/media/person/1028450/gallery-8729bba2ceb9.jpg) Sid Kohli alongside Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani and co-presenter Vijay Amritraj at Wimbledon 2024 — BroadcastTalent, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/%28L-R%29_Sid_Kohil%2C_Sidharth_Malhotra%2C_Kiara_Advani%2C_Vijay_Amritraj.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sid Kohli alongside Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani and co-presenter Vijay Amritraj at Wimbledon 2024](https://film.one/media/person/1028450/gallery-972ba991919e.jpg) Sid Kohli alongside Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani and co-presenter Vijay Amritraj at Wimbledon 2024 — BroadcastTalent, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/%28L-R%29_Sid_Kohil%2C_Sidharth_Malhotra%2C_Kiara_Advani%2C_Vijay_Amritraj_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![This media file was uploaded as a part of the TamilWiki Media Contest. (2000)](https://film.one/media/person/1028450/gallery-d6aff66396d0.jpg) This media file was uploaded as a part of the TamilWiki Media Contest. (2000) — VasuVR, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/A07_Amritrajs_Practice.jpg/1280px-A07_Amritrajs_Practice.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![This media file was uploaded as a part of the TamilWiki Media Contest. (2000)](https://film.one/media/person/1028450/gallery-fafa8e501f6a.jpg) This media file was uploaded as a part of the TamilWiki Media Contest. (2000) — VasuVR, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Anand_and_Vijay_Amritraj_2000_Wimbledon_Sr_Invitation_Doubles_Finals.jpg/1280px-Anand_and_Vijay_Amritraj_2000_Wimbledon_Sr_Invitation_Doubles_Finals.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tom Selleck speaking at a microphone (3-6A) Annual White House tennis tournament to benefit the Nancy Reagan Drug Abuse Fund Maureen Reagan, Dennis Revell, Chuc](https://film.one/media/person/1028450/gallery-c3d262a5dc72.jpg) Tom Selleck speaking at a microphone (3-6A) Annual White House tennis tournament to benefit the Nancy Reagan Drug Abuse Fund Maureen Reagan, Dennis Revell, Chuc — Pete Souza, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Reagan_Contact_Sheet_C35182.jpg/1280px-Reagan_Contact_Sheet_C35182.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![This media file was uploaded as a part of the TamilWiki Media Contest. (2000)](https://film.one/media/person/1028450/gallery-ff03dd17a5cc.jpg) This media file was uploaded as a part of the TamilWiki Media Contest. (2000) — VasuVR, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Vijay_Amritraj_2000_Wimbledon_Gentlemen_Sr_Invitation_Doubles_Finals.jpg/1280px-Vijay_Amritraj_2000_Wimbledon_Gentlemen_Sr_Invitation_Doubles_Finals.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- tennis hall of fame 2024: tennis hall of fame (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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