Vignesh Vijayan was born in Ambasamudram in Tirunelveli, India. He completed his schooling from Velankanni Mat.Hr.Sec School, Chennai and graduated from Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE), Sriperumbudur near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He served as a Software Engineer at Cognizant Technology Solutions before being introduced into the Tamil film industry. Vignesh Vijayan made his silver screen debut through several junior artist roles including Spyder (2017) directed by A. R. Murugadoss. Before that he was performing artist and an entertainer in various television shows as an Anchor and performer that includes Vijay TV's lead comedy show Kalakka Povathu Yaaru, (Season 08). Started his movie career with short films which includes late releases of RAA (2019) Venkat Prabhu produced Tamil mystery thriller directed by Pozhilan & Pilot of Kalavu - Kalavum Katru Mara (2020) directed by Murali Karthick. His onscreen performances in his subsequent Web Series, Nila Nila Odi Vaa (2018), directed by Nandhini JS. Time Enna Boss (2020) Directed by Subu, Police Diary 2.0 (2019) directed by Vikarnan. His onscreen performances in his subsequent films, Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017), Pon Manickavel (2021), FIR (2022) and D Block (2022), made him to be considered as one of the known promising actors. Musasi (2022 - Filming) along with Prabhudeva.