Vishal is a Tamil actor and producer, written here as an alternate take on Vishal Krishna Reddy, the Chennai-born actor known professionally as Vishal. Born in 1977 into a Telugu-speaking family with roots in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, he began as an assistant director before making his lead debut in Chellamae in 2004. He studied visual communications at Loyola College, Chennai.

He is best known for Tamil action films such as Sandakozhi, Thimiru, Malaikottai, Thupparivaalan, Irumbu Thirai and Mark Antony. He runs the production company Vishal Film Factory, founded in 2013, and has been General Secretary of the Nadig