For almost two decades, Vijay Amritraj was one of the most famous
tennis players in the world, and was the top tennis player in Asia for
14 straight years. In recent years, Vijay has become a leading tennis
commentator for Fox Sports in the US and STAR-TV in Asia. His
California-based company, First Serve Entertainment, is one of the
leading multimedia production companies that deals with Asian-American
content, and helped Disney, Turner and ESPN enter the Indian market.
When Amritraj was cast in Octopussy (1983), a problem arose because he was neither a member of British Equity nor of the Screen Actors Guild. Therefore Albert R. Broccoli asked his friend Leonard Goldberg to arrange a guest appearance for Vijay on Fantasy Island (1977) in order to receive SAG membership and subsequent Equity approval.
Tennis star.
His son, Prakash, (born October 2, 1983) is a professional tennis player. He turned professional in 2003 after winning the National Championships at the University of Southern California.
Appeared with his family as contestant on Family Feud with Richard
Dawson.
Named 8th Messenger of Peace by the United Nations.