Anil Kapoor

Living in a Chawl in Tilak Nagar, Punjabi-speaking Anil was born in 1959 to Surinder and Nirmal aka Suchitra Kapoor. He has an elder brother, Boney, a sister, Reena, and a younger brother, Sanjay. His dad used to be Shammi Kapoor’s Secretary.

A loner, without many friends, he studied in the nearby O.L.P.S. (Our Lady of Perpetual Succor) School, and was an ardent fan of Bollywood flicks that were telecast during the Ganesh Maha Utsav every year. He was a fan of Raj Kapoor, and it was this that influenced his acting, and people saw him as a mimic of the legendary showman. He landed a role as a child artiste with Shashi Kapoor in the lead, but the movie (Tu Payal Main Geet) was never released.

After school, he went to study in St. Xaviers College. He commuted by bus and train from Chembur to Bombay V.T., and the walked the rest of the way. It was here that he met Mazhar Khan. A distracted Anil was kicked out of College in the second year due to his lack of presence. His attempts to join the Pune Film Institute were in vain, as he failed in the written examination. He then decided to join Roshan Taneja’s Acting school.

He first appeared on the silver screen in Hamhare Tumhare in a character role. His first lead role was in ‘Woh 7 Din’ and from thence on there has been no looking back. He has acted in close to a 100 movies, and has 5 in production. He has produced two movies (Gandhi My Father & Badhaai Ho Badhaai), as well as been a Casting Director/Outdoor In charge for ‘Hum Paanch’.

Kapoor’s first role in an international film was in Danny Boyle’s 2008 Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, for which he shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. His performance in the eighth season of the action series 24 generated rave reviews from the American press Globally, Anil Kapoor is one of the most recognized Indian actors.

Anil met wealthy and chic model, Sindhi-speaking Sunita Bhambhani, and married her in 1984. Since then they have given birth to 3 children, kapoor has two daughters and a son Harshwardhan Kapoor.Kapoor’s elder daughter is actress Sonam Kapoor. Rhea Kapoor attended school in New York and is now a producer in Mumbai.

Known For

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

2008

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

2011

Family Guy Not in library

Family Guy

1999

24 Not in library

24

2001

Animal

Animal

2023

Welcome Not in library

Welcome

2007

Dil Dhadakne Do Not in library

Dil Dhadakne Do

2015

Fighter

Fighter

2024

Race

Race

2008

Wanted Not in library

Wanted

2009

Acting

2027 Chamunda
2026 Subedaar as Subedaar Arjun Maurya In Library
2026 Alpha as Vikrant Kaul In Library
2026 King In Library
2026 Ramayana as Raja Janak In Library
2026 Vishwanath & Sons as Vishwanath
2025 War 2 as Vikrant Kaul
2025 The Roshans as Self (3 episodes) In Library
2024 Fighter as Rakesh Jaisingh (Rocky) In Library
2024 Savi as J Paul In Library
2024 Blackout as Narrator In Library
2024 The Great Indian Kapil Show as Self (1 episode) In Library
2023 Thank You For Coming as Professor Shekhar Sinha
2023 Animal as Balbir Singh In Library
2023 Rennervations as Self (1 episode)
2023 The Night Manager as Shailendra 'Shelly' Rungta (7 episodes) In Library
2023 The Romantics as Self (4 episodes)
2022 Thar as Inspector Surekha Singh
2022 JugJugg Jeeyo as Bheem Saini
2021 Bigg Boss OTT as Host (144 episodes)
2020 AK vs AK: The Final Battle as Self
2020 It's My Life as Narrator
2020 Malang as Anjaney Agashe In Library
2020 AK vs AK as Self
2019 Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga as Balbir Chaudhary
2019 Total Dhamaal as Avinash Patel In Library
2019 Pagalpanti as Wifi Bhai
2019 The Zoya Factor as Himself (Guest Appearance)
2018 Fanney Khan as Prashant Kumar Sharma "Fanney Khan"
2018 Race 3 as Shamsher Singh
2018 Dance Deewane as Himself (2 episodes)
2017 Oasis as Vikram Danesh
2017 Mubarakan as Kartar Singh
2017 Oasis as Vikram Danesh (1 episode)
2017 The Drama Company as Self (1 episode)
2017 Rising Star as Self (1 episode)
2016 The Kapil Sharma Show as Self (9 episodes) In Library
2016 The Kapil Sharma Show In Library
2016 The Kapil Sharma Show as Himself (4 episodes) In Library
2016 Comedy Nights Live as Himself (1 episode)
2016 BFFs with Vogue as Self (1 episode)
2015 Dil Dhadakne Do as Kamal Mehra
2015 Welcome Back as Sagar 'Majnu' Pandey
2014 Son of Abish as Self (1 episode)
2014 The Anupam Kher Show as Himself (1 episode)
2014 Barely Speaking with Arnub
2013 Race 2 as Inspector Robert D'Costa
2013 Shootout at Wadala as Afaaque Baaghran
2013 Bombay Talkies as Self, special appearance in "Apna Bombay Talkies" (uncredited)
2013 Mahabharat as Karna (voice)
2013 24: India as Jai Rathod (48 episodes)
2013 24: India as Jai Singh Rathod (24 episodes)
2013 Comedy Nights with Kapil as Self (5 episodes) In Library
2012 Tezz as Arjun Khanna
2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol as Brij Nath In Library
2011 Up Close & Personal with PZ as Himself (1 episode)
2010 No Problem as Arjun Singh
2010 Tees Maar Khan as Self
2009 Shortkut - The Con Is On as Guest Appearance (uncredited)
2009 Wanted as Special Appearance in "Jalwa" Song
2009 Live from Studio Five as Self (1 episode)
2008 Yuvvraaj as Gyanesh Yuvvraaj
2008 Tashan as Bhaiyyaji
2008 Black & White as Rajan Mathur
2008 Race as Robert D'Costa aka R.D. In Library
2008 My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves as Himself (guest appearance)
2008 Halla Bol as Himself (uncredited)
2008 Slumdog Millionaire as Prem In Library
2007 Welcome as Majnu Bhai
2007 Salaam-e-Ishq as Vinay Malhotra
2006 Darna Zaroori Hai as Karan Chopra
2006 Humko Deewana Kar Gaye as Karan Oberoi
2005 Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets as Krishan Pundit
2005 No Entry as Kishen
2005 My Wife's Murder as Ravi Patwardhan
2005 Bewafaa as Aditya Sahai
2004 Musafir as Lucky
2004 Koffee with Karan as Self (4 episodes) In Library
2004 Indian Idol as Self (1 episode) In Library
2003 Armaan as Dr. Akash Sinha
2003 Calcutta Mail as Avinash
2002 Om Jai Jagadish as Om Batra
2002 Rishtey as Suraj Singh
2002 Badhaai Ho Badhaai as Raja
2002 Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai as Himself (3 episodes) In Library
2001 Nayak: The Real Hero as Shivaji Rao
2001 Lajja as Raju
2001 Simply Shekhar as Himself (2 episodes)
2001 24 as Omar Hassan (15 episodes)
2000 Pukar as Major Jaidev Rajvansh
2000 Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai as Avinash
2000 Bulandi as Dharamraj "Dada" Thakur / Arjun Thakur
2000 Karobaar as Rajiv Sinha
2000 Kaun Banega Crorepati as Self (3 episodes)
1999 Taal as Vikrant Kapoor
1999 Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain as Vijay
1999 Mann as Raj
1999 Biwi No.1 as Lakhan
1999 Family Guy as Prem (voice) (1 episode)
1998 Kabhi Na Kabhi as Rajeshwar 'Raja'
1998 Gharwali Baharwali as Arun H. Verma
1998 Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate as Shanker Sharma / Ramanuj / Nilofar
1997 Judaai as Raj Verma
1997 Deewana Mastana as Raj Kumar Sharma (Raja)
1997 Virasat as Shakti Thakur
1997 Chandralekha as Mental health patient (Cameo)
1996 Mr. Bechara as Anand Verma
1996 Loafer as Ravi Kumar
1996 Rajkumar as Rajkumar
1995 Trimurti as Anand Singh / Sikander
1994 1942: A Love Story as Naren Singh
1994 Laadla as Raj 'Raju' Verma
1994 Mr Azaad as Azaad
1994 Andaz as Ajay Kumar Saxena
1993 Gurudev as Guru (Gaurav)
1993 Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja as Ramesh Verma/Romeo
1993 Dil Tera Aashiq as Himself
1993 GMTV as Self (1 episode)
1992 Beta as Raju
1992 Khel as Arun
1992 Zindagi Ek Juaa as Hari 'Harry' Krishan
1992 Humlaa as Shiva
1992 Heer Ranjha as Dido 'Ranjha'
1992 Apradhi as Shiva
1992 Aasmaan Se Gira as Himself
1991 Pratikar as Krishna Shrivastav
1991 Lamhe as Virendra Pratap Singh
1991 Jigarwala as Amar Singh
1991 Benaam Badsha as Deepak
1991 Dharavi as Anil Kapoor
1990 Kishen Kanhaiya as Kishen / Kanhaiya
1990 Amba as Suraj 'Sarju' B. Singh
1990 Ghar Ho To Aisa as Amar
1990 Jamai Raja as Raja
1990 Awaargi as Azaad
1990 Jeevan Ek Sanghursh as Karan Kumar
1989 Abhimanyu as Manu / Abhimanyu America Puri / Abdul Jabbar
1989 Ram Lakhan as Inspector Lakhan Pratap Singh
1989 Kala Bazaar as Vijay Girdharilal
1989 Eeshwar as Ishwarchand Vishnuchand Brahmanand Verma 'Ishwar'
1989 Parinda as Karan Choudhary
1989 Rakhwala
1989 Joshilaay as Karan
1989 Aag Se Khelenge as Raja Saxena / Johny
1988 Tezaab as Mahesh Deshmukh "Munna"
1988 Vijay as Arjun I. Gujral / Arjun S. Bhalla
1988 Ram-Avtar as Avtar
1988 Akarshan as Self
1988 Sone Pe Suhaaga as Ravi
1988 Intaqaam
1988 Kasam as Inspector Kishan Kumar / Krishna
1988 This Morning as Self (1 episode)
1987 Mr. India as Arun Verma / Mr. India
1987 Thikana as Ravi Goel
1987 Hifazat as Ram Kumar / Raj Kumar
1986 Chameli Ki Shaadi as Charandas
1986 Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya as Ravi
1986 Pyar Kiya Hai Pyar Karenge
1986 Karma as Johnny / Gyaneshwar
1986 Janbaaz as Amar Singh
1986 Insaaf Ki Awaaz
1986 Aap Ke Saath as Vimal
1985 Saaheb as Sunil Sharma / Saaheb
1985 Yudh as Avinash Rathod
1985 Meri Jung as Arun Verma
1985 Mohabbat as Shekhar
1984 Laila as Kumar Deshraj Singh
1984 Love Marriage as Rajesh Mehra
1984 Andar Baahar as Raja
1984 Mashaal as Raja
1983 Pallavi Anu Pallavi as Vijay
1983 Woh 7 Din as Prem Pratap
1982 Shakti as Ravi Kumar
1980 Ek Baar Kaho
1980 Vamsa Vruksham as Anil
Untitled Abhinav Bindra Biopic as Apjit Bindra
Animal Park as Balbir Singh
Dragon In Library
Welcome 4
Family Business as Jeh Davar (1 episode)

Production

2026 Subedaar Producer In Library
2025 Buzz Executive Producer
2024 Crew Producer In Library
2023 Thank You For Coming Producer
2022 Thar Producer
2018 Fanney Khan Producer
2018 Veere Di Wedding Producer
2018 Selection Day Producer
2014 Khoobsurat Producer
2010 Aisha Producer
2010 No Problem Producer
2009 Shortkut - The Con Is On Producer
2007 Gandhi, My Father Producer

Sound

2020 AK vs AK Playback Singer
2013 Shootout at Wadala Playback Singer

Creator

2021 Bigg Boss OTT Creator