Anil Kapoor
Acting
🎂 1956-12-24
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.
Cast credits(177)
Prem (voice)
1999
Self
2013
Self
2016
2016
Himself
2016
Omar Hassan
2001
Host
2021
Self
2000
Himself
2002
Self
1993
Himself
2016
Himself
2014
Self
2025
Brij Nath
2011
Shailendra "Shelly" Rungta
2023
Self
2014
Self
2023
Self
2023
Self
2024
Jai Rathod
2013
Jai Singh Rathod
2013
2014
Self
2009
Self
2004
Himself
2017
Himself
2001
Prem
2008
Balbir Singh
2023
Himself
2016
Himself
2011
Rakesh Jaisingh (Rocky)
2024
Kamal Mehra
2015
Himself
2018
Vikram Danesh
2017
Bheem Saini
2022
2025
J Paul
2024
Arun Verma / Mr. India
1987
Raja Janak
2026
Self
2010
Raj Verma
1997
Majnu Bhai
2007
Self
1988
Special Appearance in "Jalwa" Song
2009
Raj 'Raju' Verma
1994
Major Jaidev Rajvansh
2000
Raju
2001
Self
2017
Vikrant Kapoor
1999
Anjaney Agashe
2020
Shivaji Rao
2001
Wifi Bhai
2019
Inspector Robert D'Costa
2013
Balbir Chaudhary
2019
Vikram Danesh
2017
Vinay Malhotra
2007
Arun Verma
1985
Manu / Abhimanyu America Puri / Abdul Jabbar
1989
2026
Shamsher Singh
2018
Naren Singh
1994
Inspector Surekha Singh
2022
Bhaiyyaji
2008
Vijay
1999
Karan Chopra
2006
Inspector Lakhan Pratap Singh
1989
Raj
1999
Kishen
2005
Aditya Sahai
2005
Arjun Khanna
2012
Anand Singh / Sikander
1995
Avinash Patel
2019
Self
2020
Raj Kumar Sharma (Raja)
1997
Himself (uncredited)
2008
Lakhan
1999
Robert D'Costa aka R.D.
2008
Suraj Singh
2002
Himself
1993
Charandas
1986
Dr. Akash Sinha
2003
Kartar Singh
2017
Prashant Kumar Sharma "Fanney Khan"
2018
Gyanesh Yuvvraaj
2008
Virendra Pratap Singh
1991
Mental health patient (Cameo)
1997
Karna (voice)
2013
Karan Oberoi
2006
Prem Pratap
1983
Karan Choudhary
1989
2025
Narrator
2024
Self, special appearance in "Apna Bombay Talkies" (uncredited)
2013
Ravi
1988
Johnny / Gyaneshwar
1986
Raju
1992
Deepak
1991
Dido 'Ranjha'
1992
Sunil Sharma / Saaheb
1985
Amar Singh
1986
Avtar
1988
Arjun I. Gujral / Arjun S. Bhalla
1988
Mahesh Deshmukh "Munna"
1988
Arun H. Verma
1998
Raja
1984
Kishen / Kanhaiya
1990
Dharamraj "Dada" Thakur / Arjun Thakur
2000
Ravi Kumar
1982
Sagar 'Majnu' Pandey
2015
Himself (Guest Appearance)
2019
Raja
1990
Shakti Thakur
1997
Ramesh Verma/Romeo
1993
Balbir Singh
2026
Azaad
1990
Rajkumar
1996
Raja
1984
Rajeshwar 'Raja'
1998
Vijay Girdharilal
1989
Shiva
1992
Om Batra
2002
2026
Anand Verma
1996
Suraj 'Sarju' B. Singh
1990
Lucky
2004
Professor Shekhar Sinha
2023
Anil Kapoor
1991
Arjun Singh
2010
Ravi Kumar
1996
Inspector Kishan Kumar / Krishna
1988
Karan
1989
Ravi Goel
1987
Arun
1992
Hari 'Harry' Krishan
1992
1989
Ajay Kumar Saxena
1994
Rajan Mathur
2008
Avinash
2000
Rajiv Sinha
2000
Raja
2002
Himself (guest appearance)
2008
Shiva
1992
Krishan Pundit
2005
Guru (Gaurav)
1993
Ram Kumar / Raj Kumar
1987
Ravi Patwardhan
2005
Shanker Sharma / Ramanuj / Nilofar
1998
Karan Kumar
1990
Ishwarchand Vishnuchand Brahmanand Verma 'Ishwar'
1989
1988
Avinash Rathod
1985
1986
Amar Singh
1991
Guest Appearance (uncredited)
2009
Kumar Deshraj Singh
1984
Vimal
1986
Azaad
1994
Ravi
1986
Amar
1990
Anil
1986
Raja Saxena / Johny
1989
1986
Avinash
2003
Krishna Shrivastav
1991
1980
Subedaar Arjun Maurya
Vijay
1983
Narrator
2020
Self
1988
Shekhar
1985
Himself
1992
Rajesh Mehra
1984
Apjit Bindra
Self
2020
Afaaque Baaghran
2013
