Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 22, 1963 (age 63)
Place of Birth
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Also Known As
- Rajit Kapur
- Rajit Kapoor
Rajit Kapoor
Biography
Rajit Kapoor born May 22, 1963 in Amritsar, is a distinguished Indian film and theatre actor and director. He gained fame portraying the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi in the eponymous television series on Doordarshan in 1993. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for portraying Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film The Making of the Mahatma. His film debut was in Shyam Benegal's Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992). He also won acclaim for his role in the Malayalam film Agnisakshi. A prominent theatre personality, Kapur has appeared in recent films like Raazi, Uri: The Surgical Strike, and Mission Majnu.
Known For - Movies
Uri: The Surgical Strike
as Prime Minister Of India
Attack
as Home Minister
Kick
as Dr. Jayant Verma
Ghulam
as Jai, Siddhartha's brother
Begum Jaan
as Ilias
Guzaarish
as Vipin Patel
Raazi
as Hidayat Khan
Zubeidaa
as Riyaz Masud
Mission Majnu
as Pakistan PM Bhutto
Baar Baar Dekho
as Panditji (Special Appearance)
Known For - TV Shows
The Kapil Sharma Show
The Kapil Sharma Show
as Self
Bard of Blood
as Sadiq Shaikh
Rocket Boys
as Jawaharlal Nehru
Kaali Peeli Tales
as Father
Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India
as Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
Pharma
as Dr. Rajiv Rao
Mithya
as Anand Tyagi
Aisa Waisa Pyaar
as Mahendra Acharya
Going Viral Pvt. Ltd.
as Gulshan Sood