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Manoj Bajpai is an Indian actor who works in film, television, and on stage. He was born in 1969 in Narkatiaganj, also described as Belwa in the West Champaran district of Bihar, India. Bajpai speaks Hindi and is a Hindu. He is married to Neha and received his education at the University of Delhi.
His professional career began in 1994. Throughout his work in acting, he has received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.
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Belwa, West Champaran district, Bihar, India
Manoj Bajpayee, also credited as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema and has also done some Telugu and Tamil language films. He is the recipient of two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. Manoj Bajpayee was born on April 23, 1969 in Belwa, Bihar, India. He is known for his work on Gangs of Wasseypur(2012), Special 26 (2013) and Veer-Zaara…
Known for
- Governor2026
- The Fable — Dev2025
- Inspector Zende — Inspector Madhukar Zende2025
- Bhaiyya Ji2024
- Despatch — Joy Deb2024
- Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout — ACP Avinash Verma2024
- Killer Soup — Prabhakar "Prabhu" Shetty/Umesh Pillai/Umesh Shantaram Mahto2024
- Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai — PC Solanki2023
- Satya- Ab Tak Pachchees — Himself2023
- Gulmohar — Arun Batra2023
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1969-04-23 ) 23 April 1969 (age 57) , Belwa , Bihar , India
- Alma mater
- Delhi University
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1993–present
- Works
- Full list
- Spouse
- Shabana Raza ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2006 )
- Awards
- Full list
- Honours
- Padma Shri (2019)
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Narkatiaganj
- Spouse
- Neha
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Manoj Bajpai.jpg
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- Manoj Bajpai
- date of birth
- 1969-04-23
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema. He has appeared in over 70 films. A prolific actor of Indian cinema, he is the recipient of numerous accolades including four National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, and two Asia Pacific Screen Awards. In 2019, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.
Born in a small village in Bihar, Bajpayee aspired to become an actor since childhood. He relocated to Delhi at the age of seventeen, and applied for the National School of Drama, was rejected four times. He continued to do theatre while studying in college. Bajpayee made his feature film debut with minor roles in Drohkaal (1994) and Bandit Queen (both 1994). He had his breakthrough playing a gangster in Ram Gopal Varma's 1998 crime drama Satya, for which he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. He then acted in films such as Kaun? (1999) and Shool (1999). For the latter, he won his second Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.
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