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Also known as Manoj Bajpayee

Indian actor

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Unique Sole Beat

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Film & TV

Acting · 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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Active from
1969

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
48
Total plays
190

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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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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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