Bobby Deol Biography

Bobby Deol

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Bobby Deol

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Bobby Deol

Born Vijay Singh Deol

27 January 1969 (age 50)[1]

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Nationality Indian

Citizenship Indian

Occupation

ActorDJ[2]

Years active 1977;1995–present

Spouse(s) Tanya Deol

Children 2

Parent(s) Dharmendra Deol (father)

Parkash Kaur (mother)

Relatives See Deol family

Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1969),[3] better known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian film actor and occasional DJ[4] who works in Hindi films.[5] In a career spanning more than two decades, he has appeared in over forty films and is the recipient of a Filmfare Award and a Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination. He is the son of Dharmendra and the brother of Sunny Deol, also a successful actor in the Indian Film Industry. He is particularly noted for acting in several thriller films, often playing antiheroic characters who are forced to commit crimes to avenge the deaths of loved ones and his films commonly involve themes of jealousy, deceit and revenge and are romantic thrillers often involving him caught in love triangles.

Deol briefly appeared as a child actor in the film Dharam Veer in 1977 and made his acting debut as an adult in Barsaat (1995) which garnered him the Filmfare Best Debut Award. Subsequently, he was featured in several commercially successful films including the 1997 suspense thriller Gupt, the 1998 action thriller Soldier, the 2000 action thrillers Badal and Bichhoo, the 2001 suspense Ajnabee, the 2002 romantic thriller Humraaz for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award, the 2007 sports drama Apne, the 2011 comedy Yamla Pagla Deewana and the 2018 action thriller Race 3. His other notable and critically recognised work includes Kareeb (1998), Dillagi (1999), Bardaasht (2004), Jurm (2005), Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007), Naqaab (2007), Heroes (2008) and Dostana (2008).

In addition to acting in films, Deol is involved with several humanitarian causes and has participated in concert tours and stage shows. He has been married to Tanya Deol since 1996. They have two sons.