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Actor

Gender

Male

Birthday

19 October

Location

Punjab, India

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Sunny Deol

Biography

Ajay Singh Dharmendra Deol (born 19 October 1956), better known by his stage name Sunny Deol, is an Indian actor, film director, producer, politician and incumbent Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency) of Punjab, India. 

 

As an actor, he has worked in more than 100 Hindi films and earned the image of an angry action hero. He went on to star in numerous successful films in the 1980s and 1990s and is considered one of the top stars of that time. Deol has won two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards.

 

Deol made his debut opposite fellow debutante Amrita Singh in Betaab (1983), for which he received a Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination. 

 

With his portrayal of an amateur boxer wrongly accused of his brother's murder in Rajkumar Santoshi's Ghayal in 1990, Deol gained wide recognition and praise and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and the National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film). 

 

His portrayal of a lawyer in the film Damini – Lightning (1993) won him the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

 

 He starred in other several blockbuster movies such as Darr (1993), Jeet (1996), Ghatak (1996), Ziddi (1997), Border (1997), Arjun Pandit (1999), and Indian (2001).

 

Another milestone for Deol was Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001), in which Deol portrayed a patriotic Indian truck driver, and the movie became the highest-grossing Bollywood film ever at the time of its release, garnering him a Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination.  

 

Later, Deol appeared alongside his father Dharmendra, and brother Bobby Deol for the first time in the 2007 hit, Apne, followed by a family comedy, Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011), which was also successful.

Known for
Actor
2026

Border 2 as

2023

Gadar 2 as Tara Singh

2022

Chup: Revenge of the Artist as Arvind Mathur

2018

Bhaiaji Superhit as Bhaiyaji 3D, Devi Dayal Dubey, Fanny Singh

2018

Mohalla Assi as Dharamnath Pandey

2017

Poster Boys as Jagaavar Chaudhry

2016

Ghayal Once Again as Ajay Mehra

2015

I Love New Year as Randhir Singh

2013

Singh Saab the Great as Saranjeet Talwar (Sunny)

2013

Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 as Paramveer Singh Dhillon

2010

Right Yaaa Wrong as ACP Ajay Sridhar

2009

Fox as Inspector Yashwant Deshmukh

2008

Heroes as Squadron Leader Vikram Shergill

2008

Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se as Puran

2007

Kaafila as Colonel Sameer Ahmed Khan

2007

Apne as Angad B. Singh Choudhary

2007

Fool N Final as Munna

2007

Big Brother as Devdhar S. 'Deva' Gandhi, Devdhar Sharma

2006

Naksha as Veer K. Malhotra

2006

Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera as ACP Arjun Singh

2005

Jo Bole So Nihaal as Havaldar Nihaal Singh

2004

Rok Sako To Rok Lo as Kabir 'Phantom' Mukherjee

2004

Lakeer – Forbidden Lines as Arjun Rana

2003

Khel – No Ordinary Game as A.C.P. Rajveer Scindia

2003

The Hero: Love Story of a Spy as Major Arun Khanna, Batra, Wahid

2002

Karz: The Burden of Truth as Suraj Singh

2002

Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani as Karan Saxena

2002

23rd March 1931: Shaheed as Chandrashekhar Azad

2002

Maa Tujhhe Salaam as Major Pratap Singh

2001

Indian as DCP Rajshekhar Azad

2001

Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke as Sagar (Special Appearance)

2001

Gadar: Ek Prem Katha as Tara Singh

2001

Farz as DCP Karan Singh

2000

Champion as Rajveer Singh

1999

Dillagi as Ranvir

1999

Arjun Pandit as Arjun Dixit, Arjun Pandit

1999

Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin as Anand

1998

Salaakhen as Vishal S. Agnihotri

1998

Zor as Arjun U. Singh

1997

Qahar as Raja

1997

Border as Major Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri

1997

Ziddi as Deva Pradhan

1996

Ajay as Ajay

1996

Ghatak: Lethal as Kashi Nath

1996

Jeet as Karan

1996

Himmat as Agent Ajay Saxena

1994

Insaniyat as Karim Lala

1993

Veerta as Mangal

1989

Nigahen: Nagina Part II as Anand

Jaat as

Apne 2 as

Director
2016

Ghayal Once Again

1999

Dillagi

Producer
1999

Dillagi