Akshay Kapoor

Last updated

Akshay Kapoor
Akshay Kapoor.jpg
Born (1980-09-18) 18 September 1980 (age 44)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActor
Years active2004–2013, 2023
SpouseCynthia Jacob [1]

Akshay Kapoor (born 18 September 1980) is an Indian actor.

Contents

Biography

Akshay was born on 18 September 1980 in India and immigrated to the United States when he was 6 months old. He spent his childhood and teens in Pittsgrove, New Jersey and trained as a theatre actor having appeared in some Broadway plays. [2] He has since tried his luck in Bollywood.

He made his Bollywood film debut with the teen romantic comedy, Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao was released in 2004. In 2006, he starred in his second Bollywood film, Alag , a remake of the American film Powder . In it, he played the role of a man with extraordinary supernatural powers and with no hair on his entire body. Although both of the films failed at the box office, he got good reviews for his performances in both films. [3] [4] He made his debut in the Telugu film Atu America Itu India (2001). [5]

He has also appeared in a Short film called A Beautiful Mind... of a Gladiator which is a spoof of the Oscar-winning films A Beautiful Mind and Gladiator . In 2009, he played a small role in Kal Kissne Dekha and played the lead in the thriller, Three and the dance film, Fast Forward.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Atu America Itu India VikasTelugu film; credited as Sunny
2004 Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao Rahul Malhotra
2004A Beautiful Mind... of a GladiatorBoyfriendShort film
2006 Alag Tejas Rastogi
2008Spring BrokeFrank
2008Mujhe Rang De
2009 Ek: The Power of One Puran Singh
2009Fast ForwardSunny
2009 Kal Kissne Dekha Kabir
2009 Three – Love, Lies and Betrayal Rajeev Dutt
2012It's Rocking: Dard-e-DiscoRocky Singh
2013 Enemmy Ram Govardhan (RG)
2023 P I Meena News AnchorTV Series on Prime Video

References