John Abraham filmography

Abraham at an event

John Abraham is an Indian actor, film producer and former model who has featured in over 50 films. ^{[1] [2]} After a successful career as a model, Abraham began his acting career with Jism in 2003, which was a box office success. In the same year, he appeared in Anurag Basu's supernatural romantic thriller film Saaya and Pooja Bhatt's directorial crime thriller film Paap . ^[3] Abraham starred as Kabir in the multi-starrer Dhoom , an action film directed by Sanjay Gadhvi, and produced by Yash Raj Films. The film was the third highest-grossing film of the year, ^[4] and earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role.

In 2008, John starred alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra in Dostana , his sole release that year. Dostana became a commercial success and grossed over ₹871 million, becoming one of the highest grossing Hindi films of 2008. ^[5] His films have ranged from action films such as Jism (2003), Aetbaar (2004), Dhoom (2004), Karam (2005), Viruddh (2005), Zinda (2006), New York (2009), 7 Khoon Maaf (2011), Race 2 (2013), Shootout at Wadala (2013), Satyameva Jayate (2018), Mumbai Saga (2021), and Pathaan (2023). ^[6]

Films

Year	Title	Actor	Producer	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	Jism	Yes	No	Kabir Lal		[7]
	Saaya	Yes	No	Aakash Bhatnagar		[8]
	Paap	Yes	No	Shiven Verma		[9]
2004	Aetbaar	Yes	No	Aryan Trivedi		[10]
	Lakeer	Yes	No	Saahil Mishra		[11]
	Dhoom	Yes	No	Kabir Sharma		[12]
	Madhoshi	Yes	No	Aman Joshi		[13]
2005	Elaan	Yes	No	Abhimanyu Singh		[14]
	Karam	Yes	No	John Wargas		[15]
	Kaal	Yes	No	Krish Thapar		[16]
	Viruddh	Yes	No	Amar Patwardhan		[17]
	Water	Yes	No	Narayan Dutt		[18]
	Garam Masala	Yes	No	Shyam "Sam" Salgaonkar		[19]
2006	Zinda	Yes	No	Rohit Chopra		[20]
	Taxi No. 9211	Yes	No	Jai Mittal		[21]
	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Yes	No	DJ	Cameo	[22]
	Baabul	Yes	No	Rajat Verma		[23]
	Kabul Express	Yes	No	Suhel Khan		[24]
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq	Yes	No	Ashutosh Raina		[25]
	No Smoking	Yes	No	K		[26]
	Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal	Yes	No	Sunny Bhasin		[27]
2008	Dostana	Yes	No	Kunal Chauhan		[28] [29]
2009	New York	Yes	No	Sameer "Sam" Sheikh		[30]
2010	Aashayein	Yes	No	Rahul Sharma		[31]
	Jhootha Hi Sahi	Yes	No	Siddharth Arya (Fidato)		[32]
2011	7 Khoon Maaf	Yes	No	Jamshed Singh Rathod (Jimmy Stetson)		[33]
	Force	Yes	No	A.C.P Yashvardhan "Yash" Singh		[34]
	Desi Boyz	Yes	No	Nikhil "Nick" Mathur		[35] [36]
2012	Housefull 2	Yes	No	Max Mehrotkar		[37]
	Vicky Donor	Yes	Yes	Himself	Special appearance in the song "Rum Whisky"	[38]
2013	Race 2	Yes	No	Armaan Malik		[39]
	I, Me Aur Main	Yes	No	Ishaan Sabharwal		[40]
	Shootout at Wadala	Yes	No	Manya Surve		[41]
	Madras Cafe	Yes	Yes	Major Vikram Singh		[42]
2015	Welcome Back	Yes	No	Ajay Barsi (Ajju Bhai)		[43]
	Jazbaa	Yes	No	Satam	Cameo	[44]
2016	Wazir	Yes	No	SP Vijay Mallik		[45]
	Rocky Handsome	Yes	Yes	Kabir Ahlawat (Rocky Handsome)	Also playback singer for the song "Alfazon Ki Tarah (Unplugged)"	[46]
	Dishoom	Yes	No	Kabir Shergill		[47]
	Force 2	Yes	Yes	A.C.P Yashvardhan "Yash" Singh		[48]
2018	Parmanu	Yes	Yes	Ashwat Raina		[49]
	Satyameva Jayate	Yes	No	Virendra "Vir" Rathod		[50]
	Savita Damodar Paranjpe	No	Yes	—	Marathi film	[51]
2019	Romeo Akbar Walter	Yes	No	Rehamatullah "Romeo" Ali / Akbar Malik / Walter Khan		[52]
	Batla House	Yes	Yes	Sanjeev Kumar Yadav		[53] [54]
	Pagalpanti	Yes	No	Raj Kishore		[55]
2021	Mumbai Saga	Yes	No	Amartya Rao Naik		[56]
	Sardar Ka Grandson	Yes	Yes	Gursher Singh	Cameo	[57]
	Satyameva Jayate 2	Yes	No	Activist Dadasaheb Balram Azad / Home Minister Satya Balram Azad / A.C.P Jay Balram Azad [a]		[58]
2022	Attack	Yes	Yes	Major Arjun Shergill	Also screenwriter	[59]
	Ek Villain Returns	Yes	Yes	Bhairav Purohit		[60]
	Mike	No	Yes	—	Malayalam film	[61]
	Tara Vs Bilal	No	Yes	—		[62]
2023	Pathaan	Yes	Yes	Jim		[63]
2024	Woh Bhi Din The	Yes	Yes	Rahul Sinha	Cameo	[64]
	Vedaa	Yes	Yes	Major Abhimanyu Kanwar		[65]
2025	The Diplomat	Yes	Yes	J.P. Singh		[66]
	Tehran	Yes	No	ACP Rajeev Kumar		[67]
	Tariq†	Yes	No	Virendra "Vir" Sheikh		[68]
2026	Untitled Rohit Shetty film†	Yes	No	Rakesh Maria	Filming	[69]

Music videos

List of John Abraham music video credits

Year	Title	Performer	Language	Ref.
1999	"Mahek"	Pankaj Udhas	Hindi	[70]
2001	"Teri Jhanjhar Kisne Banayi"	Hans Raj Hans	Punjabi	[70]
2002	"Husna Di Sarkar"	Jazzy B		[71]
2008	"Koi Aanay Wala Hai"	Strings	Urdu	[72]
2013	"Betiyaan (Save the Girl Child)"	Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam	Hindi	[73]

Notes

1. John Abraham plays in a triple role films.

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by John Abraham

References

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68. "John Abraham announces his next film to work directed by Kabir Khan 'Tariq' on the occasion of after five days for Independence Day: Time to celebrate the freedom to tell good stories". The Times of India. 20 August 2025. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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External links

• John Abraham filmography at IMDb