Manoj Bajpayee is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema. He played minor roles in Bandit Queen (1994), directed by Shekhar Kapur, and Drohkaal (1994). His breakthrough came when he played a gangster in Ram Gopal Varma's Satya (1998), for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. He went on to star in Kaun? (1999), and Shool (1999), the latter of which won him his second Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.
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Bajpayee won the Special Jury National Film Award for Pinjar (2003). He subsequently gained recognition for his roles in Raajneeti (2010), Aarakshan (2011), Chakravyuh (2012), the critically acclaimed two-part crime films Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), Special 26 (2013), Shootout at Wadala (2013), Satyagraha (2013), Aligarh (2015), Naam Shabana (2017), Sonchiriya (2019), and Gulmohar (2023). In 2018, he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for Bhonsle. Since 2019, he has starred in the thriller series The Family Man, directed by Raj and DK. [1]