Sumit Kaul

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Sumit Kaul
Born (1978-03-10) 10 March 1978 (age 47)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2000–present
Notable work Tanaav Haider Laila Majnu Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat

Sumit Kaul (born 10 March 1978) is an Indian actor and model known for playing Umar Riaz in the web series Tanaav .

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Kaul was born on March 10, 1978, in Bombay, Maharashtra, into a Kashmiri Pandit family that left Kashmir Valley in the 1990s. [1] [2] He started his acting career in 2000 with Ek Jute, a theatre group headed by Nadira Babbar, where he spent the next four years doing several Hindi and Urdu plays. [3] He has also worked in the films like Haider , Laila Majnu , Mulk and Hamid, and has been part of TV shows like Laagi Tujhse Lagan , Nazar, and web shows like Tanaav . His most recent role is that of Inspector Sandeep Tomar in the movie Afwaah . [4] [5]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2010 Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Chhota RajanHindi
2013 Bumboo Dr. D'SouzaHindi
2014 Haider [1] SalmaanHindi
2018 Mulk Mehfooz AlamHindi
2018 Laila Majnu [1] IbbanHindi
2019Hamid [1] Rehmat ALIHindi
2021 Bell Bottom Agent DollarHindi
2023 Afwaah Hindi
2024 Article 370 Yakub ShaikhHindi

Television

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2009-2012 Laagi Tujhse Lagan [6] SudarshanHindi
2010 Rishta.com NeilHindiEpisode 14
2013 Arjun CriminalHindiEpisode 111
2014 Do Dil Ek Jaan GovindHindi
2015 Agent Raghav – Crime Branch Shubhodh AroraHindi
2015 Siya Ke Ram AkampanaHindi
2015-2016 Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat Rajkumar Justin Maurya [7] Hindi
2016 24 [6] GyanHindiSeason 2
2016-2017 Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant AmartyaHindi
2017 Peshwa Bajirao [8] Mughal Muhammed Kam BakshHindi
2017-2018 Baahubali: The Lost Legends Prince VaraahHindi
English		voice role
2018–2020 Nazar [8] Nishant SharmaHindi
2022 Tanaav [9] Umar Riaz ‘Panther’Hindi
2024 Janani – AI Ki Kahani Paresh ParmarHindi
2024-present Tenali Rama GirgitHindi

Dubbing roles

Animated series

Program titleOriginal voice(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageNumber of EpisodesOriginal airdateDubbed airdateNotes
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Lance Reddick Sam
Wilson / Falcon 		HindiEnglish529/20/2010-5/5/2013
Avengers Assemble Bumper Robinson Sam
Wilson / Falcon 		HindiEnglish508/26/2013- Current
Transformers: Robots in Disguise Mitchell Whitfield FixitHindiEnglish7114 March 2015 – 4 November 2017Sumit has voiced 10 characters in the Hindi dub.
Mitchell Whitfield Toolbox
Khary Payton Bisk
Fred Tatasciore Saberhorn
Fred Tatasciore Night Watchmen
Victor Brandt Scorponok
Robbie Rist Swelter
Eric Bauza Forth
Eric Bauza Major Mayhem
Mikey Kelley Opposing Captain
The Adventures of Tintin Colin O'Meara Tintin

(Second Dub)

HindiEnglish392 October 1991 – 28 September 1992
Thierry WermuthFrench

Live action television series

Program titleActor(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageNumber of EpisodesOriginal airdateDubbed airdateNotes
Stranger Things Chris Sullivan Benny HammondHindiEnglish1715 July 2016 – present
Seven and MeFlavio ParentiMarco WhiteHindiEnglish2628 October 2016 – present
The Crown Daniel Ings Mike Parker HindiEnglish204 November 2016 – present
Happy! Collin SmithBarmanHindiEnglish86 December 2017 – present
Jon BerryBrent Baker

Live action films

Hollywood films

Film titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub Year ReleaseNotes
Resident Evil Unknown actorUnknown character
(Second Dub)		HindiEnglish20022010
Inception Dileep Rao Yusuf
(First Dub)		HindiEnglish20102010In early 2013, UTV Software Communications produced a second Hindi dub for UTV Action due to a policy implemented, even though Main Frame Software Communications is owned by the same company that made the original Hindi dub that Sumit participated in.
The Smurfs John Oliver Vanity Smurf (voice)HindiEnglish20112011American live action film mixed with CGI animation.
The Smurfs 2 John Oliver Vanity Smurf (voice)HindiEnglish20132013American live action film mixed with CGI animation.
Cowboys & Aliens Sam Rockwell DocHindiEnglish20112011
Battleship Unknown actorUnknown characterHindiEnglish20122012
Premium Rush Unknown actorUnknown characterHindiEnglish20122012
Olympus Has Fallen Unknown actorUnknown characterHindiEnglish20132013
The Wolverine Unknown actorUnknown characterHindiEnglish20132013Performed alongside Shakti Singh who voiced Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine in Hindi.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Marton Csokas Ashley Kafka HindiEnglish20142014Sumit has voiced 2 characters in the Hindi dub.
J. D. Walsh Dr. Jallings
RoboCop Jordan Johnson-Hinds Jerry WhiteHindiEnglish20142014Performed alongside Aaditya Raj Sharma who voiced Joel Kinnaman as Alex Murphy / Robocop, Samay Raj Thakkar who voiced Michael Keaton as Raymond Sellers, Vinod Kulkarni who voiced Patrick Garrow as Antoine Vallon, Mayur Vyas who voiced Michael K. Williams as Jack Lewis, Manoj Pandey who voiced Jackie Earle Haley as Rick Mattox and Amar Babaria who voiced K.C. Collins as Andre Daniels in Hindi.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Domhnall Gleeson General Hux HindiEnglish20152015
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Domhnall Gleeson General Hux HindiEnglish20172017
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Domhnall Gleeson General Hux HindiEnglish20192019
Captain America: Civil War Chadwick Boseman T'Challa / Black Panther HindiEnglish20162016Performed alongside Manish Wadhwa who voiced Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier and Anuj Gurwara who voiced Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Falcon in Hindi.
Viraj Adhav dubbed this role in next movies.
The Finest Hours Casey Affleck Ray SybertHindiEnglish20162016Performed alongside Manish Wadhwa who voiced Chris Pine as Bernard "Bernie" Webber in Hindi.
Spider-Man: Homecoming Martin Starr Mr. Harrington HindiEnglish20172017
Logan Stephen Merchant Caliban HindiEnglish20172017Performed alongside Shakti Singh who voiced Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine in Hindi.
War Machine Anthony Hayes Lieutenant Commander Pete DuckmanHindiEnglish20172017
XXX: Return of Xander Cage Nicky Jam LazarusHindiEnglish20172017Performed alongside Sharad Kelkar who voiced Vin Diesel as Xander Cage in Hindi.
The Fate of the Furious Scott Eastwood Eric
Reisner / Little Nobody		HindiEnglish20172017Performed alongside Shailendra Pandey who voiced Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto in Hindi.
Pacific Rim: Uprising Scott Eastwood Nate LambertHindiEnglish20182018Performed alongside Manoj Pandey who voiced John Boyega as Jake Pentecost in Hindi.
Deadpool 2 Ryan Reynolds Wade Wilson / Deadpool HindiEnglish20182018An extended cut (super duper cut) of the film was released in August, in which Sumit dubbed this character.
The Predator Boyd Holbrook Quinn McKennaHindiEnglish20182018
Venom Riz Ahmed Carlton Drake /
Riot 		HindiEnglish20182018Performed alongside Chetanya Adib who voiced Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, Samay Raj Thakkar who voiced Venom and Neshma Chemburkar who voiced Michelle Williams as Anne Weying in Hindi.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Callum Turner Theseus ScamanderHindiEnglish20182018Performed alongside Rajesh Shukla who voiced Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander and Aaditya Raaj who voiced Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski in Hindi.
The Night Comes for Us RevaldoYohanHindiIndonesian
English
Mandarin
Cantonese		20182018
Triple Frontier Oscar Isaac Santiago "Pope" GarciaHindiEnglish20192019
Aladdin Billy Magnussen Prince AndersHindiEnglish20192019
Always Be My Maybe Randall Park Marcus KimHindiEnglish20192019
Christopher Robin Ewan McGregor Christopher Robin HindiEnglish20182019

Indian films

Film titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub Year ReleaseNotes
Bruce Lee: The Fighter Ram Charan Karthik alias Bruce Lee alias IB Officer Vikram KumarHindiTelugu20152016
Baadshah Brahmaji Pilli Ramakrishna SimhaHindustaniTelugu20132022
Power Brahmaji Sub-inspector VenkatHindiTelugu20142015
Jagame Thandhiram Kalaiyarasan DeepanHindiTamil20212021
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Brahmaji Sudharshanam (Sudhir Sharma in Hindi version)HindiTelugu20202022

Animated films

Film titleOriginal Voice(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
Kung Fu Panda 2 Danny McBride Wolf BossHindiEnglish20112011Performed alongside Prasad Barve who voiced Jack Black as Po and Kishore Bhatt who voiced Gary Oldman as Lord Shen in Hindi.
Epic Pitbull BufoHindiEnglish20132013
Turbo Unknown voice actorUnknown characterHindiEnglish20132013
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Kit Harington EretHindiEnglish20142014Sumit's name was mentioned in the Hindi dubbing credits of the DVD release.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Kit Harington EretHindiEnglish20192019
Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled Bumper Robinson Sam
Wilson / Falcon 		HindiEnglish20152015
Lego Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape Sendhil Ramamurthy Simon MasraniHindiEnglish20162016
The Boss Baby Jimmy Kimmel Ted TempletonHindiEnglish20172017Performed alongside Pawan Kalra who voiced Alec Baldwin as Theodrey Lindsey Templeton / Boss Baby in Hindi.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Prasad, Amrita (1 November 2019). "Kashmir is one of the most beautiful scenic locations to shoot: Sumit Kaul". Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2023. I am originally a Kashmiri Pandit (my family was unceremoniously kicked out of Kashmir)
  2. ↑ Mulchandani, Amrita (13 June 2011). "Positive approach: Sumit Kaul". Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023. Sumit shares how his family was thrown out of Kashmir during the wars, because they were Kashmiri pandits.
  3. ↑ Bhatia, Saloni (12 October 2014). "Sumit Kaul: I love the chaat you get in Delhi". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Voice veteran of 100 Hollywood films, Sumit Kaul, to dub for Predator". Hindustan Times. 2 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nazar's Sumit Kaul considers it challenging to play a father to a 20-year-old girl - Times of India". The Times of India. 9 August 2018.
  6. 1 2 "My green eyes got me '24' role: Sumit Kaul". Zee News. 28 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "It's been a wonderful journey: Sumit Kaul on 'Ashoka Samrat'". 15 July 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Sumit Kaul takes up supernatural show". Telangana Today.
  9. ↑ "'Tanaav,' Indian adaptation of 'Fauda' to stream on Sony LIV from November 11". The Hindu. 18 October 2022 – via www.thehindu.com.
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