Mohan Kapur

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Mohan Kapur
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Kapur in 2011
Born (1965-10-27) 27 October 1965 (age 58)
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Years active1992–present

Mohan Kapur (born 27 October 1965) is an Indian actor and television host who works predominantly in Hindi films and television.

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Career

Mohan is known for being the first television personality in South Asia as the host of the first South Asian original program produced by a satellite network (Zee TV), [1] Saanp Seedi (Snakes & Ladders). Saanp Seedi was the first and only television series launched on satellite in the Asia-Pacific's from 1992 - 1994 which included Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Saanp Seedi is best described as a combination game and talk show starring Kapur with frequent celebrity guests. [2] His TV success led to a crossover in the Indian Film Industry with his first role being the lead antagonist in Beqabu (1996) which eventually led to a career appearing in over 60 films and TV series. He often plays the good guy turned bad, the "surprise antagonist", such as in his roles in the Disney+ Hotstar film Sadak 2 (2020) and his award nominated performance in the Hindi remake of the Israeli series for Disney+ Hotstar Hostages (2019–2020).

Kapur is also known for his work as a voice artist and has dubbed for numerous Hollywood actors including Dwayne Johnson, Tom Hardy, Nicolas Cage, and Jackie Chan.

Kapur has also voiced Doctor Strange in Hindi dubs of his various appearances throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe. [3] In 2021, he was cast as Yusuf Khan in the MCU titles Ms. Marvel and The Marvels . [4] [5] Kapur is fluent in English, Punjabi and Hindi.

Kapur appeared in the films Jolly LLB , Happy New Year , and Mission Mangal . [5]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Beqabu Zanjarh Singh
1997 Zameer: The Awakening of a Soul
Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi
1998 Angaaray Lala Roshanlal's Brother
2002 Deewangee Vikrant Kapoor
2011 Haunted – 3D as the priest
Game
Bodyguard
Soundtrack
2012 Bittoo Boss
Hate Story Cabinet Minister K.Malhotra
Life's Good
Raaz 3: The Third Dimension as Doctor
2013 Jolly LLB Yograj Dewan
Inkaar
Sooper Se Ooper Lal
2014 Creature 3D Doctor Moga
Happy New Year Mr.Kapoor Charan's Assistant
Zid Newspaper Editor Karan
2015 I Sushil Tamil film
Kamasutra 3D Kamasutra Guru's Apprentice
2017 Manjha Veena's Husband Marathi film
2018 Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se Marfatia
Mitron Richa's father
Heartbeats
2019 Mission Mangal Reporter Durgesh Swami
377 Ab Normal
2020 Sadak 2 Commissioner Rajesh Puri
London Confidential RK Goyal JT's Secretary
2021 Squad Abhay Bhatnagar
2021 Urf Ghanta Stranger
2022 Life's Good
2023 The Vaccine War Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar [6]
The Marvels Yusuf Khan English film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992–1994Saanp Seedhi
1995–1997Surf Wheel of Fortune
1995Philips Top 10
1996O Daddy
1996–1999 Hip Hip Hurray Criminal
1999 Saturday Suspense
2002–2004 Kittie Party Reva's Brother in law2003-2004
2008 Zindagi Badal Sakta Hai Hadsaa Manoviraj Singh
2010 CID JeevanEpisodic role in episode 612
Ishaan
100% De Dana Dan Ring Announcer
Kitani Mohabbat Hai 2 Rudra Pratap Singhania
2012 Hum Ne Li Hai Shapath Mr. Yashvardhan
2012–2013 Amrit Manthan Mr. Oberoi
2014 Everest Major Sameer Khanna
2017–2018 Savitri Devi College & Hospital Dr. Anand Malhotra
2019 Hostages Subramanian
Only for Singles
2020 Black Widows LalitWeb series [7]
2021Crime Next Door
2022 Ms. Marvel Yusuf KhanMain role; Disney+ miniseries
2024 Karmma Calling Nikhil Setia Disney+ web series

Dubbing roles

Live action films

Film titleActorCharacterDub languageOriginal languageOriginal release yearDub release yearNotes
Live Free or Die Hard [8] Bruce Willis John McClane HindiEnglish20072007
Race to Witch Mountain Dwayne Johnson Jack BrunoHindiEnglish20092009The Hindi dub was re-titled as: "Res Tisari Duniya Tak", which translates to: "Race to Third World". After the original ending credits for the DVD release of the Hindi dub, Mohan Kapoor's name was mentioned on the Hindi dubbing credits, and it's also written in the Hindi language. [9] [10]
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Dennis Quaid General Hawk HindiEnglish20092009
X-Men: First Class [11] Kevin Bacon Sebastian Shaw HindiEnglish20112011
Captain America: The First Avenger Hugo Weaving Johann Schmidt / Red Skull HindiEnglish20112011This character was portrayed by Ross Marquand in Avengers: Infinity War and was voiced by Kishore Bhatt in Hindi.
The Dark Knight Rises [12] Tom Hardy Bane HindiEnglish20122012
Fast & Furious 6 Dwayne Johnson Luke Hobbs HindiEnglish20132013 Rajesh Jolly dubbed this character in
Fast Five.
Furious 7 Dwayne Johnson Luke Hobbs HindiEnglish20152015
The Fate of the Furious Dwayne Johnson Luke Hobbs HindiEnglish20172017
Green Lantern Mark Strong Sinestro HindiEnglish20112011
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Nicolas Cage Balthazar BlakeHindiEnglish20102010
The Karate Kid Jackie Chan Mr. HanHindiEnglish20102010On 25 June 2011, A Second Hindi dub was made for UTV Action produced in-house by UTV Software Communications. Samay Raj Thakkar voiced this character in that dub.
Rush Hour 2 Don Cheadle Kenny (uncredited cameo)HindiEnglish20012011
The Green Hornet Christoph Waltz BloodnofskyHindiEnglish20112011
Tron: Legacy Jeff Bridges Kevin Flynn / CluHindiEnglish20102010Performed alongside Chetanya Adib who voiced Garrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn and Shakti Singh who voiced Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley / Tron in Hindi.
Exodus: Gods and Kings John Turturro Seti I HindiEnglish20142014
Jurassic World Vincent D'Onofrio Vic HoskinsHindiEnglish20152015
Priest Karl Urban Black HatHindiEnglish20112011
The Wolverine Haruhiko Yamanouchi Ichirō YashidaHindiEnglish20132013
Assassin's Creed Jeremy Irons Alan Rikkin HindiEnglish20162016
Doctor Strange Benedict Cumberbatch Dr. Stephen Strange HindiEnglish20162016
Thor: Ragnarok Benedict Cumberbatch Dr. Stephen Strange
(cameo)
HindiEnglish20172017
Avengers: Infinity War Benedict Cumberbatch Dr. Stephen Strange HindiEnglish20182018
Avengers: Endgame Benedict Cumberbatch Dr. Stephen Strange HindiEnglish20192019
Spider-Man: No Way Home Benedict Cumberbatch Dr. Stephen Strange HindiEnglish20212021
Alita: Battle Angel Christoph Waltz Dr. Dyson IdoHindiEnglish20192019
I HimselfSushilHindiTamil20152015
Why Him? Bryan Cranston Ned FlemmingHindiEnglish20162016
Leo Gautham Vasudev Menon Joshy AndrewsHindiTamil20232023
The Marvels HimselfYusuf KhanHindiEnglish20232023

Animated films

Film titleOriginal Voice(s)Character(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
Rio George Lopez RafaelHindiEnglish20112011
Rio 2 George Lopez RafaelHindiEnglish20142014
The Angry Birds Movie Peter Dinklage Mighty EagleHindiEnglish20162016
The Angry Birds Movie 2 Peter Dinklage Mighty EagleHindiEnglish20192019

TV series

Series titleOriginal ActorCharacter(s)Dub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year releaseDub Year releaseNotes
Jack Ryan Wendell Pierce James GreerHindiEnglish2018–present2018–present Amazon Original Series
Ms. Marvel HimselfYusuf KhanHindiEnglish20222022 Disney+ miniseries

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