Pankaj Tripathi

Pankaj Tripathi is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi films. He debuted in 2004 with a minor role in Run and Omkara and has since worked in more than 40 films and 60 television shows.[2][3] Tripathi's breakthrough came in 2012 for his antagonistic role in the Gangs of Wasseypur film series.[4] He has since received critical appraisal for multiple films, including Fukrey (2013), Masaan (2015), Nil Battey Sannata (2016), Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), Newton (2017), Fukrey Returns (2017) and Stree (2018). For Newton, Tripathi earned several awards including a National Film Award – Special Mention.[5]

Pankaj Tripathi
Born
Belsand, Barauli[1] Gopalganj, Bihar
Alma mater
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
Spouse(s)
Mridula Tripathi
(
m. 2004)

Early life

Tripathi was born in Belsand,[6] a village in Gopalganj District in the Indian state of Bihar, to Pandit Banaras Tripathi and Hemwanti Devi, as the youngest of their four children.[7] His father works as a farmer and priest.[6] Tripathi also worked as a farmer until he was in the 11th standard at school. During festive seasons, he used to play the role of a girl in his village's natak, which was appreciated by the villagers and ultimately prompted him to make a career out of acting.[8] He moved to Patna after high school where he studied in Institute of Hotel Management, Hajipur. He did theatre and was active in college politics as a member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.[9] Out of fear of failure in acting he also worked briefly for a Five Star hotel in Patna. After his stay of about seven years in Patna, he moved to Delhi to enroll in the National School of Drama, from where he graduated in 2004.[10][11]

Career

After graduating from the National School of Drama, Tripathi moved to Mumbai in 2004, and subsequently performed an uncredited role in the film Run.[12][3] In 2012, he made his breakthrough, when he was widely acclaimed for his role in Gangs of Wasseypur. His audition for film went on for approximately eight hours.[13][14] In 2008, he acted in the Bahubali TV series, and later in Powder on Sony TV which is now available on Netflix. In his early career, he played mostly negative roles and became synonymous with gangster characters.[15][16] Later he played a variety of roles and won critical appraisal for the same.[17] His first film as a lead actor was the 2017 film Gurgaon.[18] His 2017 film Newton was India's official entry for the Academy Award in best foreign film category.[19]

Pankaj Tripathi made his debut in Tamil cinema with the film Kaala, which was released on 7 June 2018.[20] He also appeared in the 2018 web series Mirzapur[21] available on Amazon Prime and in the 2019 web series Sacred Games available on Netflix.

Personal life

Tripathi married Mridula on 15 January 2004 and they have a daughter.[8]

Filmography
Key
Denotes films / dramas that are not yet released

Films
Year Film Role Notes
2003Chigurida KanasuUncreditedShankar College Friend (Kannada Film)
2004RunUnnamed
2005ApaharanGaya Singh's Crony
2006OmkaraKichlu
2007DharmSuryaprakash
2008MithyaTipnis
ShauryaMajor Virendra Rathore
2009Chintu JiPaplu Yadav
Barah AanaInspector
2010Valmiki Ki BandookBDO TripathiShort film
Raavan
AakroshKishore
2011Chillar PartySecretary Dubey
2012AgneepathSurya
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 Sultan Qureshi
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2
Dabangg 2Filawar
2013ABCD: Any Body Can DanceVardha Bhai
RangrezzBrijbihari Pande
FukreyPandit
Anwar Ka Ajab KissaAmol
MaaziiRathiji
Janta v/s Janardan – Bechara Aam Aadmi
DoosukelthaDilleeswara RaoTelugu film
2014GundayLateef
Singham ReturnsAltaf
2015Manjhi – The Mountain ManRuab
Life Biryani
MasaanSadhya Ji
DilwaleAnwar
2016Nil Battey SannataPrincipal Srivastava
Global BabaDamru
Mango DreamsSalimEnglish film
2017Coffee with DGirdhari
Anaarkali of AarahRangeela
NewtonAtma Singh
GurgaonKehri Singh
Bareilly Ki BarfiNarottam Mishra
Fukrey ReturnsPandit
Munna MichaelBalli
2018Kaalakaandi
KaalaPankaj PatilTamil film
Angrezi Mein Kehte HainFeroz
PhamousTripathi
StreeRudra
HarjeetaCoachPunjabi film
Bhaiaji SuperhitBuilder Gupta
Yours TrulyVijay World premiere at the 23rd BIFF in October 2018.[22]
2019 Luka ChuppiBabulal
The Tashkent Files Gangaram Jha
Super 30Shri Ram Singh
Kissebaaz Chuttan Shukla
Arjun Patiala Film Producer Guest appearance
Drive Hamid
2020Angrezi MediumTony [23]
Extraction Ovi Mahajan Senior Netflix Film[24]
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Gunjan’s Father Netflix Film
Sandeep Aur Pinky FaraarKartaar SinghPost-production
83Man Singh[25] Filming
LudoTBA postponed.
RomeoTBA Pre-Production
Mumbai SagaDevraj Chaudhary Filming

Television series
Year Title Role Network Notes
2010–11 Zindagi Ka Har Rang...Gulaal Giga Kaka Star Plus
2010 Powder Naved Ansari Sony TV
2015–16 Sarojini - Ek Nayi Pehal Dushyant Singh Zee TV

Web series
Year Title Role Platform Notes
2018–2019 Sacred Games Khanna Guru Ji Netflix
2018–present Mirzapur Akhandanand "Kaleen" Tripathi Prime Video
2019 Criminal Justice Madhav Mishra Hotstar [26]

Awards

See also

References
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