Akshay Kumar is an Indian actor, television presenter, and film producer who works in Hindi-language films. He had a minor role in the 1987 Indian film Aaj. He debuted in a leading role with the film Saugandh (1991) before his breakthrough with Khiladi (1992), first film of the Khiladi series. In 1994, Kumar featured in the successful releases Elaan, Mohra, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Suhaag and the romantic drama Yeh Dillagi, which earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination. He also found success with Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996) and Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), which earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. However, several other of his 1990s releases performed poorly at the box office, leading to a brief setback in his film career.
The 1999 psychological thriller Sangharsh (1999) and crime drama Jaanwar (1999) marked Kumar's comeback. His next films Hera Pheri (2000), Dhadkan (2000) and Ajnabee (2001) were well received. He played a negative role in the latter, winning the Filmfare Best Villain Award and then appeared in Andaaz (2003), Aitraaz (2004), Khakee (2004) and Aan: Men at Work (2004) and Waqt (2005). In this period, Kumar also proved himself as a great comic actor when he featured in financially successful comedies like Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Garam Masala (2005), Bhagam Bhag (2006), Phir Hera Pheri (2006), Namastey London (2007), Heyy Babyy (2007), Welcome (2007), Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007), Singh Is Kinng (2008), Housefull (2010) and Tees Maar Khan (2010). He won the Filmfare Best Comedian Award for Garam Masala. In 2004, he presented the television series Seven Deadly Arts with Akshay Kumar. In 2008, he founded the Hari Om Entertainment production company, and hosted the reality shows Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi and MasterChef India in 2010. In 2011 he founded another production company Grazing Goat Pictures, and produced the Indo-Canadian hockey-based film Breakaway, which became the highest grossing cross-cultural film at the Canadian box office.
Kumar again conquered the domestic box office in 2012 with his hit masala film Rowdy Rathore, the comedies Housefull 2 and Khiladi 786, and the satire OMG – Oh My God! with the former two being his first films to enter 100 Crore Club. Shortly thereafter, he established a great box office pull with multiple diverse successful projects like the heist film Special 26 (2013), the action thrillers Holiday (2014) and Airlift (2016), the spy drama Baby (2015), the masala film Gabbar Is Back (2015), the comedies Singh Is Bliing (2015) and Housefull 3 (2016), the crime thriller Rustom (2016), the dramas Jolly LLB 2 (2017), Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017) and Padman (2018), the sports film Gold (2018) and the war film Kesari (2019); for Rustom, he won the National Film Award for Best Actor. He hosted Dare 2 Dance in 2014 and debuted in Tamil cinema with a negative role in the expensive sci-fi extravaganza 2.0 (2018) which is the fifth highest-grossing Indian film. In 2019 he delivered four consecutive 200 Crore Club films with Mission Mangal, Housefull 4, Good Newwz, and Kesari and followed it up with further commercial success with the film Sooryavanshi (2021). This was followed by a career decline from 2022 to mid-2025, with the exception of OMG 2 (2023). He earned a nomination for Best Actor from Filmfare Awards for Sarfira (2024). Post mid-2025 he saw a slight career resurgence with the films Housefull 5 (2025) and Jolly LLB 3 (2025), both of which were moderately successful at the box office.
Films
+ List of Akshay Kumar film credits Year Title Role Notes 1987Aaj Karate instructor 1991Saugandh Dancer 1992Mr. BondKhiladiDeedar 1993Vishnu Vijaya Kannada-Hindi bilingual filmAshaantDil Ki Baazi Kayda KanoonDawood Durani Waqt Hamara Hai SainikLieutenant. 1994ElaanYeh DillagiNominated-Filmfare Award for Best ActorJai Kishen Jai Verma / Kishen VermaMohraMain Khiladi Tu AnariIkke Pe Ikka RajivAmaanat Amar KumarSuhaag Raj SinhaZakhmi DilZaalim Ravi PratapHum Hain Bemisaal 1995Paandav Vijay KumarMaidan-E-Jung Nazar Ke SamneSabse Bada Khiladi 1996Tu Chor Main SipahiKhiladiyon Ka KhiladiSapoot Prem Singhania 1997Lahoo Ke Do RangInsaaf Vikram "Vicky" Singh Jain Daava Arjun SarwarTarazuMr. and Mrs. Khiladi Rajant "Raja" Kapoor (Mr. Khiladi)Dil To Pagal HaiAjay Sahni Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Supporting ActorAflatoon Rocky / Raja1998Keemat DevAngaaray Amar MehraBarood 1999AarzooInternational Khiladi Devraj AnandZulmi SangharshJaanwar Baadshah / 2000Hera Pheri Raju Dhadkan Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best ActorKhiladi 4202001AjnabeeVikram "Vicky" Bajaj Won-Filmfare Award for Best VillainEk Rishtaa: The Bond of Love Ajay KapoorAadharAkshay, Jagdish's friendCameo; Marathi filmHaan Maine Bhi Pyaar KiyaAankhenAwara Paagal Deewana Jaani Dushman Atul 2003Talaash Arjun RaichandAndaazNominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actor 2004Khakee Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Supporting ActorPolice Force Aan: Men at Work Mujhse Shaadi KarogiNominated-Filmfare Award for Best Comedian & Best Supporting ActorHatyaAitraazMeri Biwi Ka Jawaab Nahin Ajay KhannaAb Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo 2005Insan Amjad KhanBewafaa Raja BhosleWaqtGaram MasalaWon-Filmfare Award for Best ComedianDeewane Huye PaagalDosti: Friends Forever 2006 Family Mere Jeevan Saathi Vicky BahlHumko Deewana Kar GayePhir Hera Pheri RajuJaan-E-MannBhagam Bhag Bunty Rajkumar 2007Namastey LondonNominated-Filmfare Award for Best ActorHeyy BabyyBhool Bhulaiyaa Om Shanti Om Himself Special appearanceWelcome 2008TashanSingh Is KinngNominated-Filmfare Award for Best ActorJumboJaybir "Jumbo" SinghAlso narrator 2009Chandni Chowk to China8 x 10 Tasveer / Kambakkht IshqBlueDe Dana Dan 2010Housefull Aarush AwasthiKhatta MeethaAction ReplayyTees Maar Khan / 2011Patiala HouseThank You Kishen KhuranaBreakaway Himself Special appearanceDesi Boyz / RoccoChalo DilliLt. Col. Vikram Singh RanaCameo 2012Housefull 2 Sunny Pujari / SunilRowdy Rathore Shiva / Joker Rajkumar Joker Sattu / Agastya SattuOMG – Oh My God!Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Supporting ActorKhiladi 786 2013Bhaji in ProblemBakshay Special appearance; Punjabi filmSpecial 26Once Upon A Time in Mumbai Dobaara! BossSuryakant "Surya" Shastri / Boss Bombay TalkiesHimself Special appearance in the song "Apna Bombay Talkies" 2014HolidayNominated-Filmfare Award for Best ActorFugly Himself Special appearance in the song "Fugly Fugly Kya Hai" Entertainment Himself / Rajiv Bhatia 2015Baby Ajay Singh Rajput Hey Bro Himself Special appearance in the song "Birju"Gabbar Is Back Professor Aditya "Gabbar" Singh RajputBrothersSingh Is Bling Raftaar SinghSingh Is Bliing review: Nothing is shining here . Hindustan Times. Rohit Vats. 2 October 2015 2016AirliftHousefull 3 Sanket "Sandy" Sehgal / SundyDishoom CameoRustom Rustom PavriWon-National Film Award for Best Actor & Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actor 2017Jolly LLB 2Advocate Jagdishwar "Jolly" MishraNaam Shabana Ajay Singh Rajput Special appearanceToilet: Ek Prem Katha Keshav SharmaNominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actor 2018Pad Man Lakshmi Kant ChauhanNominated-Filmfare Award for Best ActorGold Tapan Das2.0 Pakshi Rajan Tamil filmSimmba DCP Veer "Surya" Sooryavanshi Cameo 2019KesariHavildar Ishar SinghNominated-Filmfare Award for Best ActorBlank Himself Special appearance in the song "Ali Ali"Mission Mangal Rakesh DhawanHousefull 4 Harry Sinha / Bala Dev SinghGood Newwz Varun Batra 2020Laxmii Asif Ahmed / Laxmii Sharma2021Bell Bottom Anshul Malhotra / Bell BottomSooryavanshi DCP Veer Sooryavanshi "Surya"Atrangi Re Sajjad Ali Khan 2022Bachchhan Paandey Bachchan PandeySamrat Prithviraj Samrat Prithviraj ChauhanRaksha Bandhan Lala Kedarnath Agarwal Cuttputlli SI Arjan Sethi Ram Setu Aryan KulshresthaAn Action Hero Himself Cameo2023 Selfiee Vijay Kumar OMG 2 Lord Shiva Mission Raniganj Jaswant Singh Gill 2024 Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Captain Firoz "Freddy" Sarfira Vir Mhatre Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actor Khel Khel Mein Rishabh Malik Stree 2 Sarkata's descendant Cameo Singham Again DCP Veer Sooryavanshi "Surya"2025 Sky ForceWing Commander Kumar Om Ahuja Kesari Chapter 2 C. Sankaran Nair Housefull 5Julius "Jolly 3" Kannappa Shiva Cameo; Telugu film Jolly LLB 3 Advocate Jagdishwar "Jolly" Mishra 2026 Bhooth Bangla Arjun Acharya / Madhav Acharya (Vadhusur) Also producer Welcome to the Jungle Rajiv Kohli / Vishwajit Kohli Haiwaan Parshuram Gokhale Filming 2027 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Post-production; Marathi film Filming Vivaan Ahuja Filming
Television + List of Akshay Kumar television credits Year Title Role Notes 2004 Seven Deadly Arts with Akshay Kumar Host 2008–2009, 2011 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi HostSeason 1, 2, 4 2010 MasterChef India HostSeason 12012HimselfSeason 2; Special appearance 2013 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah ChashmahSpecial appearance 2014–2017 Jamai Raja Producer 2014 Dare 2 Dance Host 2017 The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Judge 2019 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9 HimselfGuest 2020 Into The Wild With Bear Grylls 2022 India's Ultimate Warrior 2026Wheel of Fortune IndiaHostNaagin 7 Naag Guru Special appearance; episode 30
Music videos + List of Akshay Kumar music video credits Year Title Role Singer 2019Filhall Dr. Kabir Malhotra B Praak2020Muskurayega IndiaHimselfVishal Mishra2021Filhaal 2: MohabbatDr. Kabir Malhotra B Praak2023Kya Loge TumUnnamed2024ShambhuUnnamed Akshay Kumar, Sudhir Yaduvanshi, Vikram Montrose
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