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.
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.
Films
Year Title Role Notes1994 Bandit Queen Dacoit Man Singh Drohkaal Anand 1996 Dastak Avinash Banerjee Sanshodhan Bhanwar First lead role 1997 Tamanna Salim Daud Pushkar 1998 Satya Bhiku Mhatre 1999 Prema Katha Sankaram Kaun Sameer A. Purnavale Shool Inspector Samar Pratap Singh 2000 Fiza Murad Khan Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar Ram Saran Pandey Ghaath Krishna Patil 2001 Zubeidaa Maharaja Vijayendra Singh Aks Raghavan Ghatge 2002 Road Babu 2003 Pinjar Rashid LOC Kargil Yogendra Singh Yadav 2004 Hanan Pagla / Shamsher Jaago Inspector Kripa Shankar Thakur Veer-Zaara Raza Sharazi Inteqam: The Perfect Game ACP Uday Dhirendra Thakur 2005 Return to Rajapur Jai Singh Bewafaa Dil Arora Fareb Aditya Malhotra 2006 Happy DCP Arvind Telugu film 2007 1971 Major Suraj Singh Swami Swami Dus Kahaniyaan Saahil Anthology film; segment: Zahir 2008 Money Hai Toh Honey Hai Lallabhai Bharodia2009 Jugaad Sandip Acid Factory Sultan Jail Nawab 2010 Puli Al Saleem Telugu film Vedam Raheemuddin Qureshi Raajneeti Veerendra Pratap Ramayana: The Epic Rama Voiceover Dus Tola Shankar Sunar 2011 Aarakshan Mithilesh Singh Lanka Jaswant Sisodia 2012 Chittagong Surya Sen Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 Sardar Khan Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 Chakravyuh Rajan 2013 Samar Rajesh ArunachalamTamil film Special 26 CBI Officer Waseem Khan Shootout at Wadala Shabir Ibrahim Kaskar Satyagraha Balram Singh Mahabharat Yudhisthira Voiceover 2014 Anjaan Imran Bhai Tamil film 2015 Tevar Gajendar Singh Jai Hind Husband Short film 2016 Taandav Tambe Aligarh Ramchandra Siras Traffic Constable Ramdas Godbole Budhia Singh – Born to Run Biranchi Das Saat Uchakkey Pappi Kriti Sapan Short film Ouch Vinay 2017 Naam Shabana Ranveer Singh Sarkar 3 Govind Deshpande Rukh Divakar Mathur2018 Aiyaary Colonel Abhay Singh Baaghi 2 DIG Ajay Shergill Missing Sushant Dubey Also producer Satyameva Jayate DCP Shivansh Rathod Gali Guleiyan Khuddoos Love SoniaFaizal BhonsleGanpath BhonsleAlso producer2019 Sonchiriya Man Singh2020 Mrs. Serial Killer Dr. Mrityunjoy Mukerjee Suraj Pe Mangal BhariDetective Madhu Mangal Rane 2021Silence... Can You Hear It? ACP Avinash Verma Dial 100 Nikhil Sood 2023 Gulmohar Arun Batra Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai Advocate P. C. Solanki Joram Dasru 2024Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout ACP AvinashBhaiyya Ji Bhaiya JiJugnuma: The FableDevDespatchJoy Bag ZEE5 film2025 Inspector Zende Zende Netflix film2026GovernorA. RamananLast Man in Tower Yogesh Mishra aka Masterji Ajay DixitNetflix filmTBAFilming
Television
Year Title Role Notes1991Suno Re Kissa1995Imtihaan N/ASwabhimaan Sunil1996Badalte RishteArvind Verma2005–2006Kam Ya ZyaadaHost 2019–present The Family ManSrikant Tiwari2021 Secrets Of Sinauli Narrator Documentary Ray Musafir AliSegment: Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa2022 Secrets of the KohinoorNarratorDocumentary2023 Farzi Srikant Tiwari Voiceover2024Killer SoupPrabhakar/Umesh
Music videos Title Year Role Notes "Bambai Main Ka Ba" 2020 Himself Also singer "Kudi Meri" 2022
References
External links Manoj Bajpayee filmography at IMDb