Who is Manoj Bajpai ?
# Manoj Bajpayee is also popular as Manoj Bajpai.
# He was born on 23 April 1969.
# He is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema and has also done Telugu and Tamil language films.
# He is the recipient of two National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards.
# Born in Belwa, a small village in Narkatiaganj, Bihar, Bajpayee aspired to become an actor since childhood.
# He relocated to Delhi at the age of seventeen, and applied for the National School of Drama, only to be rejected four times.
# He continued to do theatre while studying in college. Bajpayee made his feature film debut with a one-minute role in Drohkaal (1994), and a minor role of a dacoit in Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen (1994).
# After a few unnoticed roles, he played the gangster Bhiku Mhatre in Ram Gopal Varma’s 1998 crime drama Satya, which proved to be a breakthrough.
# Bajpayee received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for the film. He then acted in films such as Kaun (1999) and Shool (1999).
# For the latter, he won his second Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.
# Bajpayee further played the role of a prince with two wives in Zubeidaa (2001), a serial killer in Aks (2001) and a hitchhiker-turned-psychopath killer in Road (2002).
Who is Manoj Bajpai Dating ?
Bajpayee was married to a girl from Delhi, but got divorced during his period of struggle.
He met actress Shabana Raza, who is also known as Neha, right after her debut film Kareeb (1998).
The couple married in 2006 and they have a daughter.
Quick Facts
- Weight: 163 lbs (74 kg)
- Height: 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Shoe Size/Feet Size: 10 (US)
- Star Sign: Taurus
- Net Worth: Unknown
- Hair Color: Black
- Eye Color: Dark Brown
- Date Of Birth: 23 April 1969
- Birth Place: Belwa, Bihar, India
- Nationality: Indian
- Race/Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
- Religion: Hindu
- Spouse: Neha (m. 2005-)
- Children: Ava Nayla