Pankaj Tripathi

Pankaj Tripathi (born 5 September 1976) 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 60 films and 60 television shows.[2][3] Tripathi's breakthrough came in the year 2012 with his antagonistic role in the Gangs of Wasseypur film series.[4] He has established himself as one of the finest Indian actors.

Pankaj Tripathi
Tripathi in 2017
Born5 September 1976 (1976-09-05) (age 45)
Belsand Village in Barauli (Gopalganj), Bihar, India[1]
Alma mater
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
Spouse(s)
Mridula Tripathi
​
(m. 2004)​
Children1

Tripathi 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), Stree (2018), Ludo (2020), and Mimi (2021). For Newton, Tripathi earned several awards including a National Film Award – Special Mention.[5]

He has also established himself in the web world with his acclaim roles in the web series, Mirzapur, Criminal Justice, Yours Truly and Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors.

Early life

Tripathi was born on 5 September 1976[6] in a Sanatani Hindu Brahmin family in Belsand[1] a village in Gopalganj District in the Indian state of Bihar, to Pandit Benares Tripathi and Hemwanti Tripathi as the youngest of their four children.[7] His father works as a farmer and priest.[1] Tripathi also worked as a farmer with his father 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.[9] Out of fear of failure in acting he also worked briefly at Maurya hotel in Patna, where he encountered his idol Manoj Bajpai. Tripathi later narrated that once, while he was working as a chef at Maurya Hotel, he decided to keep Bajpai's slipper, which the latter forgot in his room, as a souvenir. 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, Firstly he played role of politician in Tata Tea ad 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. 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] and Mirzapur season 2 available on Amazon Prime and in the 2019 web series Sacred Games available on Netflix.

Personal life

Pankaj met Mridula during a wedding ceremony in 1993, at that time Mridula was studying in class IX and Pankaj was in class XI. Pankaj fell in love with Mridula at first sight. Pankaj and Mridula had to persuade their parents to the marriage because Pankaj's sister was married to Mridula's brother, and marriage in the same family was against their caste. After much effort, the couple got married on 15 January 2004. They moved to Mumbai after their marriage and in 2006, they had a baby girl named Aashi Tripathi.[8][22]

Filmography

Films
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Notes
2003Chigurida KanasuPankajUncredited (Kannada Film)
2004RunUnnamedUncredited
2005ApaharanGaya Singh's Crony
2005Bunty aur BabliInspector Jatayu Singh
2006OmkaraKichlu
2007DharmSuryaprakash
2008MithyaTipnis
ShauryaMajor Virendra Rathore
2009Chintu JiPaplu Yadav
Barah AanaInspector
2009Pyaar Bina Chain Kaha ReVillianBhojpuri Film
2010Valmiki Ki BandookBDO TripathiShort Film
RaavanGulabiya
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[23]
2018Kaalakaandi[24]
KaalaPankaj PatilTamil Film
Angrezi Mein Kehte HainFeroz[25]
PhamousTripathi[26][27]
StreeRudra
HarjeetaCoachPunjabi Film
Bhaiaji SuperhitBuilder Gupta[28]
Yours TrulyVijay World Premiere At The 23rd BIFF In October 2018.[29]
2019 Luka ChuppiBabulal [30][31]
The Tashkent Files Gangaram Jha [32][33]
Super 30Shri Ram Singh[34][35][36][37]
Kissebaaz Chuttan Shukla [38][39][40][41]
Arjun Patiala Film Producer Cameo[42][43][44]
Drive Hamid Netflix Film
2020Angrezi MediumTony [45]
Extraction Ovi Mahajan Sr. English Film[46]
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Anup Saxena Released On Netflix[47]

[48][49]

Ludo Satyendra "Sattu Bhaiya" Tripathi Released On Netflix[50][51][52]
Shakeela Salim [53]
2021 Kaagaz Lal Bihari Zee5 Film
Mimi Bhanu Released on Netflix
Bunty Aur Babli 2 Jatayu Singh [54]
83 PR Man Singh[55] [56]
2022 Bachchhan Paandey Bhaves Bhoplo [57][58]
OMG 2 – Oh My God! 2 TBA Filming[59]

Television
Year Title Role Network Notes
2005 Time Bomb 9/11 RAW Officer Tripathi Zee TV
2010–11 Zindagi Ka Har Rang...Gulaal Giga Kaka Star Plus
2010 Powder Naved Ansari Sony TV [60]
2015–16 Sarojini - Ek Nayi Pehal Dushyant Singh Zee TV [61]

Web Series
Year Title Role Network Notes
2018–2019 Sacred Games Khanna Guruji Netflix [62]
2018–present Mirzapur Akhandanand "Kaleen Bhaiya" Tripathi Amazon Prime Video [63]
2019 Criminal Justice Madhav Mishra Hotstar Specials [64]
2019 Yours Truly ZEE5 [65]
2020 Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors Madhav Mishra Hotstar Specials [66]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Nominated work Category Result Ref.
Film Awards
2018 International Indian Film Academy Awards Newton Best Supporting Actor Nominated [67]
2019 Stree Nominated [68]
2022 Ludo Pending [69]
83 Pending
2018 Filmfare Awards Newton Best Supporting Actor Nominated [70]
2019 Stree Nominated [71]
2021 Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Nominated [72]
Ludo Nominated
2018 National Film Awards Newton Special Mention Won [73]
2018 Screen Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [74]
2019 Stree Won [75]
2013 Zee Cine Awards Gangs of Wasseypur Best Performance in a Negative Role Nominated [76]
2019 Stree Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Male Nominated [77]
Television Awards
2021 Indian Television Academy Awards Mirzapur Best Actor - Web Series Won [78]
2019 iReel Awards Best Actor - Drama Won [79]
2020 Filmfare OTT Awards Sacred Games 2 Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated [80]
2021 Mirzapur 2 Nominated [81]
Kaagaz Best Actor in A Web Original Film Nominated
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors Best Actor In A Drama Series Nominated

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