Pankaj Tripathi is an Indian actor, who predominantly works in Hindi cinema and has appeared in some English, Telugu, and Tamil language films.
20 Facts About Pankaj Tripathi
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Pankaj Tripathi is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award, a Screen Award, and an IIFA Award.
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Pankaj Tripathi did an uncredited role in the film Run and did several minor roles in films such as Raavan and Agneepath and in some television series including Powder.
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Pankaj Tripathi rose to fame with his role as Sultan in Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur.
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Pankaj Tripathi received widespread critical praise for multiple films, including Fukrey, Masaan, Nil Battey Sannata, Bareilly Ki Barfi, Newton, Fukrey Returns, Stree, Ludo, Kaagaz and Mimi, the last of which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Pankaj Tripathi has starred in several web series in leading roles, including Mirzapur, Criminal Justice, Yours Truly, and Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors.
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Pankaj Tripathi was born on 28 September 1976 in a Bhojpuri-speaking Hindu Brahmin family in Belsand village of Barauli, Bihar in Gopalganj District in the Indian state of Bihar, to Pandit Benares Tiwari and Hemwanti Tiwari as the youngest of their four children.
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Pankaj Tripathi worked as a farmer with his father until he was in the 11th standard at school.
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Pankaj Tripathi moved to Patna after high school where he studied at Institute of Hotel Management, Hajipur.
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Pankaj Tripathi appeared in various Hindi films in minor roles, including Apaharan, Bunty Aur Babli, Omkara, Shaurya, Raavan, Aakrosh, Chillar Party, and Agneepath.
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Pankaj Tripathi gained popularity following the release of Gangs of Wasseypur films.
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Pankaj Tripathi made his debut in Tamil cinema with the film Kaala, which was released on 7 June 2018.
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Pankaj Tripathi acted alongside Randeep Hooda in Netflix's original Extraction starring Chris Hemsworth in the year 2020.
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In 2021, Pankaj Tripathi was again nominated twice for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in critically acclaimed Mimi and sports drama 83.
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Pankaj Tripathi starred in leading roles in the 2018 Amazon Prime's web series Mirzapur and the 2019 Netflix web series Sacred Games.
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Pankaj Tripathi appeared in the 2019 TV series Criminal Justice as a lawyer.
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Pankaj Tripathi appeared in Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors in 2020 and Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach in 2022 reprising his role from season 1.
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Pankaj Tripathi is set to appear as Former Prime Minister Shree Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji in the upcoming biopic Main Atal Hoon, releasing in 2023.
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Pankaj Tripathi will be seen in OMG 2 alongside Akshay Kumar and Fukrey 3 in 2023.
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Pankaj Tripathi met his future wife Mridula during a wedding ceremony in 1993 when they were both in school and then got married on 15 January 2004.