born 24 December 1959) is an Indian actor who mainly appears in Bollywood films, and also a film producer. He first won acclaim for his roles in Yash Chopra's drama Mashaal (1984) for which he won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award and Shekhar Kapur's sci-fi Mr. India (1987).
After a series of successful films, Kapoor earned his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in N. Chandra's Tezaab in 1988, and later for Indra Kumar's Beta in 1992. Since then, he has starred in a number of critical and commercial successes, including Virasat (1997), for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance; Biwi No.1 (1999); Taal (1999), for which he won his second Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award; Pukar (2000), for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor; No Entry (2005) and Welcome (2007).
Kapoor's first role in an international film was as Prem Kumar in Danny Boyle's 2008 Academy Award-winning Slumdog Millionaire, for which he shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. His performance in the eighth season of the award-winning action series 24 has generated rave reviews from the American press
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