Sunny Deol

Sunny Deol

Born 1956-10-19 (age 69) Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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Biography

Sunny Deol is an Indian film actor, director and producer known for his works exclusively in Hindi cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Dharmendra, and the elder brother of actor Bobby Deol and Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

In a film career spanning over thirty years, Deol has won two National Film Awards, and two Filmfare Awards. Box Office India listed Deol as the overall star of the nineties.

Deol made his debut in the film Betaab for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. From there, he went on to star in numerous films in the 1980s and 90s like Tridev, Arjun, Kroadh, Ghayal, Vishwatma, Lootere, Darr, Damini – Lightning, Jeet, Ghatak, Border, Ziddi, Arjun Pandit, and Indian. He made his debut as a director and producer with Dillagi, in which he also starred alongside his brother Bobby. Deol made his debut opposite fellow debutante Amrita Singh in Betaab (1982), which was a blockbuster that launched the careers of both actors. His performance won him his first Filmfare Best Actor Award Nomination.

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Known For

Border 2
Border 2

2026

as Lt. Col. Fateh Singh Kaler

Jaat
Jaat

2025

as Jaat

Ramayana
Ramayana

2026

as Hanuman

Gadar 2
Gadar 2

2023

as Tara Singh

Damini
Damini

1993

as Govind

Darr
Darr

1993

as Sunil Malhotra

Batwara 1947
Batwara 1947

2026

as Sikander Mirza

Border
Border

1997

as Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri

Ziddi
Ziddi

1997

as Deva Pradhan

Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

2001

as Tara Singh

Gabru
Chup
Chup

2022

as Arvind Mathur

Tridev
Tridev

1989

as Inspector Karan Saxena

Ghayal
Ghayal

1990

as Ajay Mehra

Samundar
Samundar

1986

as Ajit

Ghatak
Ghatak

1996

as Kashi Nath

Jaal: The Trap
Jaal: The Trap

2003

as Ajay Kaul

Mahabharat
Mahabharat

2013

as Bheem (voice)

The Hero: Love Story of a Spy
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy

2003

as Ajay Chakravarty/Arun Khanna/Major Ravi Batra

Betaab
Betaab

1983

as Sunny Kapoor