Manoj Bajpai, a passionate lover of theatre,full of fury and raw energy, hails from Bilwa in Bihar.Manoj Bajpai was born on April 3rd.He has earned his acting credentials doing theatre(He was rejected thrice by the National School of Drama and is the actor who is known for his acting sensibilities.

Manoj’s ambitions and dreams to make his place under the arc lamps drove him from a sleepy town in Bihar to work his way up from TV roles to small character roles in films like Bandit Queen. Pooja Bhatt spotted him for her film ‘Tamanna‘ where again he went unnoticed. Even after his first few films, Manoj was not that a recognized actor as far as the audiences were concerned. And then Satya happened and Manoj became synonymous with just one name Bhiku Mhatre.

Being a stickler for variety Manoj has always dug the roles that offer him the scope to convey myriad emotions. He showed his deft hand at comedy in Hansal Mehta’s dark comedy Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar and his subtle and resisted performance in Zubeidaa just adds another feather to his cap. This man has the dream of working with Martin Scorcese and with the kind of adulation and fanfare he has now, the day should not far enough.

Stepped into Bollywood with Govind Nihalani’s Drohkaal (1994) and then as Man Singh in Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen (1994). He has worked in Dastak (1996); Mahesh Bhatt’s Tamanna (1997) and Ram Gopal Verma’s Daud (1997).

It was Ram Gopal Verma’s Satya (1998) that won him recognition, when he played the underworld don Bhiku Mhatre. He won several awards including Filmfare Award Best Actor Critics Choice and National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In Ram Gopal Verma’s Kaun, a suspense thriller, he starred with Urmila Matondkar. He was seen as Inspector Samar Pratap Singh in E.Nivas Shool (1999) about politics, winning a second Filmfare Award Best Actor ? Critics Choice.

In Fiza (2000) he played Murad Khan, the leader of a terrorist group. The movie didn’t do well commercially but earned appreciation from critics. He did a turnaround from his usual roles in Shyam Benegal’s Zubeidaa (2001) with Karishma Kapoor and Rekha, as Maharaja Vijayendra Singh who falls in love with and marries a divorcee Zubeidaa who is na?ve, romantic and possessive around his first wife Rajmata Mandira Devi.

Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra’s Aks (2001) saw him as a killer Raghavan. In Ram Gopal Verma’s Road (2002) with Antara Mali and Vivek Oberoi his character again wore a dark shade. His other movies were Pinjar (2003) with Urmila Matondkar for which he won the National Film Special Jury Award; J.P Dutta’s LOC Kargil (2003); as Preity Zinta’s fiance Raza in Yash Chopra’s Veer Zaara (2004); Dharmesh Darshan’s Bewafaa (2005) and Fareb (2005) with Shilpa Shetty and Shamita Shetty.

Manoj Bajpai acted in a Telugu movie Happy (2006) with Genelia D’Souza and Allu Arjun; as a prisoner of war in 1971 (2007) and Swami (2007). He was also seen in Dus Kahaniyan, an anthology of ten films in 2007.

Money Hai Tho Honey Hai (2008) didn’t work at the box office. Acid Factory is due to be released in 2009.

He is married to actress Neha who worked in movies like Kareeb and Fiza.

Movies Done By Manoj Bajpayee

Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari TBA Suraj Mehra Filming
Drohkaal 1994 Anand Special appearance
Bandit Queen 1994 Dacoit Man Singh
Kalakaar 1994 N/A Television serial
Swabhimaan 1995 Sunil Television serial
Dastak 1996 Avinash Banerjee
Sanshodhan 1996 Bhanwar
Tamanna 1997 Salim
Daud 1997 Pushkar
Satya 1998 Bhiku Mahatre National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor-Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
Nominated―Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Prema Katha 1999 Sankaram Telugu film
Kaun 1999 Sameer A. Purnavale
Shool 1999 Inspector Samar Pratap Singh Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
Nominated–Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Fiza 2000 Murad Khan Special appearance
Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar 2000 Ram Saran Pandey
Ghaath 2000 Krishna Patil
Zubeidaa 2001 Maharaja Vijayendra Singh
Aks 2001 Raghavan Ghatge Nominated―Filmfare Award for Best Villain
Road 2002 Babu Nominated―Filmfare Award for Best Villain
Pinjar 2003 Rashid National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention
LOC Kargil 2003 Yogendra Singh Yadav Nominated―Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Hanan 2004 Pagla / Shamsher
Jaago 2004 Inspector Kripa Shankar Thakur
Veer-Zaara 2004 Raza Sharazi
Inteqam: The Perfect Game 2004 Uday Dhirendra Thakur
Return to Rajapur 2005 Jai Singh
Bewafaa 2005 Dil Arora
Fareb 2005 Aditya Malhotra
Happy 2006 DCP Arvind Telugu film
1971 2007 Major Suraj Singh
Swami 2007 Swami
Dus Kahaniyaan 2007 Saahil
Money Hai Toh Honey Hai 2008 Lallabhai Bharodia
Jugaad 2009 Sandip
Acid Factory 2009 Sultan
Jail 2009 Nawab
Puli 2010 Al Saleem Telugu film
Vedam 2010 Raheemuddin Qureshi Telugu film
Raajneeti 2010 Veerendra Pratap Nominated―Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Ramayana: The Epic 2010 Rama (voice) Animation film
Dus Tola 2010 Shankar Sunar
Aarakshan 2011 Mithilesh Singh
Lanka 2011 Jaswant
Chittagong 2012 Surya Sen
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 2012 Sardar Khan Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Chakravyuh 2012 Rajan
Samar 2013 Rajesh Arunachalam Tamil film
Special 26 2013 CBI Officer Waseem Khan
Shootout at Wadala 2013 Zubair Imtiaz Haksar
Satyagraha 2013 Balram Singh
Mahabharat 2013 Yudhisthira (voice) Animation film
Anjaan 2014 Imran Bhai Tamil film
Tevar 2015 Gajendar Singh
Jai Hind 2015 — Short film
Taandav 2016 — Filmfare Short Film Awards Best Actor
Aligarh 2016 Ramchandra Siras Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor-Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor
Traffic 2016 Constable Ramdas Godbole
Kriti 2016 Sapan Short film
Budhia Singh – Born to Run 2016 Birachi Das
Saat Uchakkey 2016 Pappi
Ouch 2016 Vinay Short film
Naam Shabana 2017 Ranveer Singh
Sarkar 3 2017 Govind Deshpande
Rukh 2017 Divakar Mathur
Aiyaary 2018 Colonel Abhay Singh
Baaghi 2 2018 DIG Ajay Shergill
Missing 2018 Sushant Dubey Also producer
Satyameva Jayate 2018 DCP Shivansh Rathod
Gali Guleiyan 2018 Khuddoos
Love Sonia 2018 Faizal
Bhonsle 2018 Ganpath Bhonsle Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor
Sonchiriya 2019 Man Singh
The Family Man 2019 Srikant Amazon Original series
Mrs. Serial Killer 2020 Dr. Mrityunjoy Mukerjee Netflix film
Bambai Main Ka Ba 2020 Himself Music video-Also playback singer