Kapil Sharma started his career from reality shows and comedy. He participated in a comedy reality show Ustaadon Ka Ustaad (2008). the contestants of Comedy Circus performed against those from Great Indian Laughter Challenge, He also co-hosted comedy show Chhote Miyan (2008) with Juhi Parmar on Colors. In 2009, he joined the comedy reality show Hans Baliye (STAR One), as a wild card entry, along with Ginni as a partner. He also co hosted the first Punjabi international film awards in Toronto in 2012.
He also co-hosted Great Indian Laughter Challenge Season IV with Chandan Prabhakar. He won Comedy Circus Ke Taansen and has worked on comedy show Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur with his partner Shweta Tiwari and won it. He is a man of multiple talents. He has done serious roles in theatres but has also got a perfect sense of timing when it comes to humor. He is also a great singer and showed his talent in Star Ya Rockstar. He was a wild card entry and reached up to the final where he came second. He also won Kahani Comedy Circus Ki. Even though Sharma wants to be concentrating more on various acting roles, he is known for his sharp comedy on stage.
Sharma, Co-hosted the PIFAA Awards 2012 & Zee Cine Awards 2013 – flashback with Soumya on Zee TV. He is currently co-hosting Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 6).
Kapil Sharma marks his debut as a producer with TV show Comedy Nights With Kapil. In this series, he will be seen doing multiple avatars, that of an actor, scriptwriter and producer in his production debut. The show is likely to hit the small screen in June on Colors.
Films Done By Kapil Sharma
- 2010 Bhavnao Ko Samjho Thakur’s son Sunil Pal Special appearance
- 2015 ABCD 2 Himself Remo D’Souza Special appearance
- 2015 Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon Kumar Shiv Ram Kishan Abbas–Mustan Debut film
- 2017 Firangi Manga Rajiv Dhingra
- 2018 Son Of Manjeet Singh Producer/Special Appearance Vikram Grover Producer of the film
- 2019 The Angry Birds Movie 2 Red (voice) Thurop Van Orman Hindi dubbed version
Television Done By Kapil Sharma
- 2006 Hasde Hasande Ravo Contestant
- 2007 The Great Indian Laughter Challenge (season 3) Contestant Winner
- 2008 Chhote Miyan Host
- 2008-09 Laughter Knights Contestant
- 2009 Ustaadon Ka Ustaad Contestant
- 2009 Hans Baliye Contestant
- 2010 Comedy Ka Daily Soap Performer
- 2010-13 Comedy Circus Winner of 6 consecutive seasons
- 2011 Star Ya Rockstar Contestant Runner Up
- 2013 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 6) Host
- 2013-16 Comedy Nights with Kapil Host/Comedy performer/co-producer of the show
- 2014 Kaun Banega Crorepati Guest
- 2014 The Anupam Kher Show Guest
- 2015 60th Filmfare Awards Host
- 2015 Farah Ki Daawat Guest
- 2015 Aap Ki Adalat Guest
- 2015 Dance India Dance Guest to promote his debut film
- 2015 Indian Idol Junior Guest to promote his debut film
- 2015 The Voice Guest to promote his debut film
- 2015 Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi Guest
- 2015 Star Guild Awards Host
- 2016 22nd Star Screen Awards Host
- 2016 61st Filmfare Awards Host
- 2016–2017 The Kapil Sharma Show Season 1 Host/Comedy Performer
- 2017 62nd Filmfare Awards Host
- 2017 Koffee with Karan 5 Guest
- 2017 Bigg Boss 11 Guest To promote his film Firangi
- 2017 Super Dancer Chapter 2 Guest To promote his film Firangi
- 2017 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs Guest To promote his film Firangi
- 2017 Oye Firangi Host Special Event/Show to promote his film Firangi
- 2018 Family Time With Kapil Sharma Host
- 2018–present The Kapil Sharma Show Season 2 Host/Comedy Performer/co-producer of the show
Awards and nominations Received By Kapil Sharma
- 2012 Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor – Comedy Kahani Comedy Circus Ki Won
- 2013 Comedy Nights with Kapil -Funniest Serial – Comedy Comedy Nights with Kapil
- 2013 CNN-IBN Indian of the Year Entertainer of the Year Kapil Sharma
- 2013 BIG Star Entertainment Awards Most Entertaining Comedy Show Comedy Nights with Kapil
- 2014 Star Guild Awards Best Comedy Show
- 2015 Sony Guild Film Awards Promising Debut (Male) Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon
- 2015 Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor (Comedy) Comedy Nights with Kapil
- 2019 World book of Records (London) Most viewed stand-up comedian
- 2019 Gold Awards Best Comedy Show The Kapil Sharma Show-Indian Television Academy Awards Best Comedy Show