Prior to his Bollywood career, Samir was an investment banker with one of the bulge bracket firms on Wall Street in New York, before coming back to India to start modeling. He has attended acting courses in New York and Los Angeles.

Soni made his debut in the Hindi serial Samandar based on Navy officers. In 1996, he appeared as Ashok Mathur in Doordarshan’s A Mouthful Of Sky, based on Ashok Banker’s script and directed by Mahesh Bhatt. He made his film debut opposite actress Mamta Kulkarni in China Gate (1998), though it was followed by forgettable cameos in films.

In 2003, Samir shot to fame by appearing in the film Baghban and played lead roles in Basti and Kahan Ho Tum. In that same year, Soni also worked in the popular television series Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin that aired on Sony. In 2004, he worked in another popular show on Sony channel called Saaksshi.
Soni featured as one of the contestants in the reality television show Bigg Boss 4 in 2010. He was evicted from the house a week prior to the grand finale.

Through modeling, he met his ex-spouse, Rajlakshmi Khanvilkar. The two were married for six months before they divorced. He also dated late model, Nafisa Joseph.
On 24 January 2011, he married former actress Neelam Kothari.

Films Done By Samir Soni

1995 Samandar (TV show) Navy officer
1996 A Mouthful of Sky Ashok Mathur
1998 China Gate Uditanshu Tandon
2001 Lajja Manish
2002 Kabhie Tum Kabhie Hum Sameer Shastri
2003 Dance Like A Man Vishal
2003 Kahan Ho Tum Jai
2003 Basti Ramesh “Rama” Kulkarni
2003 Baghban Sanjay Malhotra, Raj’s second son
2004 Dil Kya Chahta Hai Ram
2005 Kumkum Yash Thakur
2006 Vivah Sunil Bajpayee, Anupam Khair’s older Son
2008 Cracking The Code Host
2008 Fashion Rahul Arora, a designer, Janet’s best friend and later on husband and biggest supporter and well wisher of Meghana
2010 I Hate Luv Storys Veer Kapoor
2013 I, Me Aur Main Cameo
2016 Chalk n Duster Sunil Thakur
2018 Batti Gul Meter Chalu SPTL Head
2019 Student of the Year 2 Principal
2020 Films that are not yet released Mumbai Saga Rajant ‘Raja’ Shankar Filming

Television Done By Samir Soni

1999-2000 Hello Friends Samir Zee TV
2003 – 2005 Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin Purab Mehra Sony TV
2004 Saaksshi Shekhar Sengupta Sony TV
2005 Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan Advocate Yash Thakur Star Plus
2010 Bigg Boss 4 Contestant Colors TV
2011 – 2013 Parichay Advocate Kunal Chopra
2015 Darr Sabko Lagta Hai – Mera Saaya Vijay (Episode 14) &TV
2017 Bewafaa sii Wafaa Sumer Singh Bajaj Alt Balaji
2019 Puncch Beat Rajbir Chaudhary Alt Balaji

Awards and nominations Received By Samir Soni

2012 Parichay Indian Telly Awards Best Actor (Popular) Won
2012 Boroplus Gold Awards Best Actor (Jury) Won
2012 Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor (Popular) Won
2012 People’s Choice Awards India Favourite Drama Actor Nominated