Sunny Deol born to filmstar Dharmendra as “Ajay Singh Deol”. This 5’9″ tall guy made his debut as a teenage romantic hero in Betaab with co-star Amrita Singh. Action roles seemed to be his forte, but he also tried his hand at romantic roles in several movies.

His powerful draw at the box office…the ‘dhishum dhishum’ comes so naturally as does a getlemanly demeanour which attracts women in hordes. Additionally his ever youthful look is a major plus point in itself.

From romantic hero to the rebellious, unemployed angry young man out to get justice, the blockbuster Ghayal established Sunny as the action hero in Bollywood. Lately, Sunny has been busy with other work apart from acting – directing. For now, Sunny has his hands full and more home productions seems to be in the offering.

His Gadar was a mega hit. He performed well in this film. The brawn machine that steamrolls its way at the box office. Action sells and so does Sunny Deol. 2003 was not too good a year for him, however. His mega-budget The Hero didn’t live up to expectations and his other movies were quite forgettable. His track record has been dented, but it will continue to be biceps and bashing all the way next year. The shy, soft-spoken Deol is a tough guy to keep down for long.

After a series of flops such as Insaniyat, Angrakshak, Himmat, Jeet et al he revived his career with J.P. Dutta’s Border in which he played the role of Major Kuldeep Singh. He was then seen in movies like Zor, Ziddi, Salaakhen and Pyar Koi Khel Nahi. But luck was not exactly on his side as his home production Dillagi with brother Bobby Deol too failed to elicit a positive response at Box-Office.

Success has since proved elusive for this action star with his recent films such as Karz, Kaise Kahoon Ke Pyar Hai, Khel, Rok Sako To Rok Lo and Jo Bole So Nihaal all failing at the Box-Office again.

A man still going strong after almost three decades in the industry with more flops than hits to his credit faces the camera again in the fall of 2006 with Deodhar Gandhi.

Films Done By Sunny Deol

1983 Betaab Sunny Kapoor Rahul Rawail Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1984 Sunny Sunny Inderjit Raj Khosla
1984 Manzil Manzil Vijay (Sonu) Nasir Hussain
1984 Sohni Mahiwal Mahiwal/Mirza Izzat Beg Umesh Mehra Latif Faiziyev
1985 Arjun Arjun Malvankar Rahul Rawail
1985 Zabardast Sunder Kumar/Shyam Nasir Hussain
1986 Sultanat Sultan Mukul S. Anand
1986 Saveray Wali Gaadi Ravidas Bharathiraja
1986 Samundar Ajit Rahul Rawail
1987 Dacait Arjun Yadav Rahul Rawail
1988 Paap Ki Duniya Suraj/Ashok Shibu Mitra
1988 Ram-Avtar Ram Sunil Hingorani
1988 Yateem Krishna J. P. Dutt
1988 Inteqam Ajay / Birju Rajkumar Kohli
1989 Vardi Ajay Kumar Singh Umesh Mehra
1989 Joshilaay Dara Sibte Hassan Rizvi
1989 Tridev Karan Saxena Rajiv Rai
1989 ChaalBaaz Suraj Pankaj Parashar
1989 Nigahen: Nagina Part II Anand Harmesh Malhotra
1989 Majboor Sunil Rama Rao Tatineni
1989 Main Tera Dushman Gopal Vijay Reddy
1989 Aag Ka Gola Vikram Singh / Shankar ‘Shaka’ David Dhawan
1990 Kroadh Ajay ‘Ajju’ V. Shukla Shashilal K. Nair
1990 Ghayal Ajay Mehra Rajkumar Santoshi Also producer National Film Award – Special Jury Award
Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1990 Badnam Himself Shibu Mitra Special appearance Bengali language film
1991 Vishnu-Devaa Vishnu Prasad / Vishnu Subramaniam / Jack D’Souza K. Pappu
1991 Yodha Karan Srivastav Rahul Rawail
1991 Shankara Shankara Sudarshan Nag
1991 Narsimha Narsimha N. Chandra
1992 Vishwatma Prabhat Singh Rajiv Ra
1993 Lootere Karan Chopra Dharmesh Darshan
1993 Kshatriya Vinay Pratap Singh (Surjangarh) J. P. Dutta
1993 Damini Govind Shrivastava Rajkumar Santoshi National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
1993 Izzat Ki Roti Jeet K. Papp
1993 Veerta Mangal Singh Shibu Mitra
1993 Gunaah Ravi Sohni Mahesh Bhatt
1993 Darr Sunil Malhotra Yash Chopra Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1994 Insaniyat Karim Lala Tony Juneja
1994 Imtihaan Raja Harry Baweja
1995 Dushmani: A Violent Love Story Suraj Singh Bunty Soorma
1995 Angrakshak Ajay Ravi Raja Pinisetty
1996 Himmat Ajay Saxena Sunil Sharma
1996 Jeet Karan Raj Kanwar
1996 Ghatak: Lethal Kashi Nath Rajkumar Santoshi Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1996 Ajay Ajay Suneel Darshan
1997 Ziddi Deva Pradhan Guddu Dhanoa
1997 Border Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri J. P. Dutta Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1997 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya Himself Rahul Rawail Special Appearance
1997 Qahar Raja Rajkumar Kohli
1998 Zor Arjun U. Singh Sangeeth Sivan
1998 Salaakhen Vishal S. Agnihotri Guddu Dhanoa
1998 Iski Topi Uske Sarr Bhangra Dancer Raju Mavani Special Appearance
1999 Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin Anand Subhash Sehga
1999 Arjun Pandit Arjun Dixit / Arjun Pandit Rahul Rawail
1999 Dillagi Ranvir Singh Sunny Deol Also director
2000 Champion Rajveer Singh Padam Kumar
2001 Farz Karan Singh Raj Kanwar
2001 Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Tara Singh Anil Sharma Zee Cine Special Award for Outstanding Performance – Male
2001 Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke Sagar Deepak Shivdasani Special Appearance
2001 Indian Rajshekhar Azad N. Maharajan
2001 Kasam Shankar Shibu Mitra
2002 Maa Tujhhe Salaam Pratap Singh Tinu Verm
2002 23rd March 1931: Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azad Guddu Dhanoa
2002 Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani Karan Saxena Rajkumar Kohli
2002 Karz: The Burden of Truth Suraj Singh Harry Baweja
2003 The Hero: Love Story of a Spy Arun Khanna/Ajay Chakraborty/Batra/Wahid Khan Anil Sharma
2003 Kaise Kahoon Ke… Pyaar Hai Arjun Singh Anil Sharma Special Appearance
2003 Jaal: The Trap Ajay Kaul Guddu Dhanoa
2003 Khel – No Ordinary Game Rajveer Scindia Yusuf Khan
2004 Lakeer – Forbidden Lines Arjun Rana Ahmed Khan
2004 Rok Sako To Rok Lo Kabir (Phantom) Mukherjee Arindam Chaudhuri
2005 Jo Bole So Nihaal Nihaal Singh Rahul Rawail
2006 Naksha Veer K. Malhotra Sachin Bajaj
2006 Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera Arjun Singh Harry Baweja
2007 Big Brother Devdhar S.’Deva’ Gandhi / Devdhar Sharma Guddu Dhanoa
2007 Fool & Final Munna Ahmed Kha
2007 Apne Angad B. Singh Choudhary Anil Sharma
2007 Kaafila Sameer Ahmed Khan Amitoj Maan
2008 Tolly Lights — Arjun Chakraborty Special appearance Bengali language film
2008 Heroes Vikram Shergill Samir Karnik
2009 Fox Yashwant Deshmukh Deepak Tijori
2009 Punjab Gold Unknown Raj Kumar Punjabi film
2010 Right Yaaa Wrong Ajay Shridhar Neeraj Pathak
2010 Khuda Kasam Hussain K. C. Bokadia
2010 Hello Darling Nikhil Bajaj Manoj Tiwari Special Appearance
2011 Yamla Pagla Deewana Paramveer Singh Dhillon Samir Karnik Nominated—Best Actor Award by Bhaskar Bollywood Awards Nominated—Jodi number 1 by Bhaskar Bollywood Awards (with Dharmendra and Bobby Deol)
2013 Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 Paramveer Singh Dhillon Sangeeth Sivan
2013 Singh Saab the Great Saranjeet Talwar (Sunny)/ Singh Saab Anil Sharma
2013 Mahabharat Bhima Amaan Khan (voice)
2014 Dishkiyaoon Lakwa Gurjar Sanamjit Singh Talwar
2015 I Love New Year Randhir Singh Radhika Rao Vinay Sapru
2016 Ghayal Once Again Ajay Mehra Sunny Deol Also director
2017 Poster Boys Jagaavar Chaudhry Shreyas Talpade
2018 Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se Pooran Navaniat Singh
2018 Mohalla Assi Dharamnath Pandey Chandraprakash Dwivedi
2018 Bhaiaji Superhit Lal Bhaisahab Dubey Neeraj Pathak
2019 Blank SS Dewan Behzad Khambata
2019 Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas — Sunny Deol Director