Vinay Pathak is an Indian actor who is known for his brilliant performances in movies like Khosla Ka Ghosla, Bheja Fry and Johnny Gaddaar. He learnt acting from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
The actor has two daughters, Vasudha and Sharinee.
Earlier Vinay did small roles and was noticed after his hilarious performance in Khosla Ka Ghosla followed by Bheja Fry which brought him a lot of acclaim. He directed a movie called Dasvidhaniya.
On television, he played the role of Vinny Sir in the famous TV serial Hip Hip Hurray.
Pathak has hosted a lot of television shows. He and his co star and friend Ranvir Shorey hosted a show called Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun on Star Plus and also House Arrest on Channel [V]. During the 2006 World Cup in Germany they hosted Duniya Goal Hain on ESPN-STAR. In the Great Indian Laughter Show on Star One which was hosted by Shekhar Suman, Vinay was a part of the gags in the show. He also hosted Cricket Crazy accompanied by Ranvir.
Vinay played the role of Inspector Gurpal Badash for the TV movie Murder Unveiled in 2005. He was in the Sharukh starrer Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and also in the hit movie Johnny Gaddaar. Vinay was also seen in unsuccessful movies like Aaja Nachle and Straight in 2009.
His performance in Khoya Khoya Chand was appreciated.
Television Done By Vinay Pathak
- 1997 Margarita Hindi
- 1998 House Arrest Host/presenter English
- 1998-2001 Hip Hip Hurray Vincent “Vinnie” George Hindi
- 2001 Kahani Poori Filmi Hai Host/presenter Hindi
- 2002 Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr Professor Hindi
- 2004-2007 The Great Indian Comedy Show Various characters Hindi
- 2005 Murder Unveiled Inspector Gurpal Badas English Canadian television film
- 2007 Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun? Host/presenter Hindi
- 2010 Kaam Ka Plot Inspector Hindi Television film
- 2013 CID Mintoo Hasan Hindi Bajatey Raho Special episode
- 2013-2014 Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai Host/presenter Hindi
- 2019 Made in Heaven Ramesh Gupta Hindi
- 2020 Special OPS Hindi
Films Done By Vinay Pathak
- 1998 Fire Guide At Taj Mahal Deepa Mehta Hindi/English Indo-Canadian co-production
- 1998 Bombay Boys Chaiwalla Kaizad Gustad English
- 1999 Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Tarun Sanjay Leela Bhansali Hindi
- 2000 Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega Monty Raj Kanwar Hindi
- 2003 Jism DCP Siddharth Amit Saxena Hindi
- 2006 Khosla Ka Ghosla Asif Iqbal Dibakar Banerjee Hindi
- 2006 Mixed Doubles Vinay Rajat Kapoor Hindi
- 2007 Johnny Gaddaar Prakash Sriram Raghavan Hindi
- 2007 Aaja Nachle Mr. Chojar Anil Mehta Hindi
- 2007 Bheja Fry Bharat Bhushan Sagar Ballary Hindi Won-Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role-Nominated-IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
- 2007 Say Salaam India Mr. Chopra Subhash Kapoor Hindi
- 2008 Oh, My God Rajendra Dubey Sourabh Shrivastava Hindi
- 2008 Dasvidaniya Amar Kaul Shashant Shah Hindi Also Producer
- 2008 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Balwinder “Bobby” Khosla Aditya Chopra Hindi Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated-IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor
- 2008 Via Darjeeling Inspector Robin Dutt Arindam Nandy Hindi
- 2008 Mithya Ram Bhai Rajat Kapoor Hindi
- 2008 Manorama Six Feet Under Sub-Inspector Brij Mohan Navdeep Singh Hindi
- 2009 Raat Gayi Baat Gayi Amit Saurabh Shukla Hindi
- 2009 Quick Gun Murugun Chitragupta Shashanka Ghosh English
- 2009 Straight Mr. Peenu Patel Parvati Balagopalan Hindi
- 2010 Antardwand Madhukar Shahi Sushil Rajpal Hindi
- 2010 The Film Emotional Atyachar Joe Akshay Shere Hindi
- 2010 My Name is Khan Jitesh Karan Johar Hindi
- 2011 Pappu Can’t Dance Saala Vidyadhar Acharya Saurabh Shukla Hindi
- 2011 Tere Mere Phere Jai Dhumal Deepa Sahi Hindi
- 2011 Bheja Fry 2 Bharat Bhushan Sagar Ballary Hindi
- 2011 Jo Dooba So Paar Havaldar Tokan Praveen Kumar Hindi
- 2011 Utt Pataang Ram Sharma / Lucky Sardana Srikanth V. Velagaleti Hindi
- 2011 Chalo Dilli Mannu Gupta Shashant Shah Hindi
- 2011 Ek Tho Chance Saeed Akhtar Mirza Hindi Special appearance
- 2012 Midnight’s Children Hardy Deepa Mehta English Canadian-British film
- 2012 Fatso! Rajat Kapoor Hindi
- 2012 Maximum Tiwari Kabeer Kaushik Hindi
- 2013 Bajatey Raho Mintoo Hasan Shashant Shah Hindi
- 2015 Gour Hari Dastaan Gour Hari Das Anant Mahadevan Hindi
- 2015 Kaagaz Ke Fools Purshottam Tripathi Anil Kumar Chaudhary Hindi
- 2015 Island City Ruchika Oberoi Hindi
- 2015 Chidiya Bali Mehran Amrohi Hindi
- 2015 Badlapur Harman Sriram Raghavan Hindi
- 2016 Motu Patlu: King Of Kings Guddu Ghalib Suhas D. Kadav Hindi Voice role Animated film
- 2017 Dark Brew Anil Vadera Akash Goila Hindi
- 2017 Hanuman Da’ Damdaar Popat Sharma Ruchi Narain Hindi Voice role
- Animated film
- 2018 Khajoor Pe Atke Ravinder Harsh Chhaya Hindi
- 2018 Toba Tek Singh Saadat Hasan Manto Ketan Mehta Hindi
- 2019 Chintu Ka Birthday Madan Tiwary Devanshu Kumar-Satyanshu Singh Hindi
- 2019 Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi Seema Pahwa Hindi
- 2019 Chappad Phaad Ke Sharad Gupchup Sameer Hemant Joshi Hindi
- 2019 Axone Landlord Nicholas Kharkongor Hindi
- 2019 Mitin Mashi Arindam Sil Bengali
- 2019 Dhuusar (Grey) Supt. Avinash Gautam Snehashish Mondal
- 2019 The Tashkent Files Mukhtar Vivek Agnihotri Hindi
- 2019 Luka Chuppi Trivedi Ji Laxman Utekar Hindi
Vinay Pathak As Producer
- 2008 Dasvidaniya Shashant Shah