Actor · Telugu cinema

Sunil Shetty

Sunil Shetty is an Indian actor, producer, television host and entrepreneur whose main body of work lies in Hindi cinema. Fans call him Anna. Across more than 100 films since the 1990s, he has built a name in action and comedy, and he is best remembered for Mohra (1994), Border (1997) and Hera Pheri (2000). His top honour is the Filmfare Award for Best Villain, which he won for Dhadkan (2000). Shetty made his mark in the early 1990s as an action lead in Balwaan (1992), then built on it with Waqt Hamara Hai (1993), Mohra (1994) and Dilwale (1994). Border (1997) added to that strong run. In 2000 he turned to comedy with Hera Pheri and played a villain in Dhadkan, and he came back to comedy with Phir Hera Pheri (2006). He produced The Plan (2015), and in later years he took supporting parts in Darbar (2020), Mumbai Saga (2021) and Ghani (2022), along with roles in Mosagallu (2021) and Marakkar (2021). Shetty is known for doing his own stunts in every action film he has made, and he moves easily between hero, comic and villain parts. Darbar earned him a South Indian International Movie Awards nomination in the Tamil category in 2020. Away from acting, he has produced films through Popcorn Motion Pictures, co-founded an online casting platform and hosted reality shows.

65 yearsBorn Aug 11, 1961

Career at a glance

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