Pankaj Tripathi | Indian Actor
Pankaj Tripathi is a popular Indian film and television actor. He has done more than 70+ movies and tv shows. He is best known for his powerful acting in the Mirzapur web series. For the Mirzapur series, he won iReel Awards and Indian Television Academy Awards for the best actor. Pankaj Tripathi has made his place in the Indian entertainment industry on the basis of his genuine and real acting. Pankaj Tripathi has faced many difficulties to achieve his goal, his biography is really inspiring. Here we will know complete details about Pankaj Tripathi such as his biography, profile, education, career, family & relationship.
Basic Profile of Pankaj Tripathi
- Name: Pankaj Tripathi
- Nickname: Pankaj
- Date of Birth: Sep 5, 1976 ( 45 Years as 2021)
- Birthplace: Gopalganj, Bihar, India
- Nationality: Indian
- Gender: Male
- Height:5'10
- Weight:70
- Occupation: Actor.
- Active Year:2004-present
- Debut [ Television ]: Time Bomb ( 2005)
- Debut [Film]: Run (2004)
- Married Status: Married
- Children: 1 [ As of 2021 ]
Languages: See the list of languages that Pankaj Tripathi can speak
Biography of Actor Pankaj Tripathi Biography
Pankaj Tripathi is an Indian actor who was born on 5 Sep 1976 in an Indian village named 'Belsand' which is a village in Gopalganj District of Indian state Bihar. He belongs to the Hindu Brahmin family.
In his childhood, he plays the role of a girl in his village's Natak that inspire him to build his career in the Indian entertainment industry. After completing high school he moved to Patna where he did theatre during this time he was also doing part-time work in a hotel. After staying in Patna for 7 years he moved to Delhi and later Mumbai for his career. He faced financial problems and well as well fear of failure
Qualifications of Pankaj Tripathi
The actor did his schooling at D.P.H school in Golpalganj, Bihar, his father was a farmer that's why he did not know much about acting due to no television facility was available in the village. After his primary education, his father sent him to Patna for his further studies as he wanted Pankaj to become a Doctor.
Pankaj was an active leader and an eloquent speaker too in his college. He was good at sports and represented his college in High Jump and 100 meters sprints. Then, later did a hotel management course in Patna and worked as a Cook in Hotel Maurya in Patna. After that he got influenced by acting after doing theatre for 4 years, he appeared in the National School Of Drama Examination and got selected. So from 2001-2004, he studied in NSD.
Acting Career of Pankaj Tripathi
His acting career started with doing small dramas in theaters. His first act was in a play of Bhism Sahani's story of Leela Nandlal director by Vijay Kumar in which Pankaj played the role of a local thief and was highly appreciated by the audience. After Pankaj completed his studies in NSD in 2004 returned to Patna and did theatre for the next 4 months. On the 16th of October, he shifted to Mumbai with his wife to fulfill his acting aspirations. From 2004-2010 he did small roles in films and television including the Tata Tea commercial. His first appearance was in the film Run in 2004 starring Abhishek Bacchan and Vijay Raaz. In 2010, he got a role in a television serial named 'Gulaal' on Star Plus. While shooting Gulaal he received a call from casting director Mukesh Kashyap's film 'Gangs of Wasseypur'.So after the interview, Anurag was not happy with his interview initially but was convinced afterward by Mukesh and Pankaj Tripathi got the role of 'Sultan' in that movie which was a big superhit. And this success brought him many offers from many filmmakers. Tripathi's work in Fukrey, Manjhi-The Mountain Man, and Masaan was also appreciated by the audience as well as critics. And later he appeared in many films as well as web Series like Mirzapur, Gunjan Saxena, and Now is globally known as a talented and hardworking Actor.
Top Movies & Tv Shows of Pankaj Tripathi
- Mirzapur (2018)
- Mimi (2021)
- Kaagaz (2021)
- Criminal Justice (Since 2019)
- Ludo (2020)
- Sacred Games (2018-19)
- Gunjan Saxena (2020)
- Stree (2018)
- Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
- Luka Chuppi (2019)
Full List: See the full list of movies and tv shows of Pankaj Tripathi
Family of Pankaj Tripathi
Father: Pandit Banaras Tripathi is a farmer by profession.
Mother: Hemwanti(Housewife).
Pankaj Tripathi has 3 elder brothers and 2 elder sisters and all of his siblings are married. Pankaj Tripathi's father is his core support of him in his career and as well as studies. His father wanted Pankaj Tripathi to become a doctor or else to go out of the town and get higher education to build his career and this initial support of him made Pankaj Tripathi an outstanding actor by profession.
Personal life of Pankaj Tripathi
On May 24,1993 Pankaj Tripathi met the love of his for the very first time Mirdula in her brother's Tilak (engagement ceremony) when Pankaj Tripathi was in 11th grade and Mirdula was in 9th grade. At their very first sight, they both developed some sort of connection.
And then after 8 long years, they met again and had the conversation started between them. Then after several years of courtship and days of love both of them entered marital bliss on 15th January 2004. After marriage, they shifted to Mumbai and unfortunately, Pankaj had no work or projects at that moment of time to fulfill the house need and that's where Mirdula Tripathi started teaching at Gurgaon and earned for living and supported Pankaj Tripathi until he got work.
Awards
Nominated for:
- Zee Cine Awards -Best Performance in a Negative Role in "Gangs Of Wasseypur" in 2013
- Filmfare Awards, IIFA Awards, and Screen Awards-Best Supporting Actor Role in "Newton" in 2018.
- Filmfare Awards, IIFA Awards, and Zee Cine Awards-Best Supporting Actor Role in the movie named "Stree" in 2019.
- Filmfare Awards - Best Supporting Actor Role in "Gunjan Saxena -The Kargil Girl" and in "Ludo" in 2021.
Won Awards:
- National Film Awards- Special Mention For the film "Newton" in 2018.
- Screen Awards-Best Supporting Actor for the film "Stree" in 2019.
- iReel Awards -Best Actor Drama for "Mirzapur" in 2019
- Indian Television Academy Awards-Best Actor Web Series for "Mirzapur" in 2021.
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