Sunny Deol

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Sunny Deol - Born October 19, 1959 in New Delhi, India. He is a National Film Awards winning film (Bollywood) actor of Punjabi descent.BiographySunny Deol(52 years old) was born in New Delhi, India, to veteran actor Dharmendra and Prakash Kaur. He has a younger brother, Bobby Deol, who is also an actor, two sisters who are settled in California, and two half-sisters, Esha Deol, an actress and Ahana Deol, from his father's re-marriage to actress Hema Malini. His wife is Pooja Deol and they have two children. His cousin Abhay Deol is also currently an actor. He always wanted to be an actor but being the son of the famous actor, Dharmendra. Sunny went to England to study acting. He joined theatre called the Old Web Theatre in Birmingham, England where he studied theatre and acting. He was at the peak of his career during the nineties.CareerAs an ActorSunny made his acting debut in the Blockbuster movie Betaab in 1983. After some average movies he starred in an action film Arjun (1985). He played the role of a jobless hungry youth who is forced to become a gangster with guns and knives by circumstances. This role established his image as the action hero of Bollywood. After another period of mixed success, Sunny's breakthrough role came with Ghayal (1990) directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. His role of a boxer who fights for his family received cult status. The government of India awarded him a national award for his role of a lawyer in 'Damini'. Many of his films in the action genre including Tridev (1989), Vishwatma (1992), Imtihaan (1995), Ghatak: Lethal (1996), Ziddi (1997), Border (1998) and Indian (2001) were some of the biggest hits of his career.He has also had success in romantic and dramatic roles in films including Chaalbaaz (1989), Damini - Lightning (1993), Darr (1993), Jeet (1996) and Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001). Gadar: Ek Prem Katha remains one of the most successful Bollywood films to date at the box office. His last release is Apne which brought him with his father and brother together for the first time. The film was a super hit in the deol territory of north india and in overseas and an average hit in rest of india.As a directorSunnny made his directorial debut with the 1999 film Dillagi starring himself, younger brother Bobby Deol & Urmila Matondkar. The film wasn't a box office success but won him critical acclaim for his first directorial attempt.AwardsNational Film Awards1991 - Winner National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) 1993 - Winner National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Damini - Lightning Filmfare Awards1983 - Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Betaab 1991 - Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Ghayal 1994 - Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Damini - Lightning 1998 - Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Ghatak: Lethal 2002 - Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Zee Cine Awards2002 - Winner, Zee Cine Special Award for Outstanding Performance- Male for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Star Screen Awards2001 - Winner Best Actor for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha IIFA Awards2001 - Nominated, Best Actor for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Other Awards2002 - Winner Best Actor Award for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha by the Sansui Viewers' Choice Movie Awards.fox (2008) Mann (2009) FilmiKhabar (2008) Hello Darling (2008) Airport (2009) Heroes (2008) Faasi (2008) Gurudakshina (2008) Apne (2007) .... Angad Singh Choudhary Big Brother (2007) ... Munna Fool and Final (2007) Kaafila (2007) ... Sameer Teesri Aankh (2006) .... ACP Arjun Singh Naksha (2006) .... Veer Jo Bole So Nihaal (2005) .... Havaldar Nihaal Singh Rok Sako To Rok Lo (2004) .... Kabir (Phantom) Lakeer - Forbidden Lines (2004) .... Arjun Rana Khel (2003) .... A.C.P. Rajveer Scindia Jaal: The Trap (2003) .... Ajay Kaul Kaise Kahoon Ke Pyaar Hai (2003) The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003) .... Major Arun Khanna/Batra/Wahid Karz: The Burden of Truth (2002) .... Suraj Singh Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002) .... Karan Saxena 23rd March 1931: Shaheed (2002) .... Chandrashekhar Azad Maa Tujhhe Salaam (2002) .... Major Pratap Singh Kasam (2001) .... Shankar Indian (2001) .... DCP Rajshekhar Azad Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke (2001) .... Sagar (Special Appearance) Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001) .... Tara Singh Farz (2001) .... DCP Karan Singh Champion (2000) .... Rajveer Singh Dillagi (1999) .... Ranvir Arjun Pandit (1999) .... Arjun Dixit/Arjun Pandit Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin (1999) .... Anand Iski Topi Uske Sarr (1998) .... Bhangra dancer Salaakhen (1998) .... Vishal Agnihotri Qahar (1997) .... Raja Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (1997) .... Special Appearance Ziddi (1997) .... Deva Pradhan Zor (1997) .... Arjun Singh Border (film) (1997) .... Major Kuldeep Singh Ajay (1996) .... Ajay Ghatak: Lethal (1996) .... Kashi Nath Jeet (1996) .... Karan Himmat (1996) .... Agent Ajay Saxena Angrakshak (1995) .... Ajay Dushmani: A Violent Love Story (1995) .... Suraj Singh Imtihaan (1995) .... Raja Insaniyat (1994) .... Karim Lala Darr (1993) .... Sunil Malhotra Izzat Ki Roti (1993) Damini - Lightning (1993) .... Govind Kshatriya (1993) .... Vinay Pratap Singh (Surjangarh) Lootere (1993) Gunaah (1993) .... Ravi Sohni Vishwatma (1992) .... Inspector Prabhat Singh Vishnu-Devaa (1991) .... Vishnu Prasad/Insp. Vishnu Subramaniam/Jack D'Souza Narasimha (1991) .... Narasimha Shankara (1991) .... Shankara Yodha (1991) .... Advocate Karan Srivastav Ghayal (1990) .... Ajay Mehra Krodh (1990) .... Ajay Shukla Aag Ka Gola (1990) .... Vikram Singh/Shankar 'Shaka' Vardi (1990) .... Ajay Kumar Singh ChaalBaaz (1989) .... Suraj Tridev (1989) .... Inspector Karan Saxena Joshilaay (1989) .... Dara Main Tera Dushman (1989) .... Gopal Majboor (1989) .... Inspector Sunil Nigahen: Nagina Part II (1989) .... Anand Ram-Avtar (1988) .... Ram Paap Ki Duniya (1988) .... Suraj/Ashok Inteqam (1988) Yateem (1988) .... Inspector Krishna Dacait (1987) .... Arjun Yadav Samundar (1986) .... Ajit Sultanat (1986) .... Sultan Saveray Wali Gaadi (1986) .... Ravidas Arjun (1985) .... Arjun Malvankar Zabardast (1985) .... Shyam Manzil Manzil (1984) .... Vijay Sohni Mahiwal (1984/I) .... Mirza Izzat Beg Sunny (1984) .... Sunny Inderjeet Betaab (1983) .... Sunny