Sunny Deol
Acting
Born: Oct 19, 1956
From: Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
Sunny Deol is an Indian film actor, director and producer known for his works exclusively in Hindi cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Dharmendra, and the elder brother of actor Bobby Deol and Esha Deol and Ahana Deol In a film career spanning over thirty years, Deol has won two National Film Awards, and two Filmfare Awards. Box Office India listed Deol as the overall star of the nineties. Deol made his debut in the film Betaab for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. From there, he went on to star in numerous films in the 1980s and 90s like Tridev, Arjun, Kroadh, Ghayal, Vishwatma, Lootere, Darr, Damini – Lightning, Jeet, Ghatak, Border, Ziddi, Arjun Pandit, and Indian. He made his debut as a director and producer with Dillagi, in which he also starred alongside his brother Bobby. Deol made his debut opposite fellow debutante Amrita Singh in Betaab (1982), which was a blockbuster that launched the careers of both actors. His performance won him his first Filmfare Best Actor Award Nomination.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gadar 2 | Tara Singh | 2023 | 5.9 |
| Chup | Arvind Mathur | 2022 | 6.578 |
| Yamla Pagla Deewana | Paramveer Singh Dhillon | 2011 | 5.4 |
| Right Yaaa Wrong | ACP Ajay Sridhar | 2010 | 4.571 |
| Fox | Yashwant Deshmukh | 2009 | 6.0 |
| Heroes | Vikram Shergill | 2008 | 6.0 |
| Tolly Lights | Special Appearance | 2008 | — |
| Apne | Angad Choudhary | 2007 | 5.981 |
| Kaafila | Colonel Sameer Ahmed Khan | 2007 | 2.0 |
| Big Brother | Devdhar S. 'Deva' Gandhi / … | 2007 | 5.333 |
| Khel | A.C.P. Rajveer Scindia | 2003 | 4.889 |
| Gadar: Ek Prem Katha | Tara Singh | 2001 | 6.776 |
| Indian | DCP Rajshekhar Azad | 2001 | 5.2 |
| Border | Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri | 1997 | 6.512 |
| Ziddi | Deva Pradhan | 1997 | 5.75 |
| Jeet | Karan | 1996 | 6.417 |
| Ghatak | Kashi Nath | 1996 | 7.529 |
| Imtihaan | Raja | 1994 | 6.8 |
| Gunaah | Ravi Sohni | 1993 | 5.0 |
| Darr | Sunil Malhotra | 1993 | 6.948 |
| Damini | Govind | 1993 | 7.524 |
| Ghayal | Ajay Mehra | 1990 | 6.909 |
| Main Tera Dushman | Gopal | 1989 | 7.75 |
| Tridev | Inspector Karan Saxena | 1989 | 6.4 |
| Vardi | Inspector Ajay Kumar Singh | 1989 | 5.75 |
| Nigahen: Nagina Part II | Anand | 1989 | 6.563 |
| Chaalbaaz | Suraj | 1989 | 6.0 |
| Ram-Avtar | Ram | 1988 | 5.333 |
| Arjun | Arjun Malvankar | 1985 | 5.7 |
| Manzil Manzil | Vijay (Sonu) | 1984 | 4.583 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1956 |
| From | Ludhiana, Punjab, India |