Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1969), better known as
Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor who works in
Bollywood.
[1][2] A member of the
Deol family, he is the younger son of actor
Dharmendra and brother of actor
Sunny Deol.
After appearing as a child artist in
Dharam Veer (1977), Deol had his first lead role in the romance
Barsaat (1995), which won him the
Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He established himself with commercially successful action or thriller films, including
Gupt (1997),
Soldier (1998),
Badal (2000),
Bichhoo (2000),
Ajnabee (2001), and
Humraaz (2002). The last of these earned him a nomination for the
Filmfare Award for Best Actor.
It was followed by a career downturn, during which his commercially successful films were the ensemble films
Apne (2007),
Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011),
Race 3 (2018) and
Housefull 4 (2019). He has since starred in the streaming ventures
Class of '83 (2020) and
Aashram (2020–present), and had a supporting role in the top-grossing action film
Animal (2023).
[3] The lattermost earned him a nomination for the
Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.
