Biography

Kunaal Roy Kapur is an Indian film actor and director known for his appearances in Hindi TV shows, web series, and Bollywood films.

Kapur commenced his career in acting with the Indian television serial Just Mohabbat (1996), which was telecast on Sony TV. He then did a cameo in Loins of Punjab Presents (2007) alongside Shabana Azmi and Ishita Sharma. He also acted in Panga Naa Lo (2007).

Kapur went on to act in a few episodes of the British-Indian series Mumbai Calling (2007). In the show, he appeared as a call centre operator.

He then adapted the play that he had directed and made it his film directorial debut, The President Is Coming (2009), starring Konkona Sen Sharma and Shernaz Patel.

Kapur got noticed for his role in Delhi Belly (2011), where he co-starred with Imran Khan and Vir Das. Here, he played the role of a man with constipation problems.

After that, he appeared in Nautanki Saala! (2013) alongside Ayushmann Khurrana. He then did a supporting role in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) the same year with Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and Aditya Roy Kapoor.

The next year, Kapur played a supporting role in Action Jackson (2014), which was directed by Prabhu Deva. In this film, he appeared alongside Ajay Devgn, Yami Gautam, and Sonakshi Sinha. He also did Gollu Aur Pappu (2014) starring Vir Das and Karishma Tanna.

In the film Azhar (2016), Kapur essayed the role of Reddy, Azharuddin's lawyer. In 2017, he did The Final Exit (2017). He also starred in the TV series, Going Viral Pvt. Ltd. (2017), which streamed on Amazon Prime.

He then appeared in Vishal Mishra's Hotel Milan (2018), along with Karishma Sharma, Zeishan Quadri, Rajesh Sharma, Jaideep Ahlawat, and Zakir Hussain, and in SideHero (2018), which aired on Eros Now.

Kapur starred in the film Marudhar Express (2019) and appeared as a music producer in the popular web series Bandish Bandits (2020), which aired on Amazon Prime. He also starred in the TV series Mushkil (2022) and two seasons of the mini-series TVF Tripling (2019).

Kapur then teamed up with actors Hina Khan and Akshay Oberoi for a short film titled Smartphone (2020) and acted in 15 episodes of the TV series, Sandwiched Forever (2020) in the same year. Besides essaying the part of a journalist in the film Tribhanga (2021), he appeared in the film Radhe Shyam (2022).

Kapur was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Delhi Belly at the Annual Central European Bollywood Awards in 2012. He also received a nomination in the Best Comedian category for Delhi Belly at the Colors Screen Awards in 2012.

Kapur is married to Shayonti Salvi, a ceramic artist. The couple has two children together.

- IMDb mini biography by: official_review