Aditya Roy Kapoor

Aditya Roy Kapur is an Indian actor well-known for his performances in Hindi films. He studied at G. D. Somani Memorial School in Mumbai. When he was in class XI, he joined St. Xavier's. He attended St. Andrew's College.

Kapoor started his career as a VJ on Channel V India. He also hosted shows like Pakao and India's Hottest (2007) along with VJ Bruna Abdullah till 2008. Kapoor's debut in Hindi movie was in a supporting role in London Dreams (2009), which also starred Ajay Devgn, Salman Khan, and Asin.

He was next seen playing the role of Bunty Saigal, the son of Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the comedy movie Action Replayy (2010). He also played the role of Omar Siddiqui in Guzaarish (2010) starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Kapoor's first movie as a lead actor was Aashiqui 2 (2013), which was also the debut movie of actress Shraddha Kapoor. The movie was a blockbuster hit, which earned approximately Rs. 1.45 billion in the first four weeks. The movie won several awards, and Kapoor was awarded the Best Actor in a Romantic Role by the BIG Star Entertainment Awards. He also won the Most Romantic Jodi award with Shraddha Kapoor and another Screen Awards Jodi No. 1 in 2014.

Kapoor was next seen in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) starring Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Kalki Koechlin. This movie got him his first IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Kapoor's next movie was Daawat-e-Ishq (2014), a romantic comedy in which he played the role of Tariq Haider. The movie also starred Parineeti Chopra. His 2016 movie Fitoor (2016) was based on Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations. He played the role of Noor Nizami alongside Katrina Kaif and Tabu.

In the same year, he appeared in a cameo appearance in Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt starrer Dear Zindagi (2016).

Kapoor paired with Shraddha Kapoor yet again in OK Jaanu (2017) as Aditya Gunjal. He later appeared in a cameo role in the movie Welcome to New York (2018).

His next movie Kalank (2019), was a star-studded movie in which he donned the role of Dev Chaudhry. The movie had a strong star cast which included Varun Dhawan, Sanjay Dutt, Alia Bhatt, and Madhuri Dixit.

In 2019, he appeared in Malang - Unleash the Madness (2020) along with actress Disha Patani. He played the role of Adavit Thakur and got appreciated for his strong performance as a fearless man who is out to take revenge on goons. Malang was a commercially successful film and roped in a collection of Rs. 84.50 crore.

In the next year, Kapoor appeared in two movies released on OTT platforms. The action movie Sadak 2 (2020), starring Sanjay Dutt and Alia Bhatt, saw Kapoor in the role of Vishal Agnihotri. His other movie was Ludo (2020) with Sanya Malhotra.

Kapoor was next seen in Rashtra Kavach OM (2022), in which he appears as Om Rathore. He made a couple of appearances in the web series SideHero (2018) as himself and The Night Manager (2023) as Shaan Sengupta, starring Anil Kapoor and Sobhita Dhulipala.