Rampal at a photoshoot for the film Don 2 in 2011

Arjun Rampal (born 26 November 1972) is an Indian actor, television personality, model and film producer known for his work in Bollywood films. Rampal made his debut in romance Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat (2001) for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. However the film performed poorly at the box-office as did the next two films he starred in the same year, Moksha, and Deewaanapan. The heist thriller Aankhen (2002) proved to be his first commercially successful film. However Rampal's career declined as he starred in a number of films that performed poorly at the box-office such as Dil Ka Rishta (2003), Asambhav (2004), Vaada (2005), Yakeen (2005), Ek Ajnabee (2005) and Darna Zaroori Hai (2006).

Rampal's breakthrough came with his appearance in the 2006 action thriller Don opposite Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra. Rampal followed this by playing the antagonist in Om Shanti Om (2007) with Shah Rukh Khan, and Deepika Padukone. The film was the highest grossing Hindi film of the year and Rampal received critical acclaim. For his performance as guitarist Joseph "Joe" Mascarenhas in Abhishek Kapoor's musical drama Rock On!! (2008), Rampal received the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2010, he garnered a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a politician in Prakash Jha's political thriller Raajneeti.

Films

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRole(s)NotesRef(s)
2001Pyaar Ishq Aur MohabbatGaurav Saxena
MokshaVikram Saigal
DeewaanapanSuraj Saxena
2002AankhenArjun Verma
Dil Hai TumhaaraDev Khanna
2003Dil Ka RishtaJai Mehta
TehzeebSalim
2004AsambhavCaptain Aadit Arya
2005VaadaRahul Verma
ElaanArjun Srivastav
YakeenNikhil Oberoi
Ek AjnabeeShekhar Verma
2006Humko Tumse Pyaar HaiRohit
Darna Zaroori HaiKunalSegment: "Spirits Do Come"
Kabhi Alvida Naa KehnaJai
DonJasjit
AlagHimselfCameo appearance
I See YouRaj JaiswalAlso producer
2007Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.JigneshCameo appearance
Om Shanti OmMukesh "Mike" Mehra
2008Rock On!!Joseph "Joe" Mascarenhas
The Last LearSiddharthEnglish film
EMIRyan
2009FoxArjun Kapoor
2010HousefullMajor Krishna Rao
RaajneetiPrithviraj Pratap
We Are FamilyAman
2011RascalsAnthony Gonsalves
Ra.OneRa.One
2012HeroineAryan Khanna
ChakravyuhS. P. Adil Khan
Ajab Gazabb LoveKaran Singh Chauhan / Arjun Singh Chauhan
2013InkaarRahul Verma
D-DayRudra Pratap Singh
SatyagrahaArjun Pratap
2014FamilywalaRaju
2015RoyKabir Grewal
2016Rock On 2Joseph "Joe" Mascarenhas
Kahaani 2: Durga Rani SinghInderjeet Singh
2017DaddyArun GawliAlso screenwriter and producer
2018PaltanLt. Col. Rai Singh Yadav
2021Nail PolishSiddharth Jaisingh
2022The RapistAftab Malik
DhaakadRudraveer
2023Mystery of the TattooKaran AbhimanyuCameo appearance
Bhagavanth KesariRahul SanghaviTelugu film
2024CrakkDev
2025Nikita RoySanal Roy
DhurandharMajor Iqbal
2026Dhurandhar: The Revenge

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2008–2009Nach Baliye 4JudgeReality show
2011–2012Love 2 Hate UHost
2015Discovery Real HeroesHostDocumentary
2019The Final CallCaptain Karan Sachdev
2022London FilesDetective Om Singh
2024Bandish BanditsImrozCameo
2025Rana NaiduRauf Mirza
TBAO Saathi ReTBAFilming

Music videos

YearTitleSingerDirector
1996BekaraarShweta Shetty
1997Kinna Sona Tenu Rab Ne BanayaNusrat Fateh Ali KhanRadhika Rao, Vinay Sapru
1998Don't Marry MayaSanjeev WadhwaniRajiv Rai

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