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Anupam Kher

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Anupam Kher

Born Mar 7, 1955 · 71 years385 titles 366 movies · 19 TV
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Biography

Anupam Kher (born March 7, 1955) is an Indian actor, director and producer who works primarily in Hindi-language films. He has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. He has played a variety of characters including numerous critically acclaimed leading or parallel roles. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2004 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution in the field of Indian cinema and arts. Kher is known internationally for Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Bride and Prejudice (2004) and The Mistress of Spices (2005). In 2012, he co-starred in the Academy Award-winning Silver Linings Playbook.

Also known as

अनुपम खेर · 阿努潘·凱爾 · 阿努潘·凯尔 · آنوپام کر

Born

Mar 7, 1955

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

382

Acting credits

3

Directing

2

Writing

9

Other crew

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Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1982 1 title(s)

1984 3 title(s)

1985 6 title(s)

1986 8 title(s)

1987 9 title(s)

1988 14 title(s)

1989 19 title(s)

1990 16 title(s)

1991 14 title(s)

1992 12 title(s)

1993 18 title(s)

1994 11 title(s)

1995 7 title(s)

1996 8 title(s)

1997 10 title(s)

1998 12 title(s)

1999 4 title(s)

2000 14 title(s)

2001 5 title(s)

2002 5 title(s)

2003 3 title(s)

2004 8 title(s)

2005 8 title(s)

2006 10 title(s)

2007 13 title(s)

2008 9 title(s)

2009 10 title(s)

2010 9 title(s)

2011 13 title(s)

2012 9 title(s)

2013 10 title(s)

2014 15 title(s)

2015 6 title(s)

2016 5 title(s)

2017 10 title(s)

2018 5 title(s)

2019 4 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2021 2 title(s)

2022 5 title(s)

2023 10 title(s)

2024 6 title(s)

2025 7 title(s)

2026 3 title(s)

Undated 8 title(s)