Akshay Kapoor
Born (1980-09-18) 18 September 1980
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActor
Years active2004–2013, 2023
SpouseCynthia Jacob[1]

Akshay Kapoor (born: Swapnil Gohil) (born 18 September 1980) is an Indian actor.

Biography

Akshay was born on 18 September 1980 in India and immigrated to the United States when he was 6 months old. He spent his childhood and teens in Pittsgrove, New Jersey and trained as a theatre actor having appeared in some Broadway plays.[2] He has since tried his luck in Bollywood.

He made his Bollywood film debut with the teen romantic comedy, Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao was released in 2004. In 2006, he starred in his second Bollywood film, Alag, a remake of the American film Powder. In it, he played the role of a man with extraordinary supernatural powers and with no hair on his entire body. Although both of the films failed at the box office, he got good reviews for his performances in both films.[3][4]

He has also appeared in a Short film called A Beautiful Mind... of a Gladiator which is a spoof of the Oscar-winning films A Beautiful Mind and Gladiator. In 2009, he played a small role in Kal Kissne Dekha and played the lead in the thriller, Three and the dance film, Fast Forward.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Atu America Itu IndiaTelugu film
2004Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho JaoRahul Malhotra
2004A Beautiful Mind... of a GladiatorBoyfriendShort film
2006AlagTejas Rastogi
2008Spring BrokeFrank
2008Mujhe Rang De
2009Ek: The Power of OnePuran Singh
2009Fast ForwardSunny
2009Kal Kissne DekhaKabir
2009Three – Love, Lies and BetrayalRajeev Dutt
2012It's Rocking: Dard-e-DiscoRocky Singh
2013EnemmyRam Govardhan (RG)
2023P I MeenaNews AnchorTV Series on Prime Video

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