Sunny Deol
Actor
Biography
Sunny Deol is an Indian film actor, director and producer known for his works exclusively in Hindi cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Dharmendra, and the elder brother of actor Bobby Deol and Esha Deol and Ahana Deol
In a film career spanning over thirty years, Deol has won two National Film Awards, and two Filmfare Awards. Box Office India listed Deol as the overall star of the nineties.
Deol made his debut in the film Betaab for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. From there, he went on to star in numerous films in the 1980s and 90s like Tridev, Arjun, Kroadh, Ghayal, Vishwatma, Lootere, Darr, Damini – Lightning, Jeet, Ghatak, Border, Ziddi, Arjun Pandit, and Indian. He made his debut as a director and producer with Dillagi, in which he also starred alongside his brother Bobby. Deol made his debut opposite fellow debutante Amrita Singh in Betaab (1982), which was a blockbuster that launched the careers of both actors. His performance won him his first Filmfare Best Actor Award Nomination.
As Director
Filmography
Darr
as Sunil Malhotra 1993
Border
as Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri 1997
Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
as Tara Singh 2001
Gadar 2
as Tara Singh 2023
Chup
as Arvind Mathur 2022
Yamla Pagla Deewana
as Paramveer Singh Dhillon 2011
Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani
as Karan Saxena 2002
Jaat
as Jaat 2025
Apne
as Angad Choudhary 2007
Jeet
as Karan 1996
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy
as Ajay Chakravarty/Arun Khanna/Major Ravi Batra 2003
Ghayal Once Again
as Ajay Mehra 2016
Ghayal
as Ajay Mehra 1990
Singh Saab the Great
as Saranjeet Singh 2013
Damini
as Govind 1993
Poster Boys
as Jagaavar Chaudhry 2017
Fool N Final
as Munna 2007