Varun Dhawan is an Indian actor working in Bollywood films. The son of film director David Dhawan, he studied Business Management in England, after which he worked as an assistant director to Karan Johar on the 2010 drama My Name Is Khan. Dhawan made his acting debut with Johar's 2012 romantic comedy Student of the Year, a box office success, for which he received a Filmfare nomination for Best Male Debut. In 2014, he starred as the protagonist of two commercially successful comedies— Main Tera Hero and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania.

Filmography

• 2026Border 2 — Major Hoshiar Singh Dahiya
• 2026Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai — Jass
• 2025Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari — Sunny Sanskari
• 2025Thamma — Bhaskar
• 2024Baby John — IPS Satya Verma/John
• Citadel Honey Bunny — Bunny / Rahi
• 2024Munjya — Bhaskar
• 2024Stree 2 — Bhaskar
• 2023Bawaal — Ajay Dixit
• 2023Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani — Unnamed Cameo
• 2022Bhediya — Bhaskar
• Case Toh Banta Hai
• 2022JugJugg Jeeyo — Kuldeep 'Kuku' Saini
• 2021Antim: The Final Truth — Special appearance in "Chingari" song
• 2020Coolie No. 1 — Raju / Kunwar Mahendra Pratap
• 2020Street Dancer 3D — Sahej
• 2019Kalank — Zafar
• 2018Nawabzaade — Special appearance in "High Rated Gabru" song
• 2018October — Dan
• 2018Sui Dhaaga - Made in India — Mauji
• 2017Badrinath Ki Dulhania — Badrinath
• 2017Judwaa 2 — Raja / Prem
• 2016Dishoom — Junaid Ansari
• 2015ABCD 2 — Suresh "Suru" Mukund, Playback Singer
• 2015Badlapur — Raghav (Raghu)
• 2015Dilwale — Veer
• 2014Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania — Rakesh Kumar Sharma aka Humpty, Playback Singer
• 2014Main Tera Hero — Sreenath Prasad aka 'Seenu'
• 2012Student Of The Year — Rohan Nanda
• 2010My Name Is Khan — Assistant Director
• 2010The White Mountain — Dealer, Director, Writer, Cinematography, Director of Photography
• Badlapur 2
• Bhediya 2: The Beginning of End — Bhaskar
• Doosara Mahayudh — Bhaskar Sharma
• Operation Sindoor
• Pehla Mahayudh — Bhaskar Sharma
• Yashraj First Horror Film

Appearances as themselves (15)

• Two Much with Kajol and Twinkle — Self
• India's Got Latent — Self
• The Great Indian Kapil Show — Self
• Dance Deewane — Himself
• Rising Star — Self
• The Kapil Sharma Show — Self
• Yaaron Ki Baraat — Self
• Comedy Nights Bachao — Self
• Mission Sapne — Himself
• The Anupam Kher Show — Himself
• Comedy Nights with Kapil — Self
• Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah — Self
• Indian Idol — Self
• Koffee with Karan — Self
• Kaun Banega Crorepati — Self