Pankaj Tripathi is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi films. Famous for his natural acting, he debuted in 2004 with a minor role in Run and Omkara and has since worked in more than 40 films and 60 television shows. Tripathi's breakthrough came in 2012 for his supporting role in the Gangs of Wasseypur film series. He has since received critical appraisal for multiple films, including Fukrey (2013), Masaan (2015), Nil Battey Sannata (2016), Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), Newton (2017), Fukrey Returns (2017) and Stree (2018). For Newton, Tripathi earned several awards including a National Film Award – Special Mention.

Filmography

• 2028Stree 3 — Rudra
• 2026Mirzapur: The Movie — Akhandanand 'Kaleen' Tripathi
• 2026Ohh My Dog — Masterji
• Criminal Justice: A Family Matter — Madhav Mishra
• 2025Metro... In Dino — Monty
• Perfect Family — Producer
• 2024Main Atal Hoon — Atal Bihari Vajpayi
• 2024Murder Mubarak — ACP Bhavani Singh
• 2024Stree 2 — Rudra
• 2023Fukrey 3 — Pandit
• 2023Kadak Singh — A K Srivastava, Playback Singer
• 2023OMG 2 — Kanti Sharan Mudgal
• 2022Bachchhan Paandey — Bhaves Bhoplo
• Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach — Madhav Mishra
• 2022Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal
• 2022Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga — Gangaram
• 202183 — PR Man Singh
• 2021Bunty Aur Babli 2 — Inspector Jatayu Singh
• 2021Kaagaz — Bharatlal
• 2021Laali
• 2021Mimi — Bhanupratap Pandey
• 2021Mumbai Saga — Devraj Chaudhary
• 2020Angrezi Medium — Tony
• Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors — Madhav Mishra
• 2020Extraction — Ovi Mahajan Sr.
• 2020Gul Makai — Beitullah Mehsud
• 2020Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl — Anup Saxena
• 2020Ludo — Rahul Satyendra Tripathi "Sattu"
• 2020Shakeela — Salim
• Criminal Justice — Madhav Mishra
• 2019Drive — Hamid
• 2019Kissebaaz — Chuttan Shukla[
• 2019Luka Chuppi — Babulal
• 2019Super 30 — Shri Ram Singh
• 2019The Tashkent Files — Gangaram Jha
• 2019Yours Truly — Vijay
• 2018Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain — Feroz
• 2018Bhaiaji Superhitt — Builder Gupta
• 2018Harjeeta
• 2018Kaala — SP Pankaj Patil
• Mirzapur — Akhandanand 'Kaleen' Tripathi
• 2018Phamous — Tripathi
• Sacred Games — Guruji
• 2018Stree — Rudra
• 2018Tenth Race
• 2017Anaarkali of Aarah — Rangeela
• 2017Bareilly Ki Barfi — Narottam Mishra
• 2017Coffee with D — Girdhari
• 2017Fukrey Returns — Pandit
• 2017Gurgaon — Kehri Singh
• 2017Mango Dreams — Salim
• 2017Munna Michael — Balli
• 2017Newton — Aatma Singh
• 2016Global Baba
• 2016Nil Battey Sannata — Principal Shrivastava
• 2015Dilwale — Anwar
• 2015Manjhi: The Mountain Man — Ruab
• 2015Masaan — Sadhya Ji
• 2014Gunday — Lateef
• 2014Singham Returns — Altaf Khan
• 2013Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa — Amol
• 2013Doosukeltha — Minister Dilleeswara Rao
• 2013Fukrey — Pandit
• 2013Maazii — Rathiji
• 2012Agneepath — Surya
• 2012Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 — Sultan Qureshi
• 2012Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 — Sultan Qureshi
• 2011Chillar Party — Dubey, minister Bhide's manager
• 2010Aakrosh — Kishore
• Powder — Naved Ansari
• 2010Raavan
• 2008Mithya — Tipnis
• 2008Shaurya — Major Virendra Rathore
• 2007Religion — Suryaprakash
• 2006Omkara — Kichlu
• 2005Apaharan
• Time Bomb 9/11 — ACT RAW Officer Tripathi
• 2004Run
• 2003Chigurida Kanasu — Shankar's college friend at BHU
• Abhi Toh Jung Hona Baaki Hai
• Bhagam Bhag 2
• Bitter Sweets
• Doosara Mahayudh — Rudra
• Gulkanda Tales
• Parivarik Manoranjan
• Pehla Mahayudh — Rudra

Appearances as themselves (6)

• Shekhar Tonite — Self
• The Great Indian Kapil Show — Self
• Kanpur Waale Khuranas — Himself
• The Drama Company — Self
• The Kapil Sharma Show — Self
• 2013Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur — Self