Vicky Kaushal (born May 16, 1988) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. After working as an assistant director on the two-part *Gangs of Wasseypur* (2012) and making minor screen appearances, he played his first leading role in *Masaan* (2015), winning the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male. He subsequently starred in *Raman Raghav 2.0* (2016). In 2018, Kaushal gained wider recognition appearing in *Raazi*, *Love per Square Foot*, *Lust Stories*, and *Manmarziyaan*. For his supporting role in *Sanju* (2018), he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. He received the National Film Award for Best Actor for headlining *Uri: The Surgical Strike* (2019). His subsequent releases included *Bhoot: Part One - The Haunted Ship* (2020) and the biographical drama *Sardar Udham* (2021), for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. He later appeared in *Govinda Naam Mera* (2022), *Zara Hatke Zara Bachke* (2023), the biographical drama *Sam Bahadur* (2023), *Dunki* (2023), and *Bad Newz* (2024).

Filmography

• 2027Love & War
• 2027Mahavatar — Chiranjeevi Parashurama
• 2025Chhaava — Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj
• 2025Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh — Narrator
• 2024Bad Newz — Akhil Chadha
• 2023Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat — DJ Mohabbat
• 2023Dunki — Sukhi
• 2023Sam Bahadur — Sam Manekshaw
• 2023The Great Indian Family — Ved Vyas Tripathi 'Bhajan Kumar'
• 2023Zara Hatke Zara Bachke — Kapil Dubey
• Case Toh Banta Hai
• 2022Govinda Naam Mera — Govinda Waghmare
• 2021Sardar Udham — Udham Singh
• 2020Bhoot: Part One - The Haunted Ship — Prithvi
• 2019Uri: The Surgical Strike — Major Vihan Singh Shergill
• 2018Love per Square Foot — Sanjay Chaturvedi
• 2018Lust Stories — Paras
• 2018Manmarziyaan — Vicky Sandhu, Playback Singer
• 2018Raazi — Iqbal Syed
• 2018Sanju — Kamlesh Kanhaiyalal Kapasi
• 2016Raman Raghav 2.0 — Raghav
• 2016The Hero - A Bollywood Story
• 2016Zubaan — Dilsher
• 2015Bombay Velvet — Inspector Basil
• 2015Masaan — Deepak Chaudhary
• 2013Geek Out — Protagonist
• 2012Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 — Assistant Director
• 2012Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 — Assistant Director
• 2012Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana — Young Omi
• Filmfare Awards — Host
• 4 Idiots
• Ek Jaadugar
• Gully Boy 2 — Hirdesh Singh
• The Nexus: Shadows of Destiny — Rahul Kapoor
• Untitled Rajkumar Periasamy/Vicky Kaushal Film

Appearances as themselves (14)

• The Roshans — Self
• Two Much with Kajol and Twinkle — Self
• The Great Indian Kapil Show — Self
• Social Media Star With Janice Sequeira — Himself
• Superstar Singer — Self
• Dance Deewane — Himself
• Kanpur Waale Khuranas — Himself
• BFFs with Vogue — Self
• The Kapil Sharma Show — Self
• Son of Abish — Himself
• India's Got Talent — Self
• Indian Idol — Self
• Koffee with Karan — Self
• Kaun Banega Crorepati — Self