Abhishek Banerjee (born 5 May 1985) is an Indian actor and casting director, best known for his roles in Stree, Rashmi Rocket and in the web series' Paatal Lok and Mirzapur.
Abhishek Banerjee | |
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Born | (1985-05-05) 5 May 1985 (age 37) Kharagpur, West Bengal, India |
Nationality | Indian |
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Spouse | Tina Noronha (m. 2014) |
Banerjee received his higher education from Delhi.[1] He graduated from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi and was a member of Kirori Mal's dramatics society. Before graduating from Kirori Mal college, he completed his school from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Andrews Ganj in Delhi. His birthplace is Kharagpur, West Bengal where his parents reside.
He began his acting career with Delhi theatre. He worked in dd show school days. His first film appearance was in Rang De Basanti, as one of the students auditioning for a documentary role.[1] He moved to Mumbai from Delhi in 2008. He worked in Knock Out as casting director in 2010.[2] He also acted in Soul of Sand in 2010.[1]
In 2011, he worked as casting director in The Dirty Picture and No One Killed Jessica.[2][3] He also acted in No One Killed Jessica in 2011.[4] He worked as casting director in Bajatey Raho and Mickey Virus in 2013.[2][5] He also acted in Bombay Talkies in 2013.[6]
Banerjee acted in short films Fuddu Boys and Agli Baar in 2015.[2] He also worked as casting director in Umrika and Gabbar Is Back in 2015.[2][7] He worked as casting director in Dear Dad, Do Lafzon Ki Kahani, Rock On 2 and You Are My Sunday in 2016.[2][8] He worked as casting director in Ok Jaanu, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Secret Superstar and Ajji in 2017.[2] In this year he acted in Phillauri and Ajji.[9][10] [11]He worked as casting director of Brij Mohan Amar Rahe in 2018.[12] He acted in Stree in 2018.[13] For this film he was nominated for Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role in 2019.[14] In 2019 he worked as casting director of Kalank.[2] In 2019 he also acted in Arjun Patiala, Dream Girl and Bala.[15][16][17]
Besides films he also acted in web series like TVF Pitchers in 2015, Mirzapur in 2018,[18] and Typewriter in 2019 where he played a key role as 'Fakeer'.[1][19] He runs "Casting Bay" along with his friend Anmol Ahuja where they cast actors in advertisements, films as well as web series.[20][21][22] It was established in 2017.[1] He played the role of Jin Liang in "Kaali 2 (2020)", in the ZEE5 web series in 2020. He played the role of lead antagonist and dreaded serial killer Vishal Tyagi (Hathoda Tyagi) in the Amazon Prime web series Paatal Lok.[4] He was also the casting director for the web series.[23] Abhishek's next film is Bhediya.[24]
Year | Film |
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2010 | Knock Out |
2011 | No One Killed Jessica |
The Dirty Picture | |
2013 | Bajatey Raho |
Mickey Virus | |
2015 | Gabbar Is Back |
2016 | Dear Dad |
Do Lafzon Ki Kahani | |
Rock On 2 | |
Tu Hai Mera Sunday | |
2017 | Ok Jaanu |
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha | |
Secret Superstar | |
Ajji | |
2018 | Brij Mohan Amar Rahe |
2019 | Kalank |
The Sky Is Pink | |
2020 | Paatal Lok[23] |
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Rang De Basanti | A student auditioning for a documentary role | Debut film |
2010 | Soul of Sand | Daya | |
2011 | No One Killed Jessica | Pickpocket | |
2013 | Bombay Talkies | Man sitting at Bhurji Stand | |
Go Goa Gone | Pharmacist | Cameo | |
2017 | Phillauri | Soma | |
Ajji | Vilasrao Dhavle | ||
2018 | Stree | Jaana | |
Asees | |||
2019 | Arjun Patiala | Director | Special appearance |
Dream Girl | Mahinder Rajput | ||
Bala | Ajju | ||
Made In China | Officer | ||
2020 | Bhonsle | Rajendra | |
Unpaused | Manish | ||
2021 | Ajeeb Daastaans[25] | Sushil | |
Helmet | Sultan | ||
Ankahi Kahaniya | Pradeep Loharia | ||
Rashmi Rocket[26] | Eeshit | ||
2022 | Highway | D | Telugu film[27] |
Aankh Micholi | TBA | ||
Bhediya | Jaana | ||
Dostana 2[28] | TBA |
Year | Title | Role | Network |
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2015 | TVF Pitchers | Bhati | The Viral Fever |
2016 | Humorously Yours[29] | Bhushi | |
2018 | Mirzapur | Subodh aka Compounder | Amazon Prime |
2019 | Typewriter | Fakeer | Netflix |
2020 | Paatal Lok[23] | Vishal "Hathoda" Tyagi | Amazon Prime |
Kaali 2 | Jin Liang | ZEE5 | |
PariWar | Munna | Disney+Hotstar | |
2022 | The Great Weddings of Munnes | Munnes | Voot |
TBA | Rana Naidu | TBA | Netflix |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Fuddu Boys | Lambu | |
Agli Baar | Mahinder | ||
2020 | Second Hand | Prakasham | |
2021 | Paash - Trapped | Truck Driver | |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
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2019 | Zee Cine Awards | Best Actor in a Comic Role | Stree | Nominated | |
2020 | Filmfare OTT Awards | Best Supporting Actor (Male) (Drama Series) | Paatal Lok | ||
2022 | Filmfare Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Rashmi Rocket |