Pankaj Tripathi

Pankaj Tripathi is an acclaimed Indian film actor who has appeared in some of Bollywood's movies including Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1, Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2, Agneepath. He was born in a Bihari Brahmin kin in a small village of Belsan near town Gopalganj in the state of Bihar. Pankaj’s parents were farmers and didn’t have accessibility to modern means of communication. The village that he belongs to until today does not have access to television. In fact, it is surprising that the nearest theatre too is about 25 kilometers away from the village. His parents are farmers. He did theatre in his college days in Patna for close to 4 years before joining National School Drama. A produce of National School of Drama, Tripathi also appeared in a small role in Agneepath. He is one of the most underrated actors of Bollywood. He has done excellent work in the directorial guidance of Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur. In fact, He is considered as one of jewels of Indian cinema. Some of the other films accredited to caliber include Run as Cameo appearance, Apaharan as Gaya Singh's Crony,  Omkara as Kichlu,  Mithya as Tipnis,  Valmiki Ki Bandook (short) as BDO Tripathi, Dharm as  Suryaprakash, Raavan, Aakrosh, Chillar Party Click to look into! >> Read More... as Secretary Dubey, Agneepath as Surya, Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 and Part 2 as Sultan Qureshi,  Dabangg 2 as filawar, ABCD – Any Body Can Dance as Vardha Bhai(Minister), Fukrey as Pandit, Maazii as Rathiji, Gunday as Lateef, Doosukeltha as Dilleeswara Rao, Singham Returns Click to look into! >> Read More... as Altaf and Isshaq Mallang as Chuttan Shukla. He was also seen in TV series Powder as Naved Ansari.

Pankaj Tripathi Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)