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name: "Manoj Bajpai"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/manoj-bajpayee"
fi1m_id: "manoj-bajpayee"
imdb_id: "nm0048075"
tmdb_id: 35782
wikidata_id: "Q158533"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 April 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-25T10:03:58.663970+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Manoj Bajpai

## Identity

Manoj Bajpai

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/manoj-bajpayee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** manoj-bajpayee
- **IMDb ID:** nm0048075
- **TMDB ID:** 35782
- **Wikidata ID:** Q158533
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoj_Bajpayee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158533, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048075/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35782

Actor. Born 23 April 1969 in Belwa, West Champaran district, Bihar, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 April 1969, Belwa, West Champaran district, Bihar, India
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Also known as:** Manoj Bajpayee
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoj_Bajpayee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158533, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048075/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35782

## Coming up

- *Ghooskhor Pandat*, as Ajay Dixit — [page](https://film.one/film/gajab-raat.md)

## Fi1m on Manoj Bajpai

> Manoj Bajpayee can make a gangster funny without making him harmless. We recommend him most firmly in *Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1*, where his insistence keeps a crowded crime story compelling even when its plotting is hard to follow.

In *Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1* (2012), Sardar Khan behaves as though nobody else should have our attention. Bajpayee makes that swagger amusing without softening the threat, and we laughed while remaining wary of him. This is where we rate him most highly: playing a man whose force of personality can carry us through a complicated story. Anurag Kashyap's feuding families give him plenty of competition. Bajpayee holds our attention through insistence, which proves useful when the plotting becomes difficult to follow.

The breakthrough had come with Bhiku Mhatre in *Satya* (1998), followed by supporting parts and stretches with fewer offers. Early typecasting in intense or villainous roles risked narrowing what directors asked of him. *Raajneeti* (2010) and *Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1* brought renewed prominence, but a gangster role was still central to that return.

Richa Chadha is important to why that performance works. As Nagma, she makes the family exchanges count, rather than treating domestic scenes as time away from the crime story. Kashyap gives Bajpayee an ensemble that can hold its own beside him, so Sardar's insistence does not make everyone else irrelevant. The crowded plotting remains a real obstacle, and some of the other characters are less firmly established. Bajpayee helps us keep watching, but he cannot make every strand easier to follow.

The later work offers a useful way past those roles, particularly the restrained Ramchandra Siras of *Aligarh* (2016). There is also the retired policeman Ganpath Bhonsle in *Bhonsle* (2018), and Srikant Tiwari, the everyman spy of *The Family Man* (2019). These parts make the early typecasting look limiting, though they are not a reason to treat every title bearing his name as a recommendation. Start with *Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1* on an evening when nobody needs to check their phone.

## Biography

Manoj Bajpayee, also credited as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Hindi cinema and has appeared in Telugu films. He made his feature debut with minor roles in *Bandit Queen* (1994) and *Drohkaal* (1994). His breakthrough came with the role of Bhiku Mhatre in *Satya* (1998), for which he received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Bajpayee is known for performances in *Raajneeti* (2010), *Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1* (2012) and *Part 2* (2012) as Sardar Khan, *Special 26* (2013), *The Family Man* (2019–) as Srikant Tiwari, and *Farzi* (2023). He has received four National Film Awards, including for *Bhonsle* (2018) and a Special Mention for *Gulmohar* (2023), four Filmfare Awards, and the Padma Shri in 2019.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1* (2012), Fi1m 83, as Sardar Khan — [page](https://film.one/film/gangs-of-wasseypur-part-1.md)

## Complete filmography (104)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Last Man in Tower* (2026), as Yogesh 'Masterji' Mishra
- *Governor* (2026), as A. Ramanan
- *The Fable* (2025), as Dev
- *Inspector Zende* (2025), as Inspector Madhukar Zende
- *Despatch* (2024), as Joy Deb
- *Bhaiyya Ji* (2024), Actor
- *Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout* (2024), as ACP Avinash Verma
- *Killer Soup* (2024), series, as Prabhakar "Prabhu" Shetty/Umesh Pillai/Umesh Shantaram Mahto
- *Joram* (2023), as Dasru / Bala
- *Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai* (2023), as PC Solanki
- *Gulmohar* (2023), as Arun Batra
- *Farzi* (2023), series, as Srikant Tiwari (Voice)
- *Secrets of the Kohinoor* (2022), series, Actor
- *Dial 100* (2021), as Nikhil Sood
- *Ray* (2021), series, as Musafir Ali
- *Silence... Can You Hear It?* (2021), as ACP Avinash Verma
- *COVID 19: India's War Against The Virus* (2021), series, Creator
- *Secrets of Sinauli* (2021), as Host
- *Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari* (2020), as Madhu Mangal Rane
- *Gandhi - A Perspective* (2020), Actor
- *COVID-19: India's War Against The Virus* (2020), as Narrator
- *Mrs. Serial Killer* (2020), as Dr. Mrityunjoy “Joy” Mukerjee
- *The Family Man Reunion* (2019), Actor
- *The Family Man* (2019), series, as Srikant Tiwari
- *Sonchiriya* (2019), as Man Singh
- *Bhonsle* (2018), as Ganpath Bhonsle
- *Love Sonia* (2018), as Faizal
- *Satyameva Jayate* (2018), as (DCP) Shivansh
- *Missing* (2018), as Sushant Dubey a.k.a. Mr. Dubey · Producer
- *Baaghi 2* (2018), as Ajay Shergill
- *Gali Guleiyan* (2018), as Khuddoos
- *Aiyaary* (2018), as Colonel Abhay Singh
- *Rukh* (2017), as Divakar Mathur
- *Sarkar 3* (2017), as Govind Deshpande
- *Naam Shabana* (2017), as Ranvir Singh
- *Ouch* (2016), as Vinay
- *Saat Uchakkey* (2016), as Pappi
- *Budhia Singh: Born to Run* (2016), as Biranchi Das
- *Kriti* (2016), as Sapan
- *Traffic* (2016), as Godbole
- *Taandav* (2016), as Tambe
- *Aligarh* (2016), as Professor Siras
- *Jai Hind* (2015), Actor
- *Tevar* (2015), as Vijender Singh
- *Anjaan* (2014), as Imran Bhai
- *Encounter* (2014), series, as Creator
- *Mahabharat* (2013), as Yudhisthir (voice)
- *Satyagraha* (2013), as Balram Singh
- *Shootout at Wadala* (2013), as Zubair Imtiaz Haksar
- *Special 26* (2013), as CBI Officer Wasim Khan
- *Samar* (2013), as Rajesh Arunachalam
- *Chakravyuh* (2012), as Rajan
- *Chittagong* (2012), as Surya Sen "Master Da"
- *Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2* (2012), as Sardar Khan
- *Krishna and Kamsa* (2012), as Nand (voice)
- *Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1* (2012), as Sardar Khan — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/gangs-of-wasseypur-part-1.md)
- *Lanka* (2011), as Jaswant (as Manoj Bajpayee)
- *Aarakshan* (2011), as Mithilesh Kumar Singh
- *Dus Tola* (2010), as Actor
- *Ramayana: The Epic* (2010), as Ram
- *Komaram Puli* (2010), as Al Saleem
- *Raajneeti* (2010), as Veerendra 'Veeru' B. Pratap
- *Vedam* (2010), as Rahimuddin Qureshi
- *Jail* (2009), as Nawaab
- *Acid Factory* (2009), as Sultan
- *Jugaad* (2009), as Sandip
- *Money Hai Toh Honey Hai* (2008), as Lalabhai Bharodia
- *Dus Kahaniyaan* (2007), Actor
- *Swami* (2007), as Swami
- *1971* (2007), as Major Suraj Singh
- *Return to Rajapur* (2006), as Jai Singh
- *Happy* (2006), as DCP Aravind Bhasker IPS
- *Fareb* (2005), Actor
- *Bewafaa* (2005), as Dil Arora
- *Inteqam: The Perfect Game* (2004), as ACP Uday Dhirendra Thakur
- *Hanan: An Assault on Faith* (2004), Actor
- *Veer-Zaara* (2004), as Razaa Shirazi
- *Jaago* (2004), as Inspector Kripa Shankar Thakur
- *LOC: Kargil* (2003), as Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav
- *Pinjar* (2003), as Rashid
- *Road* (2002), as Babu
- *Aks* (2001), as Raghavan (as Manoj Bajpai)
- *Zubeidaa* (2001), as Raja Vijendra Singh
- *Ghaath* (2000), as Krishna Patil
- *Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!* (2000), as Ram Saran Pandey
- *Fiza* (2000), as Murad Khan (Guest Appearance)
- *Shool* (1999), as Inspector Samar Pratap Singh
- *Prema Katha* (1999), as Sankaram
- *Kaun?* (1999), as Sameer A. Purnavale
- *Satya* (1998), as Bhiku Mhatre
- *Tamanna* (1998), as Salim
- *Daud* (1997), as Pushkar
- *Dastak* (1996), Actor
- *Sanshodhan* (1996), as Bhanwar
- *Drohkaal* (1994), as Anand
- *Bandit Queen* (1994), as Man Singh
- *Suno Re Kissa* (1991), as Veeru
- *In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones* (1989), as Student
- *Police Station Mein Bhoot*, Actor
- *Shoojit Sircar Mythological Comedy Project*, Actor
- *Bhagam Bhag 2*, Actor
- *Gandhi*, as Mahatma Gandhi
- *Masoom: The Next Generation*, Actor
- *Ghooskhor Pandat*, as Ajay Dixit — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/gajab-raat.md)

## Gallery

- ![Manoj Bajpai](https://film.one/media/person/106069/gallery-93f537407f96.jpg) Manoj Bajpai — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Manoj_Bajpai.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Manoj Bajpai at PIFF (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/106069/gallery-7fd30222f6c0.jpg) Manoj Bajpai at PIFF (2024) — Eloquent Insan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Manoj_Bajpai_at_PIFF.jpg/1280px-Manoj_Bajpai_at_PIFF.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Blue Umbrella premiere at Cinemax](https://film.one/media/person/106069/gallery-2c47b1de0351.jpg) Blue Umbrella premiere at Cinemax — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Manoj_Bajpai_still6.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![On the sets of Saat Uchakkey with Vijay Raaz, Manoj Bajpayee, Kay Kay Menon (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/106069/gallery-3397980ce089.jpg) On the sets of Saat Uchakkey with Vijay Raaz, Manoj Bajpayee, Kay Kay Menon (2016) — Dimp3001, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/On_the_sets_of_%27Saat_Uchakkey%27.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Manoj Bajpai](https://film.one/media/person/106069/gallery-699e34f12822.jpg) Manoj Bajpai — Image via TMDB
- ![Manoj Bajpai](https://film.one/media/person/106069/gallery-0f5a915fcf9e.jpg) Manoj Bajpai — Image via TMDB
- ![Indian actors Shahid Kapoor and Manoj Bajpayee (montage to illustrate their "tie" win of Filmfare Award) (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/106069/gallery-4005340e2132.jpg) Indian actors Shahid Kapoor and Manoj Bajpayee (montage to illustrate their "tie" win of Filmfare Award) (2020) — Derivative from two free works originally uploaded from BollywoodHungama by OTRS permission for cc-by-sa-3.0 use; cropped & combined by Vrishchik, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Shahid_Kapoor%E2%80%93Manoj_Bajpayee.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Padma Shri in arts 2019: Padma Shri in arts (won)
- National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 1999: National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (won), for *Satya*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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