---
name: "Rajkummar Rao"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rajkummar-rao"
fi1m_id: "rajkummar-rao"
imdb_id: "nm3822770"
tmdb_id: 117727
wikidata_id: "Q7285367"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 August 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T01:51:46.525555+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."
---

# Rajkummar Rao

## Identity

Rajkummar Rao

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rajkummar-rao
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rajkummar-rao
- **IMDb ID:** nm3822770
- **TMDB ID:** 117727
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7285367
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajkummar_Rao, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7285367, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3822770/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117727

Actor. Born 31 August 1984 in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 August 1984, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- **Also known as:** Raj Kumar Yadav, Raj kumar Rao, Rajkumar Rao, Rajkumar Yadav, راجکومار رائو
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajkummar_Rao, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7285367, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3822770/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117727

## Coming up

- *RaftaaR* (2026-10-16), as Producer
- *Prahaar - The Untold Story of Ujjwal Nikam* (2026-10-16), as Ujjwal Nikam
- *Dada - The Sourav Ganguly Story* (2027-05-14), as Sourav Ganguly
- *Stree 3* (2028-08-11), as Vicky

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The White Tiger*](https://film.one/film/the-white-tiger.md) (78)

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## Biography

Rajkummar Rao is an Indian actor who works primarily in Hindi cinema. Born Raj Kumar Yadav on 31 August 1984 in Gurgaon, Haryana, he trained at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune before moving to Mumbai.

He made his film debut in the 2010 anthology *Love Sex Aur Dhokha*. Rao gained prominence with roles in *Kai Po Che!* (2013) and as Shahid Azmi in *Shahid* (2013), for which he received the National Film Award for Best Actor. Other notable performances include *Queen* (2014), *Bareilly Ki Barfi* (2017), *Newton* (2017), *Stree* (2018), *Ludo* (2020) and *The White Tiger* (2021), in which he played Ashok. He has won multiple Filmfare Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The White Tiger* (2021), Fi1m 78, as Ashok — [page](https://film.one/film/the-white-tiger.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

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

- *Stree 3* (2028), as Vicky
- *Dada - The Sourav Ganguly Story* (2027), as Sourav Ganguly
- *RaftaaR* (2026), as Producer
- *Prahaar - The Untold Story of Ujjwal Nikam* (2026), as Ujjwal Nikam
- *Toaster* (2026), as Ramakant · Producer
- *The Ba***ds of Bollywood* (2025), series, as Rajkummar Rao
- *Maalik* (2025), as Deepak / Maalik
- *Bhool Chuk Maaf* (2025), as Ranjan
- *Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video* (2024), as Vicky
- *Stree 2* (2024), as Vicky
- *Mr. & Mrs. Mahi* (2024), as Mahendra "Mahi" Aggarwal
- *Srikanth* (2024), as Srikanth Bolla
- *Pushtaini* (2023), as Ankur Bhatia
- *Guns & Gulaabs* (2023), series, as Paana Tipu
- *Bheed* (2023), as Surya Kumar Singh Tikas
- *Bhediya* (2022), as Vicky
- *Monica, O My Darling* (2022), as Jayant Arkhedkar
- *HIT: The First Case* (2022), as Vikram
- *Badhaai Do* (2022), as Shardul Thakur
- *Hum Do Hamare Do* (2021), as Dhruv Shikhar
- *Roohi* (2021), as Bhaunra Pandey
- *The White Tiger* (2021), as Ashok — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-white-tiger.md)
- *Chhalaang* (2020), as Mahinder Hooda (Montu)
- *Ludo* (2020), as Alok Kumar Gupta "Aalu"
- *Uss Din* (2020), Actor
- *Shimla Mirchi* (2020), as Avinash
- *Made In China* (2019), as Raghuvir Mehta
- *Judgementall Hai Kya* (2019), as Keshav
- *Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga* (2019), as Sahil Mirza
- *5 Weddings* (2018), as Officer Harbhajan Singh
- *Love Sonia* (2018), as Manish
- *Stree* (2018), as Vicky
- *Fanney Khan* (2018), as Adhir
- *Amoli* (2018), as Narrator (Hindi)
- *Omertà* (2018), as Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh
- *Vinod -The Legend* (2018), series, as Rajkummar Rao
- *Bose: Dead/Alive* (2017), series, as Subhas Chandra Bose
- *Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana* (2017), as Satyendra aka Sattu
- *Newton* (2017), as Newton Kumar
- *Bareilly Ki Barfi* (2017), as Pritam Vidrohi
- *Raabta* (2017), as Muwwaqit
- *Behen Hogi Teri* (2017), as Gattu
- *Trapped* (2017), as Shaurya
- *Aligarh* (2016), as Deepu Sebastian
- *Hamari Adhuri Kahani* (2015), as Hari Prasad (Vasudha's husband)
- *Dolly Ki Doli* (2015), as Sonu Sarawat
- *City Lights* (2014), as Deepak Singh
- *Bombay Mirror* (2014), Actor
- *Queen* (2014), as Vijay
- *Shahid* (2013), as Shahid Azmi
- *A New Love Ishtory* (2013), as News Reporter
- *D-Day* (2013), as Zoya’s husband (voice) (Uncredited)
- *Boyss Toh Boyss Hain* (2013), Actor
- *Kai Po Che!* (2013), as Govind "Govi" Patel
- *Talaash* (2012), as Devrath Kulkarni
- *Chittagong* (2012), as Lokenath Bal
- *Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2* (2012), as Shamshad Alam
- *Shaitan* (2011), as Malwankar
- *Ragini MMS* (2011), as Uday
- *LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha* (2010), as Adarsh
- *Rann* (2010), as News reporter
- *Filmfare Awards* (1954), series, as Host
- *Doosara Mahayudh*, as Vicky
- *Pehla Mahayudh*, as Vicky
- *Bachpan Ka Pyar*, Actor
- *Shoojit Sircar Mythological Comedy Project*, Actor
- *Housewife*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Rajkummar Rao](https://film.one/media/person/4194823/gallery-0bbf197b7a03.jpg) Rajkummar Rao — Deepak Naik, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Actor_Rajkummar_Rao.jpg/1280px-Actor_Rajkummar_Rao.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Amit V. Masurkar with Rajkummar Rao, Anjali Patil and Pankaj Tripathi at World Premiere of Newton in Zoopalast (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/4194823/gallery-d94982d901dc.jpg) Amit V. Masurkar with Rajkummar Rao, Anjali Patil and Pankaj Tripathi at World Premiere of Newton in Zoopalast (2017) — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Cast_%26_Crew_World_Premiere_Newton_Zoopalast_Berlinale_2017.jpg/1280px-Cast_%26_Crew_World_Premiere_Newton_Zoopalast_Berlinale_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![bei der Weltpremiere von Newton im Zoopalast zur Berlinale 2017](https://film.one/media/person/4194823/gallery-864ccca520a4.jpg) bei der Weltpremiere von Newton im Zoopalast zur Berlinale 2017 — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Pankaj_Tripathi%2C_Anjali_Patil_and_Rajkummar_Rao_World_Premiere_Newton_Zoopalast_Berlinale_2017_01.jpg/1280px-Pankaj_Tripathi%2C_Anjali_Patil_and_Rajkummar_Rao_World_Premiere_Newton_Zoopalast_Berlinale_2017_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil and Rajkummar Rao bei der Weltpremiere von Newton im Zoopalast zur Berlinale 2017](https://film.one/media/person/4194823/gallery-1e38a51cb272.jpg) Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil and Rajkummar Rao bei der Weltpremiere von Newton im Zoopalast zur Berlinale 2017 — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Pankaj_Tripathi%2C_Anjali_Patil_and_Rajkummar_Rao_World_Premiere_Newton_Zoopalast_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg/1280px-Pankaj_Tripathi%2C_Anjali_Patil_and_Rajkummar_Rao_World_Premiere_Newton_Zoopalast_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rajkummar Rao](https://film.one/media/person/4194823/gallery-8a4466045dae.jpg) Rajkummar Rao — Image via TMDB
- ![Rajkummar Rao](https://film.one/media/person/4194823/gallery-839e3339a73f.jpg) Rajkummar Rao — Image via TMDB
- ![bei der Weltpremiere von Newton im Zoopalast zur Berlinale 2017](https://film.one/media/person/4194823/gallery-2d96075149fc.jpg) bei der Weltpremiere von Newton im Zoopalast zur Berlinale 2017 — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Pankaj_Tripathi%2C_Rajkummar_Rao_and_Anjali_Patil_World_Premiere_Newton_Zoopalast_Berlinale_2017.jpg/1280px-Pankaj_Tripathi%2C_Rajkummar_Rao_and_Anjali_Patil_World_Premiere_Newton_Zoopalast_Berlinale_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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