Amitabh Bachchan

Actor, Politician

1942 –

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Who is Amitabh Bachchan?

Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades. Bachchan is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. So total was his dominance of the movie scene in the 1970s and 1980s that the French director François Truffaut called him a "one-man industry".

Bachchan has won many major awards in his career, including three National Film Awards as Best Actor, a number of awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies and fourteen Filmfare Awards. He is the most-nominated performer in any major acting category at Filmfare, with 39 nominations overall. In addition to acting, Bachchan has worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter. He also had a stint in politics in the 1980s. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1984 and the Padma Bhushan in 2001 for his contributions towards the arts.

Bachchan made his Hollywood debut in 2013 with The Great Gatsby, in which he played a non-Indian Jewish character, Meyer Wolfsheim.

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Born
Oct 11, 1942
Allahabad
Also known as
  • Amitabh Bachan
  • Amitabh Harivansh Srivastav
  • Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan
  • Amitabh
  • Shri Amitabh Bachchanji
  • Shri. Amitabh Bachchan
  • Padmashree Amitabh Bachchan
  • Mr. Amitabh Bachchan
  • Shri Amitabh Bachchan
  • AB Sr.
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Hinduism
Ethnicity
  • Kayastha
Nationality
  • British Raj
  • India
Profession
Education
  • Jnana Prabodhini
  • Bachelor of Science, Kirori Mal College
  • Sherwood College
    Art
  • Boys' High School & College
  • M.A., University of Delhi
Employment
  • Freight Broker, Bird and Co.
Lived in
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Allahabad
  • Mumbai

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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