Pankaj Tripathi

Pankaj Tripathi
Tripathi in 2017
Born	Pankaj Tiwari[1] 5 September 1975 or 1976 (age 48 or 47) Belsand, Bihar, India[2]
Alma mater	National School of Drama Institute of Hotel Management, Hajipur (BS) Magadh University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present
Works	Full list
Spouse	Mridula Tripathi ​ (m. 2004)​
Children	1

Pankaj Tripathi (pronounced [pəŋkəd͡ʒ t̪ɾipaʈʰiː]; né Tiwari; (born 5 September 1975 or 1976) is an Indian actor, who predominantly works in Hindi films.^[3][4] He is the recipient of several awards, including two National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award. After studying acting at the National School of Drama, Tripathi had minor roles in such films as Omkara (2006), Raavan (2010) and Agneepath (2012), and had a supporting role in the television series Powder (2010).

Tripathi gained recognition for his role in Anurag Kashyap's crime drama Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), after which he had several notable supporting roles. These include Fukrey (2013), Masaan (2015), Nil Battey Sannata (2016), Bareilly Ki Barfi , Fukrey Returns (both 2017), Stree (2018), Ludo , Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl (both 2020), and 83 (2021). Tripathi has also had leading roles in several streaming series, including Mirzapur (2018–present) and Criminal Justice (2019–2022), and in the streaming film Kaagaz (2021). He has also appeared in the Tamil film Kaala (2018) and the English film Extraction (2020).

His performance in Newton (2017) won him the National Film Award – Special Mention and his performance in Mimi (2021) won him the National Film Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[5][6] He has since starred in the commercially successful satire OMG 2 (2023).