Rajkummar Rao
Biography
Rajkummar Rao Yadav is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. Rao has established a career in Hindi cinema and is the recipient of a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award from three nominations. After graduating, he moved to Mumbai for a film career and made his film debut with the 2010 experimental anthology film Love Sex Aur Dhokha. After starring in brief roles in several of the highly successful Hindi films of the following two years, he achieved success for his breakout role in 2013 with the drama film Kai Po Che!, for which he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award at Filmfare. That same year, he was awarded the Filmfare and the National Film Award for Best Actor and Critics Best Actor for his portrayal of Shahid Azmi in the biographical drama Shahid. In 2014, Rao played the leading man in the successful romantic comedy Queen and the drama CityLights. Rao received critical acclaim for portraying a journalist in the biographical drama Aligarh, which earned him a second nomination for Best Supporting Actor at Filmfare.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Rajkummar Rao
The White Tiger
The Kapil Sharma Show
Indian Idol
Queen
Comedy Nights with Kapil
Talaash
Stree
Koffee with Karan
Bareilly Ki Barfi
Newton
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (86 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Dada - The Sourav Ganguly Story | Sourav Ganguly | Movie | 2027 |
 | Shakti Shalini | Self | Movie | 2026 |
 | Prahaar | Ujjwal Nikam | Movie | 2026 |
 | RaftaaR | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 |
| RaftaaR | Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | Toaster | Ramakant | Movie | 2026 |
| Toaster | Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | Wheel Of Fortune India | Self | TV Series | 2026 |
 | The Ba***ds of Bollywood | Rajkummar Rao | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Maalik | Deepak / Maalik | Movie | 2025 |
 | Bhool Chuk Maaf | Ranjan | Movie | 2025 |
 | Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video | Vicky | Movie | 2024 |
 | Stree 2 | Vicky | Movie | 2024 |
 | Aapka Apna Zakir | Self | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Mr. & Mrs. Mahi | Mahendra "Mahi" Aggarwal | Movie | 2024 |
 | Srikanth | Srikanth Bolla | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Great Indian Kapil Show | Self | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Pushtaini | Ankur Bhatia | Movie | 2023 |
 | Guns & Gulaabs | Paana Tipu | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Bheed | Surya Kumar Singh Tikas | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Thugesh Show | Self | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Bhediya | Vicky | Movie | 2022 |
 | Monica, O My Darling | Jayant Arkhedkar | Movie | 2022 |
 | HIT: The First Case | Vikram | Movie | 2022 |
 | Badhaai Do | Shardul Thakur | Movie | 2022 |
 | Hum Do Hamare Do | Dhruv Shikhar | Movie | 2021 |
 | Roohi | Bhaunra Pandey | Movie | 2021 |
 | The White Tiger | Ashok | Movie | 2021 |
 | Chhalaang | Mahinder Hooda (Montu) | Movie | 2020 |
 | Ludo | Alok Kumar Gupta "Aalu" | Movie | 2020 |
 | Uss Din | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2020 |
 | Shimla Mirchi | Avinash | Movie | 2020 |
 | Made In China | Raghuvir Mehta | Movie | 2019 |
 | Movie Masti With Manish | Himself | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Judgementall Hai Kya | Keshav | Movie | 2019 |
 | Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga | Sahil Mirza | Movie | 2019 |
 | Zero | Self (Special Appearance) | Movie | 2018 |
 | Kanpur Waale Khuranas | Himself | TV Series | 2018 |
 | 5 Weddings | Officer Harbhajan Singh | Movie | 2018 |
 | Love Sonia | Manish | Movie | 2018 |
 | Stree | Vicky | Movie | 2018 |
 | Fanney Khan | Adhir | Movie | 2018 |
 | Dance Deewane | Himself | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Amoli | Narrator (Hindi) | Movie | 2018 |
 | Omertà | Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh | Movie | 2018 |
 | Vinod -The Legend | Rajkummar Rao | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Bose: Dead/Alive | Subhas Chandra Bose | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana | Satyendra aka Sattu | Movie | 2017 |
 | Newton | Newton Kumar | Movie | 2017 |
 | Bareilly Ki Barfi | Pritam Vidrohi | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Drama Company | Self | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Raabta | Muwwaqit | Movie | 2017 |
 | Behen Hogi Teri | Gattu | Movie | 2017 |
 | Trapped | Shaurya | Movie | 2017 |
 | BFFs with Vogue | Self | TV Series | 2016 |
 | The Kapil Sharma Show | Self | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Aligarh | Deepu Sebastian | Movie | 2016 |
 | Hamari Adhuri Kahani | Hari Prasad (Vasudha's husband) | Movie | 2015 |
 | Dolly Ki Doli | Sonu Sarawat | Movie | 2015 |
 | City Lights | Deepak Singh | Movie | 2014 |
| Bombay Mirror | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2014 | |
 | Queen | Vijay | Movie | 2014 |
 | Son of Abish | Himself | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Shahid | Shahid Azmi | Movie | 2013 |
 | A New Love Ishtory | News Reporter | Movie | 2013 |
 | D-Day | Zoya’s husband (voice) (Uncredited) | Movie | 2013 |
 | Boyss Toh Boyss Hain | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2013 |
 | Comedy Nights with Kapil | Self | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Kai Po Che! | Govind "Govi" Patel | Movie | 2013 |
 | Talaash | Devrath Kulkarni | Movie | 2012 |
 | Chittagong | Lokenath Bal | Movie | 2012 |
 | Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 | Shamshad Alam | Movie | 2012 |
 | Shaitan | Malwankar | Movie | 2011 |
 | Ragini MMS | Uday | Movie | 2011 |
 | LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha | Adarsh | Movie | 2010 |
 | Rann | News reporter | Movie | 2010 |
 | Koffee with Karan | Self | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Indian Idol | Self | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Filmfare Awards | Host | TV Series | 1954 |
| Filmfare Awards | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1954 |
| Bachpan Ka Pyar | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| Stree 3 | Vicky | Movie | — | |
 | Doosara Mahayudh | Vicky | Movie | — |
| Pehla Mahayudh | Vicky | Movie | — | |
| Shoojit Sircar Mythological Comedy Project | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| Housewife | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |