Pankaj Tripathi Biography, Age, Height, Movies, Wife, Family, Web & Facts

Pankaj Tripathi Biography – A talented actor from Belsand to Wasseypur to the protagonist of Sacred Games!

Family Background of Pankaj Tripathi:

Pankaj Tripathi was born on September 29, 1976, in Belsand village, Gopalganj District, Bihar. His father, Pandit Benaras Tripathi, is a priest and farmer. His mother, Hemwanti Devi, is a homemaker.

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Pankaj with his mother

He has an elder brother and two younger sisters. He is the youngest among the four of them.

Early Life:

He did his schooling at DPH School. He used to be a good athlete in his school time. Pankaj had an actor inside him from his childhood, as he used to participate in ‘Acts’ or ‘Naataks’ during the “Chhath” festival.

His father always wanted him to be a Doctor, the reason he shifted to Patna after his schooling. And, he became a Science student there.

Meanwhile, he joined RSS and also became the leader of ABVP, a student organization.

Once, he got imprisoned due to a protest he was leading which eventually made him spend some days behind bars. Then, there he started reading Hindi literature and got completely immersed in it.

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Pankaj Tripathi with his father

Later, after getting out of Jail, he saw a play named ‘Andha Kuaan,’ which inspired him to join the acting field. So, he started understanding the basics of a Play and later also began performing in various plays.

Pankaj Being a chef in Patna to the actor:

After doing a lot of theatre in Patna, Pankaj decided to move to NSD. So, he tried for NSD but didn’t get selected in his first attempt. He also failed the second attempt, so his uncle asked him to get in the FCI to earn some good money in foreign.

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He attempted for the FCI and got selected for it. Then he joined a Hotel in Patna as a trainee also learned some dishes there. He didn’t get the chance to go foreign for good money, but he did try for NSD one more time in 2001.

Meanwhile, he married Mridula Tripathi and qualified for NSD at the same time.

“In a TV show, Pankaj Tripathi revealed that, at once, he and his wife Mridula used to live together in NSD’s hostel. But later, the warden of the hostel asked them to shift somewhere else.”

In 2004, after completing his training from NSD, he moved to Patna again and did some theatre for some months. Later, Pankaj shifted to Mumbai along with his wife in search of work in the acting field.

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Pankaj Tripathi with wife Mridula

According to Pankaj Tripathi, during his struggling days, his wife, Mridula, helped him financially by teaching in a school in Goregaon.

Pankaj Tripathi Biography:

Pankaj Tripathi’s Profile
Personal Life
Full NamePankaj Kumar Tripathi
Date of BirthSeptember 5, 1976
Age47 years 6 months (in March, 2024)
NationalityIndian
ReligionHindu
Zodiac/Sun SignVirgo
HometownBelsand, Gopalganj, Bihar
SchoolD.P.H. School, Gopalganj
CollegeNational School of Drama
Physical Stats
Height5ft. 10”
(1.78 m)
(178 cm)
Weight70 kg
(174 lbs)
Hair ColorBlack
Eye ColorDark Brown
Family & Relationships
FatherPandit Benaras Tripathi
MotherHemwanti Devi
Siblings1 Brother & 2 Sisters
Marital StatusMarried
Wife

Occupation
Mridula Tripathi

Teacher
Children1 daughter (Aashi Tripathi)
Career
ProfessionActing
TV DebutZindagi ka har rang…Gulaal
Movie Debut (Bollywood)Run
Movie Debut (Telugu)Doosukeltha
Movie Debut (Tamil)Kaala
Movie Debut (Punjabi)Harjeeta

Pankaj Tripathi Movies:

In 2004, Pankaj Tripathi made his debut in Bollywood from a guest role in an action-comedy-romance movie Run. Abhishek Bachchan and Bhoomika Chawala led the movie, but the audience applauded Vijay Raaz’s role.

Pankaj was the one who asked Vijay (as Ganesh) in the movie to dive into the ‘Chhoti Ganga’.

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Later, in 2005, he appeared in Prakash Jha’s directed movie Apaharan. He worked with actors like Ajay Devgan and Bipasha Basu in the film.

Then, he appeared in movies like Omkara, Dharm, Aakrosh, Shaurya, Chillar Party, and Agneepath. Later, he also appeared in movies including Dabangg 2, Rangrezz, ABCD, and Gunday. In 2013, he also starred in a Telugu film.

Masaan:

Masaan, released in 2015, and the interesting fact is that it was released at Cannes Film Festival and in France before it was released in India. The main cast of the movie was Richa Chadda, Shweta Tripathi, Vicky Kaushal, and Sanjay Mishra.

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Photo Source: Masaan movie

With those supremely talented actors, Tripathi also appeared in the movie. He has a very short role in the film; however, he managed to get applauded by the audiences even in that short time.

Newton:

Pankaj Tripathi has played the role of Atma Singh in Amit Masurkar’s directorial film Newton. He played the character of an Assistant Commandant, leading a CRPF team in a Naxal area. Rajkumar Rao played the character of Newton, a government clerk who was on his election duty in the same place.

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His performance in Newton lets him win the National Award for it. Even the film got the National Film Award under the category of the Best Feature film.

Tripathi – The ‘Sultan’ of Wasseypur:

On June 22, 2012, Gangs of Wasseypur-part 1 was released. It was written, directed, and produced by Anurag Kashyap.

There was a character of ‘Sultan Qureshi’ in the movie, played by Tripathi. Sultan Qureshi, one who cuts sixty buffaloes in a day, is a henchman of Ramadheer Singh, and his only purpose is – to kill Sardar Khan (Manoj Bajpayee) and his children.

One of his popular dialogues is – “Yeh Wasseypur hai, yahaan Kabootar bhi ek pankh se udta hai aur doosre se apna izzat bachaata hai.” Translated as “This is Wasseypur, here even the pigeon flies with one wing and protects its honor with the other.”

Sultan Qureshi

Pankaj also appeared in the second part of the Gangs of Wasseypur. And, from then only he came into ‘limelight,’ and his talent gets recognized by the film industry and the public.

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Photo Source: Gangs of Wasseypur

In 2020, Pankaj appeared in Angrezi Medium, starring Radhika Madan and Irrfan Khan. The same year, he was seen in movies like Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, Ludo, and Shakeela.

The following year, in 2021, he starred in Kaagaz, a Zee5 film. Then, he appeared in Netflix’s Mimi. He later featured in some exciting roles in several movies, including 83 (starring Ranveer Singh), Bunty Aur Babli 2, Bachchan Pandey (2022), and Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga (2022).

TV Series:

Here’s a list of TV shows he has acted in –

  1. Time Bomb 9/11 (Zee TV)
  2. Zindagi ka har rang…Gulaal (aired on Star Plus)
  3. Powder (Sony TV)
  4. Sarojini – Ek nayi pehal (Zee TV)

Pankaj Tripathi Web Series:

Sacred Games:

Sacred Games is a web series based on Vikram Chandra’s novel of the same name. Tripathi played the mysterious character of ‘Guruji’ in the series.

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In the second season of Sacred Games, his character somehow became the protagonist, and he ran the series in his style. You can watch both seasons on Netflix.

Mirzapur:

In this world of web series, you must be familiar with Kaleen Bhaiya aka Akahandanand Tripathi. The series was released in 2018 on Amazon Prime.

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Tripathi appeared in the series along with actors like Ali Fazal, Harshita Gaur, and Divyendu. Its second season will release in 2020.

Criminal Justice:

It was released on April 5, 2019. Pankaj played a lawyer in the series who fights the case of a man accused of murder.

He starred in the series along with the likes of Jackie Shroff and Anupriya Goenka. You can binge-watch this series on Hotstar.

Later, in April 2020, he appeared in a cameo role in Extraction, an action thriller film released on Netflix.

Facts about Pankaj Tripathi:

  • He is an excellent storyteller.
  • He loves to read books.
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Pankaj’s wife and daughter
  • Pankaj and his wife, Mridula, have a daughter named Aashi Tripathi.
  • He likes to discover new things in different places.
  • He has some followers in his village who admire him as a Guru.
  • Tripathi has won Best Actor iReel (2019) and Indian Television Academy Awards (2021) for Mirzapur.

Frequently asked questions on Google:


Q1: What is the age of actor Tripathi?

Ans: 47 years 6 months (in March, 2024)


Q2: Is Shweta Tripathi, daughter of Pankaj Tripathi?

Ans: No, she isn’t his daughter.


Q3: Where is the hometown of Pankaj Tripathi?

Ans: Belsand, Gopalganj, Bihar.


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