Pankaj Kapur
- Birthday: 29. May 1981
- Birthplace: Ludhiana, Punjab, India
- Awards: 1989 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, Raakh, 1991: National Film Award – Special Jury Award: Ek Doctor Ki Maut, 2004: National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, Maqbool, 2005: Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor, Maqbool,
Biography
Pankaj Kapur is an Indian theatre, television and film actor from Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He has appeared in several television serials and films. His most acclaimed film roles to date have been that of Inspector P.K. in Raakh (1989), Dr. Dipankar Roy in Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1991) and Abba ji, (based on Shakespeare's King Duncan) in Vishal Bhardwaj's adaption of Macbeth; Maqbool (2003), all three roles which got him National Film Awards. He along with Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Manoj Bajpai, Irrfan Khan and Kay Kay Menon are considered the "Walking Acting school of India".
In the 1980s, he became a household name through the TV series Karamchand, a comedy television series in the detective genre. And in the millennium, Office Office, a comic satire on prevalent corruption in India.
Pankaj Kapur studied Engineering in New Delhi after completing his graduation from Government college, Ludhiana and completed the course in 1973. He joined National School of Drama (NSD) New Delhi and graduated in 1976.