Suniel Shetty
- Birthday: 11. August 1961
- Birthplace: Mulki, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
- Awards: 2001: Filmfare Best Villain Award for Dhadkan[15], 2001: Zee Cine Best Supporting Actor Award for Dhadkan[16], 2005: GIFA Best Villain Award for Main Hoon Na, 2008: SAIFF Best Actor Award for Red Alert: The War Within[17], 2011: Stardust Search Light Award for Best Actor for Red Alert: The War Within[18], 2005: Filmfare Best Villain Award for Main Hoon Na, 1995: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Dilwale[15], 1998: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Border[15], 1998: Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actor for Border, 2001: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Refugee[15], 2001: IIFA Best Supporting Actor Award for Refugee[19], 2001: IIFA Best Villain Award for Dhadkan[20], 2004: IIFA Best Supporting Actor Award for Qayamat: City Under Threat[19], 2005: IIFA Best Villain Award for Main Hoon Na[21]
Biography
Suniel Shetty (born 11 August 1961) an Indian film actor, producer and entrepreneur (hotel business) predominantly active in Bollywood who has acted in more than 110 films. His major works have been action films. Besides Bollywood movies, he appeared in the English-language film Don't Stop Dreaming (2007) and the Tamil film 12B (2001).[2]
Shetty's debut film was Balwaan (1992) opposite the late Divya Bharti. The film was an above average grosser and launched the career of Shetty as an action hero.[citation needed] Later on, he went on to play the role of a protagonist in various successful movies such as Dilwale (1994), Anth (1994), Mohra (1994), Gopi Kishan (1994), Krishna (1996), Sapoot (1996), Rakshak (1996), Border (1997), Bhai (1997), Hera Pheri (2000), Dhadkan (2000) Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar (2001), Main Hoon Na (2004) and Red Alert: The War Within (2010).[3] In 2014, he changed the spelling of his name from Sunil to Suniel for numerological reasons.[4]
Shetty was involved primarily in action films throughout the 1990s, playing the male protagonist in most of the movies he acted in during the decade. From early 2000, he mainly appeared in multi-starrers in across genres. He also starred opposite Kirti Reddy and Isha Koppikar in Arjun Rampal's debut movie Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat (2001).