Jimmy Shergill

Original Name:  Jasjiet Shergill
Nick Name:  Jusjit
Date of Birth (Birthday):  3 December, 1970
Zodiac Sign:  Sagittarius
Eye Color:  Black
Hair Color:  Black
Birth Place:  Gorakhpur
Education:  Acting Course at Roshan Taneja
Marital Status:  Married
Languages:  Hindi, English
Hobbies:  Cricket
Stength:  My hard work and my passion

Shergill was born in a Sikh Punjabi family in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. He moved to Punjab, the place of his ancestors, in 1985 where he studied in The Punjab Public School, Nabha and Bikram College, Punjabi University, Patiala.^[2] He learnt acting from Sri Harpal Singh, and then moved to Mumbai to work in the entertainment industry. He's married to Priyanka Puri from Delhi^[3] and they have a son named Veer Shergill.^[4]

Film career

Hindi Films

Shergill started his acting career in 1996 with the critically acclaimed film Maachis directed by Gulzar based on terrorism in Punjab. The film did reasonably well at the box office and got him noticed by all the top filmmakers in the industry which led him to being cast in Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein alongside stalwarts like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aishwarya Rai. He's consistently won rave reviews for all his performances in films like Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai, Haasil, Munna Bhai, Yahaan, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Eklavya: The Royal Guard, A Wednesday, My Name is Khan, Tanu Weds Manu, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster and Special 26.

Punjabi Films

He started acting in Punjabi Films in 2005 in movie Manmohan Singh's Yaaran Naal Baharan which did well on the box office and then he went on to act in several other Punjabi Films. He is currently one of the top actors in the industry, and some of the films he's acted in have been hits. He plans to produce and act in one Punjabi Film every year for which he's signed a deal with Bollywood production house Eros International. His first film as a producer Dharti released in 2011 and did well at the box office.^[5] The next production from his company was Taur Mittran Di, that released in May 2012. He's lined up two more films for production the multi star cast Saadi Love Story in which he's cast Diljit Dosanjh, Amrinder Gill, Neeru Bajwa, Surveen Chawla and himself in a cameo and another film titled Rangeelay which casts him in the lead with Neha Dhupia.

Filmography

Hindi

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Maachis	Jaimal
1999	Jahan Tum Le Chalo	Akash
2000	Mohabbatein	Karan Choudhry
2001	Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar	Jay Bharadwaj
2002	Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai	Rohit
2002	Dil Hai Tumhaara	Samir
2002	Dil Vil Pyar Vyar	Hrithik Mittal
2002	Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar	Sunny Dhiman
2003	Haasil	Aniruddha 'Ani' Sharma	as writer
2003	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.	Zaheer
2004	Agnipankh	Siddharth Singh
2004	Charas	Dev Anand
2004	Hum Tum	Mihir
2005	Silsilay	Tarun
2005	Prateeksha	Dr. Karan
2005	Yahaan	Captain Aman
2006	Umar	Shashank
2006	Tom Dick and Harry	Harry
2006	Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota	Hemant Punj
2006	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Victor D'Souza
2006	Bas Ek Pal	Rahul Kher
2006	Rehguzar	Nikhil Mathur
2007	Eklavya: The Royal Guard	Udaywardhan
2007	Delhii Heights	Abhi
2007	Raqeeb	Sunny Khanna
2007	Victoria No. 203	Jimmy Joseph
2007	Chhodon Naa Yaar	Ravi
2007	Dus Kahaniyaan	Kabir
2007	Strangers	Rahul
2008	Hastey Hastey	Neel
2008	A Wednesday!	Arif Khan
2010	My Name Is Khan	Zakir Khan
2010	A Flat	Rahul Verma
2011	Tanu Weds Manu	Raja
2011	Game	Vikram Kapoor
2011	Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster	Aditya Partap Singh/Saheb
2012	Dangerous Ishhq	ACP Singh
2012	Shoebite
2013	Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns	Aditya Partap Singh/Saheb
2013	Bullet Raja
2013	Special Chabbis	SI Ranveer Singh
2013	Rajdhani Express	Dy.Commissioner Yadav

Punjabi

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2005	Yaaran Naal Baharan	Navdeep Singh Brar / Deep	Debut Punjabi film
2006	Mannat	-
2009	Tera Mera Ki Rishta	Meet
2009	Munde U.K. De	Roop Singh
2010	Mel Karade Rabba	Rajveer Gill	PTC Best Actor Award
2011	Dharti	Jaideep Singh Wadala / Jay Singh	PTC Best Film (Critics) Award
2013	Rangeelay [6]	Sunny/Bobby
2013	Mitro - Mitro	-

Producer

Year	Film
2011	Dharti
2012	Taur Mittran Di
2013	Saadi Love Story
2013	Rangeelay