Anil Kapoor ( born 24 December 1959) is an Indian film actor and producer. He first won acclaim for his roles in Yash Chopras drama Mashaal (1984) and Shekhar Kapurs sci-fi Mr. India (1987), and won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance in the former.

After a series of successful films, Kapoor earned his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in N. Chandras Tezaab in 1988, and later for Indra Kumars Beta (Beta (film)) in 1992. Since then, he has starred in a number of critical and commercial successes, including Virasat (Virasat (1997 film)) (1997), for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance; Biwi No.1 (1999); Taal (Taal (film)) (1999), for which he won his second Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award; Pukar (Pukar (2000 film)) (2000), for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor; No Entry (2005) and Welcome (2007).

Kapoors first role in an international film was as Prem Kumar in Danny Boyles Academy Award (81st Academy Awards)-winning Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which he shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.