Rajiv Hari "Akshay Kumar" Om Bhatia was born on September 09, 1967, in Amritsar, Punjab to Aruna Bhatia and Hari Om Bhatia. He is an Indian actor, film producer, former model, and television personality. He went to Bangkok to learn how to use a sword and also worked as a waiter in a restaurant. He studied martial arts in Hong Kong. It was a student who suggested that he should try modeling. Because of his success as model, he was offered films. Along with his good looks and excellent martial art skills, he was always the first choice to do adventurous movies. He does his own stunts in his films. His breakthrough performance was in Saugandh (1991). He was well known for his Khiladi series, an Indian version of James Bond, such as Mr. Bond (1992), Khiladi (1992), Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994), Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi (1997) and Khiladi 420 (1999). He dated strings of his co-stars including Raveena Tandon, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Pooja Batra and Rekha. His recent critically acclaimed performances include Airlift (2016), Baby (2015) and Rustom (2016). He is married to former actress and now author Twinkle Khanna with whom he has two children.

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Akshay Kumar and Veer Pahariya in Akshay Kumar & Veer Pahariya Ask Each Other Anything (2025)

Kader Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Suniel Shetty in Sapoot (1996)

Akshay Kumar in Police Force: An Inside Story (2004)

Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff in Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024)

Akshay Kumar and Rakul Preet Singh in Team Of Cuttputlli On Kapil's Show (2022)

Karan Johar, Akshay Kumar, and Samantha Ruth Prabhu in Koffee with Karan (2004)

Gulshan Grover, Tabu, Akshay Kumar, Om Puri, Paresh Rawal, and Suniel Shetty in Hera Pheri (2000)

Akshay Kumar, Kay Kay Menon, and Rasheed Naz in Baby (2015)

Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz, and Esha Gupta in Rustom (2016)

Akshay Kumar & Veer Pahariya Ask Each Other Anything

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