Jimmy Sheirgill

Jimmy Sheirgill (born Jasjit Singh Gill; 3 December 1970), previously credited as Jimmy Shergill, is an Indian actor and producer who primarily works in Hindi and Punjabi films.^[1]

Jimmy Shergill
Sheirgill in 2017
Born	Jasjit Singh Gill 3 December 1970 (1970-12-03) (age 54) Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Other names	Jimmy Shergill
Education	Punjabi University St. Francis' College
Occupations	Actor producer
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Priyanka Puri ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	1

Sheirgill began his film career with the 1996 thriller Maachis. His breakthrough came with the romantic drama Mohabbatein (2000), which became the highest-grossing Hindi film of the year, following which he starred in several films, including Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002), Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), A Wednesday! (2008), Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster, Tanu Weds Manu (both 2011), Special 26 (2013), Happy Bhag Jayegi (2016) and De De Pyaar De (2019). His highest-grossing releases came with supporting roles in the comedy-drama Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), the drama film My Name Is Khan (2010) and the romantic comedy Tanu Weds Manu: Returns (2015). The latter earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Sheirgill made his Punjabi film debut with Yaaran Naal Baharan in 2005. His notable work in Punjabi cinema include Mel Karade Rabba (2010), Dharti (2011), Aa Gaye Munde U.K. De (2014), Shareek (2015) and Daana Paani (2018). He won the PTC Award for Best Actor for Mel Karade Rabba. The actor has also produced several Punjabi films.

Early life

Sheirgill was born on 3 December 1970,^[2][3] into a Jat family of Punjabi Sikh aristocracy.^[4] His paternal great aunt was the famous Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil.^[5]

He studied at St. Francis' College, Lucknow for a few years and then moved to his ancestral home state of Punjab, in 1985. He studied at The Punjab Public School, Nabha and at Bikram College, Punjabi University, Patiala.^[6] He completed his graduation degree from Post Graduate Government College - 11, Chandigarh and Panjab University.^[7]

Sheirgill went to Mumbai after a cousin convinced him to try his luck in the film industry. There, he attended Roshan Taneja's acting classes.^[4]

Career

Hindi films

Sheirgill started his acting career in 1996 with the critically acclaimed film Maachis, directed by Gulzar, based on the terrorism in Punjab.^[8] 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 has consistently won rave reviews for all his performances in films such as Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002), Dil Hai Tumhaara (2002), Haasil (2003), Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), Yahaan (2005), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007), A Wednesday! (2008), My Name Is Khan (2010), Tanu Weds Manu (2011), Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster (2011), Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns (2013), Special 26 (2013), Bullett Raja (2013), Fugly (2014) and Tanu Weds Manu: Returns (2015). He also worked with rising star of the time Amisha Patel in Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar (2001). He won the Star Guild Awards previously known as Apsara guild awards for Best Actor In A Supporting Role for a movie A Wednesday!^[9]

Punjabi films

He started acting in Punjabi films in 2005 with Manmohan Singh's Yaaran Naal Baharan, which did well at the box office. 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 has acted in have been hits. He plans to produce and act in one Punjabi film every year, for which he has 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.^[10] The next production from his company was Taur Mittran Di, that was released in May 2012. He has lined up two more films for production; the multi-star cast Saadi Love Story, in which he's cast Diljit Dosanjh, Amrinder Gill, Neetu Singh, Surveen Chawla^[11][12] and himself in a cameo and another film titled Rangeelay, which casts him in the lead with Neha Dhupia.^[13][14]

Personal life and other work

Sheirgill married his long time girlfriend Priyanka Puri in 2001.^[15][16] They have a son named Veer.^[17] Sheirgill changed the spelling of his surname "Shergill" to "Sheirgill" because the name Jimmy Shergill was already used on social media.^[18]

Sheirgill walked the ramp with underprivileged children for a charity fashion show in 2013.^[19] In 2014, he donated warm clothes for the homeless in North India. Sheirgill participated in the 6-hour telethon to raise funds to rebuild Kerala, which was devastated by floods in 2018.^[20][21]

Media image

Sampada Sharma of Indian Express said that Sheirgill is the actor "who focused more on the characters he played rather than being the hero".^[2] Agnivo Niyogi of The Telegraph noted, "Jimmy Sheirgill is an actor so good that he owns every frame he's in, no matter how popular or seasoned his co-star is."^[3] Firstpost termed him as "one of the most versatile actors" and added that he is known for being "very choosy about his roles".^[22]

In an interview, Sheirgill said that he believes his "unconventional film choices" have worked in his favour as the audiences now associate him with good roles. He further added that it has also led to a lot of interesting work coming his way.^[23] Rediff.com placed him 7th in its "Best Actors" list of 2011.^[24] Sheirgill is a celebrity endorser for brands and products such as Ezeepay and Mahindra Verito. He has also being the brand ambassador of Punjab Premier League.^[25][26]

Filmography

Hindi films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s).
1996	Maachis	Jaimal 'Jimmy' Singh		[27][28]
1999	Jahan Tum Le Chalo	Aakash		[29]
2000	Mohabbatein	Karan Choudhary		[30]
2001	Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar	Jai Bharadwaj		[31]
2002	Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai	Rohit Khanna		[32]
	Dil Hai Tumhaara	Sameer		[33]
	Dil Vil Pyar Vyar	Hrithik Mittal		[34]
	Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar	Sunder Kapoor		[35][36]
2003	Haasil	Aniruddha 'Ani' Sharma		[37]
	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.	Zaheer Ali Khan		[38]
2004	Agnipankh	Siddharth Singh		[39]
	Charas	Dev Anand		[40]
	Hum Tum	Mihir Vora		[41]
2005	Silsiilay	Tarun Ahuja		[42][43]
	Yahaan	Captain Aman		[44]
2006	Prateeksha	Dr. Kishen Lal		[45]
	Umar	Shashank Dutt		[46]
	Tom, Dick, and Harry	Harshvardhan "Harry"		[47]
	Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota	Hemant Punj		[48]
	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Victor D'Souza		[49]
	Bas Ek Pal	Rahul Kher		[50]
	Rehguzar	Rahul Khanna		[51]
2007	Eklavya: The Royal Guard	Prince Udaywardhan Rana		[52]
	Delhii Heights	Abheer 'Abhi'		[53]
	Raqeeb	Sunny Khanna		[54]
	Victoria No. 203	Jimmy Joseph		[55]
	Chhodon Naa Yaar	Ravi Prasad		[56]
	Dus Kahaniyaan	Kabir		[57]
	Strangers	Rahul		[58]
2008	Hastey Hastey	Neel		[59]
	A Wednesday!	Inspector Arif Khan		[60]
2009	Bachelor Party	Rocky		[61]
	Marega Salaa	Inspector Jai Kumar		[62]
2010	My Name is Khan	Zakir Khan
	A Flat	Rahul Verma		[63]
2011	Tanu Weds Manu	Raja Awasthi		[64]
	Game	Vikram Kapoor		[65]
	Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster	Aditya Pratap Singh (Saheb)		[66]
2012	Dangerous Ishhq	ACP Bhargav Singh		[67]
	Shoebite	N/A	Unreleased	[68][69]
2013	Rajdhani Express	DCP Yadav		[70]
	Special 26	SI Ranveer Singh		[71]
	Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns	Aditya Pratap Singh (Saheb)		[72]
	Four Two Ka One	Vijay Kumar		[73]
	Bullett Raja	Rudra Tripathi		[74]
2014	Fugly	Inspector R.S. Chautala		[75]
	Darr @ The Mall	Vishnu Sharma/Arjun		[76]
	Bang Bang!	Colonel Viren Nanda	Cameo appearance	[77]
2015	Tanu Weds Manu: Returns	Raja Awasthi	[78]	[79]
	Uvaa	S.P Tejaveer Singh		[80]
2016	Shortcut Safari	Chief Jimmy		[81]
	Traffic	Gurbir Singh		[82]
	Shorgul	Ranjit Om		[83]
	Madaari	Nachiket Verma		[84]
	Happy Bhag Jayegi	Daman Singh Bagga		[85]
	Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gayaa	Mann/Mohan		[86]
	Dil Sala Sanki	Bachcha Babu		[87]
	Mahayoddha Rama	Laxman	Voiceover	[88]
2017	Shubh Mangal Saavdhan	Himself	Guest appearance	[89]
	Ranchi Diaries	Jimmy Sheirgill, A Cop		[90]
2018	Mukkabaaz	Bhagwandas Mishra		[91]
	Veerey Ki Wedding	Balli Arora		[92]
	Phamous	Radhe Shyam		[93]
	Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3	Aditya Pratap Singh (Saheb)		[94]
	Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi	Daman Singh Bagga		[95]
2019	SP Chauhan	Thakur Satpal Chauhan		[96]
	Gun Pe Done	Pancham		[97]
	De De Pyaar De	Vakil 'VK' Kapoor		[98]
	Family of Thakurganj	Nannu		[99]
	Jhootha Kahin Ka	Tommy Pandey		[100]
	Judgementall Hai Kya	Sridhar Awasthi		[101]
	P Se Pyaar F Se Faraar	Rajveer Singh		[102]
	Pati Patni Aur Woh	Narrator	Voice over	[103]
2021	Collar Bomb	Manoj Hesi		[104]
2022	Double XL	Atul Chhabra	Special appearance
2023	Operation Mayfair	Detective Amar Singh
	Aazam	Javed		[105]
2024	Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha	Abhijeet		[106]
	Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba	Mrityunjay "Monty" Paswan
	Khel Khel Mein	Unnamed	Voice over	[107]
	Sikandar Ka Muqaddar	Jaswinder Singh		[108]
2025	Bullett Vijay	Vijay Bharadwaj
	Mr. I	Rudra Srivastava / Mr. I

Punjabi films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s).
2005	Yaaran Naal Baharan	Navdeep Singh Brar/Deep		[109]
2006	Mannat	Nihal Singh		[110]
2009	Tera Mera Ki Rishta	Meet		[111]
	Munde U.K. De	Roop Singh		[112]
2010	Mel Karade Rabba	Rajveer Gill		[113]
2011	Dharti	Jasdeep Singh Wadala/Jay Singh	Also producer	[114]
2013	Saadi Love Story	Rajveer	Also producer Cameo	[115]
	Rangeelay	Sunny/Bobby	Also producer	[116]
2014	Aa Gaye Munde U.K. De	Roop Singh		[117]
2015	Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi	Hero		[118]
	Shareek	Jassa/Zorawar		[119]
2016	Vaisakhi List	Jarnail Singh		[120]
2017	Jindua	Karamjeet Singh/Karma		[121]
2018	Daana Paani	Mehtab Singh		[122]
2022	Shareek 2	Jaswant Singh Randhawa/Fateh Singh Randhawa		[123][124]
2023	Tu Hovein Main Hovan	Garry Malwani		[125]

Producer

Year	Title	Notes	Ref(s).
2011	Dharti	Under Jimmy Sheirgill Productions	[126]
2012	Taur Mittran Di		[127][128]
2013	Saadi Love Story		[128]
2013	Rangeelay		[128]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s).
2014	CID	Vishnu Sharma	Season 1 Episode 1046	[129]
2019	Rangbaaz Phirse	Amar Pal Singh	Season 2	[130]
2020–present	Your Honor	Judge Bishan Khosla	2 seasons	[131]
2022	Bandon Mein Tha Dum	Narrator	Documentary series	[132]
2023	Choona	Avinash Shukla	Netflix Series	[133]
2024	Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond	Kashyap Sinha	JioCinema	[134]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2013	BIG Star Entertainment Awards	Most Entertaining Actor in a Thriller Film	Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns	Won	[135]
2016	Filmfare Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Tanu Weds Manu Returns	Nominated	[136]
2017	Filmfare Awards Punjabi	Best Actor	Vaisakhi List	Nominated	[137]
2018			Jindua	Nominated	[138]
		Best Actor - Critics		Nominated
2022	Indian Television Academy Awards	Popular Actor - OTT	Your Honor	Nominated	[139]
2017	International Indian Film Academy Awards	Best Comedian	Happy Bhag Jayegi	Nominated	[140]
2009	Producers Guild Film Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	A Wednesday!	Won	[141]
2014		Best Actor in a Negative Role	Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns	Nominated	[142]
2011	PTC Punjabi Film Awards	Best Actor	Mel Karade Rabba	Won	[143]
2012			Dharti	Nominated
2014			Rangeelay	Nominated
2015			Aa Gaye Munde U.K. De	Nominated
2016			Shareek	Nominated
2018			Jindua	Nominated
2019			Daana Paani	Nominated	[144]
2009	Screen Awards	Best Supporting Actor	A Wednesday!	Nominated	[145]
2012		Best Villain	Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster	Nominated	[146]
2014		Best Supporting Actor	Bullett Raja	Nominated	[147]
2017		Best Comedian	Happy Bhag Jayegi	Nominated	[148]
2012	Stardust Awards	Best Actor	Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster	Nominated	[149]
2012	Zee Cine Awards	Best Actor in a Negative Role		Nominated	[150]
2017		Best Actor in a Comic Role	Happy Bhaag Jayegi	Nominated	[151]
2019			Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi	Nominated	[152]
		Best Actor in a Negative Role	Mukkabaaz	Nominated
2008	V. Shantaram Awards	Best Supporting Actor	A Wednesday!	Won	[153]
2011	| Punjabi International Film Academy Awards	Best Actor	Mel Karade Rabba	Won
2012			Dharti	Won
2014			Rangeelay	Nominated
2015			Aa Gaye Munde U.K. De	Won
2016			Shareek	Won
2018			Jindua	Won
2023			Shareek 2	Won