Akshay Oberoi திரைப்பட பட்டியல்
Akshay Oberoi was born on 1st January 1985 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. He attended Newark Academy for middle school and high school and pursued a bachelor's degree in Theater Arts and Economics at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He also completed acting training in Stella Adler in New York City and then Playhouse West in Los Angeles, where he learned the Meisner technique. During his education, he studied acting under John Astin from The Addams Family. He also studied ballet, jazz and hip-hop dance at Broadway Dance Center. He moved to India and did plays at the famous Prithvi Theatre and received training from Kishore Namit Kapoor.
Oberoi started his career by working at the famed Prithvi Theatre in Juhu with Makrand Deshpande. Starting with backstage work, Makrand noted his passion and offered him a part in Miss Beautiful. Oberoi then made his film debut in Sooraj Barjatya's Isi Life Mein. On its release the film failed to work at the box office. However, Oberoi was lauded by the critics for his work in the film. Oberoi then moved to television work post the release of his first film. In 2012, he played the lead role in Bejoy Nambiar's MTV Rush. Nambiar, impressed with Oberoi's work on the show, offered him his second film, the Tamil remake of the suspense thriller Pizza. Pizza released on 18 July 2014, where Oberoi was once again praised by the critics but the film failed to click . Post this Oberoi starred in supporting parts in big budget films like Fitoor and Piku. Oberoi's next release was Laal Rang in 2016, a film co-staring Randeep Hooda, based on the blood mafia that is prevalent in the northern parts of India. Oberoi followed this up with the indie-noir film Gurgaon in 2017. On its release both the film and Oberoi received rave reviews. It also marks the first time Oberoi played an Antagonist. In the year following this, Oberoi starred in the adult comedy Kalakaandi, co-staring Saif Ali Khan. In 2019 he had three releases a comedy film Bombairiya, with Radhika Apte, an action thriller, Junglee, directed by Chuck Russell (the director of The Mask) and Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga. Oberoi has also starred in various digital series. In 2019, he starred in the Netflix original, Selection Day. Other notable titles include, Its Not So Simple, The Test Case, Bar Code and Hum Tum and Them.
Akshay's father, Krishan Oberoi, is the brother of the actor Suresh Oberoi and thus Akshay is first cousin to Vivek Oberoi. On 24 March 2011, Oberoi married Jyothi Vynatheya, a strategy consultant with Dalberg Global Development Advisors. Akshay first met Jyothi at Newark Academy. Their son, Avyaan, was born in April 2017.
