Emraan Hashmi

Emraan Anwar Hashmi (; born 24 March 1979) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. Born into the Bhatt family, he began his career an assistant director on the horror film ''Raaz'' (2002). He made his acting debut with the crime film ''Footpath'' (2003), and achieved his breakthrough for his starring role in the erotic thriller ''Murder'' (2004).

Hashmi went on to star in thrillers such as ''Zeher'' (2005), ''Kalyug'' (2005), ''Aksar'' (2006), and ''Gangster: A Love Story'' (2006). His other critically or commercially successful films include ''Jannat'' (2008), ''Raaz: The Mystery Continues'' (2009), ''Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai'' (2010), ''Murder 2'' (2011), ''The Dirty Picture'' (2011), ''Jannat 2'' (2012), ''Shanghai'' (2012) and ''Raaz 3: The Third Dimension'' (2012). He earned nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai'' and ''Shanghai''.

This was followed by a series of poorly received films and a hiatus. He returned with the commercially successful action thriller ''Tiger 3'' (2023), which earned him his third Filmfare nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Provided by Wikipedia