Bollywood actor, Manoj Bajpayee, was born on 23rd April in Bihar, India. He is married to former bollywood actress Neha. He did his graduation from Ramjas College, Delhi University. He made his acting debut with a famous tele soap titled Swabhimaan. He did some supporting roles in the movies like Drohkaal, Bandit Queen, Dastak etc. He shot to fame after playing the famous character of ‘bhiku mahatre’ in Ram Gopal Verma’s hit movie Satya. His next notable performance came in the fomr of Shool in which he was paired opposite Raveena Tandon.

He did a negative role in Hrithik Roshan and Karishma Kapoor starrer Fiza. He did another movie with Karishma in the form of Zubeidaa. He won several acclaims for his superb performance in the negative role in supernatural thriller Aks in which he wroked opposite megastar Amitabh Bachchan. Despite being the presence of Big B in the film, he managed to won praises for his act in the film. He won National Film Award of Special Jury for his beautiful performance in Pinjar. He then worked in a multistarrer flick titled LOC: Kargil.

He was next seen in a short appearance in Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta starrer Veer Zara. He played a very important role in Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor starrer Bewafaa. He then did a commercial movie as a solo hero titled Fareb in which he was seen romancing Shilpa Shetty and Shamita Shetty. But the movie failed to get usccess at the box office. He was last seen in the multistarrer flick Dus Kahaniyaan. He is currently shooting for his forthecoming flick titled Acid Factory.

Some of the hit songs picturised on Manoj Bajpai are:

1. Sapne mein milti hai woh kudi meri sapne mein milti hai saara din ghoonghte mein band gudiya si - Satya
2. Dil walon ke dil ka karaar lootne main aayi hoon UP Bihar lootne - Shool
3. Aaja gufaon mein aa aaja gunaah kar le - Aks
4. Mera dil jis dil pe fida hai ek bewafaa hai woh bewafaa - Bewafaa
5. Ye pyaas mujhe kar de na kahin pagal baras jaa ae badal baras jaa - Fareb