Early life

Oberoi was born in Hyderabad, Telangana to Punjabi father Suresh Oberoi, a veteran Bollywood character actor and a Tamil mother Yashodhara Oberoi, sister of Rajkumar Mandradiar, native of Coimbatore belonging to the Mandradiar and Palayakottai Pattakarar family of Kangeyam, erstwile Polygar rulers of that region. In fact Suresh Oberoi was not an actor at the time of his marriage, but running a chain of Medical stores which was his family business. He would later join Film and Television Institute of India. Vivek did his schooling from Hyderabad Public School and later went on to study at Mayo College, Ajmer. Thereafter, he attended Mithibai College, Juhu. At an actors' workshop in London he was spotted by the director of New York University who took Vivek to New York, where he completed his master's degree in film acting. Vivek also worked as a script writer in India.

Career

2002-2009

Oberoi made his debut with Ram Gopal Varma's film Company. He received Filmfare Awards for Best Debut as well as Best Supporting Actor. He then starred in the action films, Road and Dum. In Dum, he played the role of a man trying to become a part of Indian police but faces many troubles with a police inspector.

Next, he starred in Saathiya (2002) directed by Shaad Ali. The film was a big hit at the box office and earned him a Filmfare nomination in the Best Actor category. He starred in a comedy Masti (2004). In 2004, he also starred in Yuva . In 2005 he acted the title character in the film Kisna: The Warrior Poet.

In 2006, he appeared in Omkara, an adaptation of Shakespeare's play Othello. He played the character of Kesu, based on the character Michael Cassio in the original play. After seeing Oberoi's performance, Gulzar congratulated him.

In 2007, he acted as the gangster Maya Dolas in the multi-starrer, Shootout at Lokhandwala,

In 2008, Oberoi starred in Mission Istanbul, which was directed by Apoorva Lakhia and produced by Ekta Kapoor. He performed to the song Apun Ke Saath, produced for the film by Vikas Kohli, at the 2008 International Indian Film Academy Awards.

2009-present

In 2009, he played a supporting role in the movie Kurbaan. In 2010, he appeared in Prince, which failed to receive a good response from the audience despite initial box office success. In the same year, he appeared in Ram Gopal Varma's Rakht Charitra. Here he played the role of a Telugu politician Paritala Ravi.

Oberoi is slated to play the lead role in the film, Bloody Paki, that will be directed by Shaad Ali and Shiva and produced by Mani Ratnam. Vivek Oberoi's film Kismat Love Paisa Dilli, which released in October 2012, failed to impress the audience and was a box office failure. Vivek produced a film named Watch Indian Circus in 2011. The film got featured in 16th Busan Film festival which had thousands of people as the audience, in the age group of 16-40 years who voted the Film as the Best and made it win the Audience Choice Award for Best Film from 3000 films worldwide and amongst 380 films screened. In 16 years of the history of Busan, this is the First Indian Film to win this acclaimed and prestigious award. The Film has already received rave reviews from international critics and reporters from Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Screen International. Oberoi has dubbed the voice of Electro in the Hindi-dubbed version of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which was released in May 2014.

Oberoi will work with YRF banner's film Bank Chor with Rhea Chakraborty and Riteish Deshmukh. Oberoi will be working with this banner after 12 years.

Philanthropy

Oberoi was awarded the Red and White Bravery Award in 2006 for helping re-build a village which was hit severely by the Tsunami. Oberoi was in Chennai when disaster struck and assembled six truckloads of relief supplies and also adopted a tsunami-ravaged village in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. Oberoi and his family founded The Yashodhara Oberoi Foundation (YOF). Oberoi serves as the World Health Organization's anti-tobacco spokesperson. He is involved with several charities in Chennai and Mumbai. His work with Project Hope to bring relief to victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami earned him a Good Samaritan Award from Rotary International.

He did a lot of philanthropic activities such as Project Devi, Cancer Patients Aid Association and Banyan, which works towards rehabilitating mentally challenged homeless women. In all, Vivek has donated about Rs 3 million (Rs 30 lakh) and helped raise Rs 25 million (Rs 250 lakh).

Personal life

Oberoi dated his Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... co-star Aishwarya Rai but the couple broke up soon.

On 29 October 2010, Oberoi married Priyanka Alva, daughter of Karnataka minister Jeevaraj Alva, in Bangalore. The couple have a son, Vivaan, born 6 February 2013 and a daughter, Ameyaa, born 21 April 2015.

He credits Kareena Kapoor as his inspiration for adopting a vegetarian diet, and he has often turned up on PETA's annual list of Sexiest Vegetarians.

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes & Awards
2002	Company	Chandrakant "Chandu" Nagre	Filmfare Best Debut Award Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
2002	Road	Arvind Chauhan
2002	Saathiya	Aditya Sehgal	Nominated - Filmfare Best Actor Award
2003	Dum	Uday Shinde
2003	Darna Mana Hai	Amar
2004	Yuva	Arjun Balachandran
2004	Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na	Arjun Khanna
2004	Masti	Meet Mehta
2005	Kaal	Dev Malhotra
2005	Kisna	Kisna Singh
2005	Deewane Huye Pagal	Narrator (Sutradhar)	Special appearance
2006	Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak	Sunny Chopra
2006	Pyare Mohan	Mohan
2006	Omkara	Keshav "Kesu" Firangi
2006	Naksha	Vicky Malhotra
2007	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Maya Dolas	Nominated - Filmfare Best Villain Award
2007	Fool n Final	Luckee
2008	Mission Istaanbul	Rizwan Khan
2009	Luck by Chance	Kartikey	Special appearance
2009	Kurbaan	Riyaz Maasud
2010	Prince	Prince
2010	Rakta Charitra I	Prathap Ravi	Telugu film (Telugu debut) Nominated, Star Screen Award for Best Villain
2010	Rakht Charitra II	Prathap Ravi	Telugu film
2010	Raththa Sarithiram	Prathap Ravi	Tamil film (Tamil debut)
2011	Dekh Indian Circus		Producer of the film
2012	Kismet Love Paisa Dilli	Lokesh "Lucky" Duggal
2013	Zila Ghaziabad	Satbir Gujjar
2013	Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story	Jayantabhai
2013	Grand Masti	Meet Mehta	Suhas Chintala
2013	Krrish 3	Kaal	Nominated - Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
2016	Bank Chor	Amjad khan (CBI officer)	Filming
2016	Great Grand Masti	Meet Mehta	Filming
2016	RAI	Muthappa Rai	production

Television

Year	Show
2013	India's Best Dramebaaz (Season 1)	India's Best Dramebaaz (Season 2)

Awards

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result
Filmfare Awards	2002	Filmfare Best Debut Award	Company	Won
	2002	Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award	Company	Won
	2002	Filmfare Best Actor Award	Saathiya	Nominated
	2007	Filmfare Best Villain Award	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Nominated
	2013	Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award	Krrish 3	Nominated
IIFA Awards	2008	IIFA Best Villain Award	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Won
	2010	IIFA Green Global Award	-	Won
Zee Cine Awards	2002	Zee Cine Award Best Male Debut- Male	Company	Won
	2002	Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Male	Company	Won
	2008	Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Nominated
Star Screen Award	2002	Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Male	Company	Won
	2008	Star Screen Award for Best Villain	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Nominated
Stardust Awards	2002	Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Male	Saathiya	Won
	2003	Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Male	Road	Won
	2004	Stardust Best Supporting Actor Award	Yuva	Won
	2008	Stardust Standout Performance of the Year	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Won
	2008	Stardust Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Nominated
Bollywood Movie Awards	2002	Best Male Debut	Company	Won
	2006	Best Supporting Actor	Omkara	Won
AXN Action Awards	2007	Best Action Actor in a Negative Role	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Won

Dubbing career

Film title	Actor	Character	Dub Language	Original Language	Original Year release	Dub Year release	Notes
The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Jamie Foxx	Max Dillon/Electro	Hindi	English	2014	2014

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