Akshay Kumar with his clean cut good looks and a history in martial arts suddenly entered Indian Film Industry out of nowhere. He was offered films because of a successful modeling career. His Greek God looks and excellent martial art skills made him the first choice for Bollywood action movies.
Born in a punjabi middle class family, Akshay studied at Don Bosco School and then Khalsa College. He studied martial arts in Bangkok and worked part time as a Chef for some extra money. Akshay started teaching martial arts in Mumbai where he was encouraged to start a modeling career by a photographer student. After a successful modeling career, he made his Bollywood debut with an unnoticed movie ‘Saugandh’.
His first major success was the 1992 thriller film ‘Khiladi’ after which he did a lot of successful movies of the ‘khiladi’ series, most of them were hits that established Akshay as the biggest action hero in Bollywood. Akshay also got critical acclaim for his role in films like ‘Sangharsh’ and ‘Janwar’.
In 2000, Akshay made a successful transitions form action to comedy with the biggest hit of that year ‘Hera Pheri’ after that he did a series of comic roles and even made a record of 4 back to back hits which has never been done before in the ‘khan’ dominated Industry
Akshay today stands as one of the biggest star in the industry with the credibility to give a sure shot hit among the producers. He is most remembered for in his roles in movies like ‘Khiladi’ ,’Mohra’ ,’Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi’ ,’Sangharsh’, ‘Ajnabee’. ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karogi’ ‘Waqt’: The Race Against Time’, ‘Namastey London’, ‘Heyy Babyy ‘, ‘Singh Is Kinng’ and the latest hit ‘Houseful’ his awaited movies are ‘Tees Maar Khan’ and ‘Action Replay’.