{{short description|Indian–British actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Arjun Mathur | image = Arjun mathur.jpg | caption = Mathur in 2010 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|10|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = London, England | education = St. Columbas School, New Delhi<br/>St. Mary's School I.S.C., Mumbai<br/>The British School, New Delhi | alma_mater = Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2007–present | notable_works = Made In Heaven<br/>Indian Summers<br/>Long Live Brij Mohan<br/>Luck By Chance | spouse = Tiya Tejpal | parents = Rakesh Mathur (father)<br/>Reynoo Mathur (mother) | relatives = Gautam Mathur (brother), Sonia Mathur Kaul (sister) | awards = International Emmy Nomination for 'Best Performance by an Actor' (2020) }}
'''Arjun Mathur''' (born 18 October 1981) is an Indian–British actor working predominantly in Hindi films, web series and television serials.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/arjun-mathur-the-present-actor/article26720133.ece|title=Arjun Mathur: The present actor|last=Kumar|first=Anuj|date=3 April 2019|work=The Hindu|access-date=10 July 2019|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011121329/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/arjun-mathur-the-present-actor/article26720133.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> He was seen internationally in the British drama series ''Indian Summers'' and plays the lead character in the Amazon Original series ''Made in Heaven'', the latter of which earned him an International Emmy award nomination for Best Actor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/when-alia-bhatt-walked-up-to-arjun-mathur-to-tell-him-that-shes-his-big-fan/400883|title=When Alia Bhatt walked up to Arjun Mathur to tell him that she's his 'big fan' {{!}} Bollywood News|website=www.timesnownews.com|date=16 April 2019 |language=en-GB|access-date=10 July 2019|archive-date=10 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710101913/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/when-alia-bhatt-walked-up-to-arjun-mathur-to-tell-him-that-shes-his-big-fan/400883|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianewengland.com/2019/03/made-in-heaven-possibly-the-best-indian-webseries-so-far/|title=Made in Heaven possibly the best Indian webseries so far|date=9 March 2019|website=INDIA New England News|language=en|access-date=10 July 2019|archive-date=10 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710101914/https://indianewengland.com/2019/03/made-in-heaven-possibly-the-best-indian-webseries-so-far/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 International Emmy Awards nominations: Arjun Mathur, 'Four More Shots Please', 'Delhi Crime' make it to the list|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/television/report-2020-international-emmy-awards-nominations-arjun-mathur-four-more-shots-please-delhi-crime-make-it-to-the-list-2845100/amp|access-date=2020-09-25|website=www.dnaindia.com}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Mathur was born in London, England<ref>{{Cite news|title=Arjun Mathur: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday {{!}} eTimes|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Arjun-Mathur|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2020-05-17|archive-date=1 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701051813/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Arjun-Mathur|url-status=live}}</ref> and grew up in New Delhi and Mumbai, India. His father, Rakesh Mathur, is a hotelier. He has an older brother, Gautam and a younger sister, Sonia. His mother Reynoo Mathur, died in a car accident when he was thirteen years old.<ref>{{Cite web|title='My Mom Died in a Car Accident': How Actor Arjun Mathur Coped|url=https://www.thequint.com/fit/made-in-heaven-actor-arjun-mathur-speaks-about-his-mothers-death-in-a-car-crash|last=Rattanpal|first=Divyani|date=22 October 2019|work=The Quint|language=en-IN|access-date=2020-05-17|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022093949/https://in.news.yahoo.com/mom-died-car-accident-actor-031534092.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Mathur studied at St. Columbas School, New Delhi, St. Mary's School, Mumbai, The British School, New Delhi and Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, where he completed his A-Level schooling.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exclusive biography of #ArjunMathur and on his life.|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/arjun-mathur/biography.html|website=FilmiBeat|language=en|access-date=2020-05-12|archive-date=30 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530043033/http://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/arjun-mathur/biography.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
He chose to not pursue a college degree and instead trained as an actor at Barry John's Institute as well as the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.<ref name="srk">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/If-SRK-Aamir-agreed-to-smooch-on-screen/articleshow/5603829.cms|title=If SRK, Aamir agreed to smooch on-screen...|author=Priyanka Dasgupta|date=23 February 2010|work=The Times of India|access-date=23 February 2010|archive-date=26 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226172411/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/If-SRK-Aamir-agreed-to-smooch-on-screen/articleshow/5603829.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Before he started acting, he worked as an Assistant Director on ''Bunty Aur Babli'' (2005) and ''Rang De Basanti'' (2006).
==Career== Arjun was discovered by Mira Nair and Farhan Akhtar simultaneously, through their respective short films, ''Migration'' and ''Positive'' for the "Aids Jaago" project, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, 2007. This was followed by several remarkable performances in mainstream Indian films like ''Luck By Chance, My Name Is Khan'' and ''Ankur Arora Murder Case'', as well as critically acclaimed independent films like ''Barah Aana, Coffee Bloom'', the National-Award winning ''I Am'' and the English language film, ''Fireflies'', for which he received a Best Actor nomination at the New York Indian Film Festival, 2013.
In 2012, he garnered praise for the youth-centric mini-series, ''Bring On The Night'', which was the first of its kind produced in India, before the streaming revolution took hold. Arjun has appeared in numerous television commercials and was a brand-ambassador for the leading Indian lifestyle brand, Godrej from 2013 till 2016. He was also seen in Channel 4's British drama series, ''Indian Summers'' as the volatile nationalist, Naresh Banerjee. The 2018 Netflix original film, ''Brij Mohan Amar Rahe'' ({{Translation|Long Live Brij Mohan}}) saw Arjun step away from his image and impress audiences and critics as an underwear salesman from Delhi, who tries to fake his own death and fails miserably.
In 2019, Arjun played the lead in Zoya Akhtar's Amazon original series, ''Made In Heaven'' and received a nomination in the Best Performance by an Actor category at the International Emmy Awards 2020, for his nuanced portrayal of a gay man living in urban India at a time when homosexuality was illegal. The show itself received worldwide audience and critical acclaim, eventually returning for a second season four years later. thumb|Mathur at the studio of Radio Mirchi promoting his film ''I Am'' (2010) Arjun was also seen in ''The Gone Game,'' a suspense thriller series set/conceived, shot and released during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" | style="background:#ffc;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}} | Denotes films that have not yet been released |}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year ! Film ! Role ! Language ! Notes |- |2004 |''Kyun! Ho Gaya Na''|| Sumi ||Hindi || |- | rowspan="2" |2007 |''Migration'' ||Imran ||Hindi |Short Film |- |''Positive'' || Abhijit ||Hindi |Short Film |- | rowspan="2" |2009 |''Barah Aana'' ||Aman ||Hindi | |- |''Luck by Chance'' ||Abhimanyu Gupta ||Hindi | |- | rowspan="3" |2010 |''My Name Is Khan'' || Raj Burman || Hindi | |- |''Mumbai Cutting''|| Unnamed |Hindi |Short film (Anthology) |- |''I Am'' |Omar |Hindi |Short film (Anthology) |- |2011 |''My Friend Pinto'' ||Sameer ||Hindi | |- | 2012 |''Fireflies'' ||Rana Singh Rathore||English | |- |2013 |''Ankur Arora Murder Case'' ||Dr. Romesh Mathur ||Hindi | |- |2014 |''Coffee Bloom'' || Dev Anand Cariappa ||Hindi | |- | rowspan="2" |2015 |''Angry Indian Goddesses'' ||Zain |English/Hindi |Special appearance |- |''Waiting'' || Rajat ||English/Hindi |Special appearance |- |2018 |''Brij Mohan Amar Rahe'' ||Brij Mohan ||Hindi |Netflix Original Film |- |2019 |''The Accidental Prime Minister'' |Rahul Gandhi |Hindi | |- | 2020 |''Home Stories'' || Angad || English/Hindi||Netflix Short Film |- |2021 | ''Silence... Can You Hear It?'' | MLA Ravi Khanna | Hindi |ZEE5<ref>{{cite web|last=Barve|first=Ameya|title=Manoj Bajpayee's 'Silence... Can You Hear It?' to premiere on ZEE5 in March|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/celebrities/manoj-bajpayee-s-silence-can-you-hear-it-to-premiere-on-zee5-in-march-684636|date=13 February 2021|access-date=19 February 2021|website=India TV}}</ref> |- |2025 |''Lord Curzon Ki Haveli'' |Rahul |Hindi |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year ! Film ! Role ! Language ! Channel/Platform ! Notes |- | 2012 || ''Bring On The Night'' ||Kabir Dalal (KD) ||English/Hindi | MTV || Mini-series |- |2016 |''Indian Summers'' ||Naresh Banerjee ||English | Channel 4 || |- | 2019 || ''Flip'' || Shiv || Hindi | Eros Now || Mini-series; episode: "Happy Birthday" |- |2019–present | ''Made in Heaven'' ||Karan Mehra || English/Hindi || Amazon Prime Video || |- | 2020 || ''The Gone Game'' || Sahil Gujral|| Hindi || Voot || |- | 2022 | ''Jugaadistan'' |Tarush Khetrapal | Hindi | Lionsgate Play |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Arjun Mathur}} *{{IMDb name|1464837}}
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