Sunil Grover is an Indian actor and comedian. He was born on 3 August 1977 in Sirsa, Haryana. His zodiac sign is Leo. He completed his schooling from Arya Vidya Mandir, Haryana. He earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Guru Nanak College, Haryana. He pursued Master’s in Theatre Arts from Punjab University, Chandigarh. 

Sunil’s father’s name is JN Grover. He does not have any siblings. 

Sunil is married to Aarti. They have a son, Mohan. 

Sunil’s favourites

His favourite actor is Shah Rukh Khan. 

Sunil earns around Rs 5 to 6 lakh for filming one episode of a show. 

Interesting facts about Sunil

Sunil started his career as a radio jockey in Radio Mirchi's show ‘Hansi Ke Phuvaare’. After that he tried hosting a few shows which encouraged him to try comedy.

In the year 2002, he was first seen in a minor role in Bollywood movie ‘The Legend of Bhagat Singh’. Ajay Devgn was the lead actor in the film. 

Sunil made his television debut with the show ‘Full Tension’.

Working with Kapil Sharma

In 2013, he was part of Kapil Sharma’s team in ‘Comedy Nights with Kapil’. He gained popularity for portraying the character of ‘Gutthi’. 

In the year 2014, he was awarded the Star Parivaar Award for ‘Favourite Host’.

Later, he was also seen in ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ as ‘Doctor Gulati’. This character was also widely liked by the audience. 

His iconic character of ‘Gutthi’ was based on his experience at Guru Nanak College. During that time, the university had fewer female students than boys. 

Controversy

In the year 2017, he had a scuffle with his close friend Kapil Sharma on a flight. Rumours were that Kapil Sharma humiliated Sunil in a drunken disposition. Later, Sunil made a Facebook post regarding the events and mentioned that they were still friends with each other, and dismissed the rumours.  

However, after the incident, Sunil quit from the show and discontinued working with Kapil Sharma. 

In 2018, he hosted his own comedy show called ‘Kanpur Waale Khuranas’ but it was not as successful.

Sunil’s filmography

Some of the movies that Sunil has worked in are, Heropanti (2014), Dev D (2009), Baaghi (2016), Pataakha (2018), Gabbar is Back (2015), Bharat (2016) and Thank God (2022).

Sunil’s latest projects

In 2023, Sunit Grover was recently seen in the comedy series ‘United Kacche’.

He also acted in Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘Jawan’.