Vidyut Jammwal is an Indian actor, model and martial artist. He was born on 10 December 1980 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. His sun sign is Sagittarius. He completed his schooling from Army Public School, Dagshai, Himachal Pradesh. He holds a graduate degree in martial arts. 

His mother’s name is Vimla Jammwal. He has a sister. 

Vidyut Jammwal is unmarried. 

Vidyut Jammwal's favourites

His hobbies include doing stunts, martial arts, and gymnastics.

He likes to eat tofu, gulab jamun, bhel puri, and pani puri. 

His favourite actors are MG Ramachandran, Rajinikanth, Kamal Hasaan, Hrithik Roshan, Sunil Shetty, Salman Khan, Huma Qureshi, Nargis Fakhri, and Shruti Haasan. 

His favourite films are Robocop, Singh is King, Police Story and Enter the Dragon. 

His admires the works by filmmakers N Lingusamy, AR Murugadoss, Prabhudeva, Shankar, SS Rajamouli, Dibakar Banerjee, Imtiaz Ali, Anurag Kahsyap, Vipual Shah, and Tigmanshu Dhulia. 

Interesting facts about Vidyut Jammwal

Vidyut’s father was an army officer. Due his father’s dynamic job, he grew up in different parts of the country. 

His mother is a former Miss Jammu and Kashmir. 

Vidyut started receiving training in martial arts at the age of 4. 

His father passed away when he was a child. 

Vidyut Jammal started his career as a model. 

In the year 2011, he played one of the lead characters in his first Bollywood film ‘Force.’

Vidyut Jammwal’s awards 

Vidyut won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his exceptional performance in ‘Force.’

In the year 2014, animal welfare organization PETA named him as PETA’s Most Popular Vegetarian Actor. 

Vidyut performs most of his stunts in the films himself. 

He is counted among Bollywood’s fittest actors. 

He is a great devotee of Lord Hanuman.

Vidyut Jammwal’s film projects

Some of the other films that Vidyut has worked in are Shaadi Se Pehle (2006), Stanley Ka Dabba (2011), Insan (2005), Bullett Raja (2013), Billa 2 (2012), Thuppaki (2012), Anjaan (2014), Junglee (2019), Commando (2013), The Power (2021), Sanak (2021), Khuda Haafiz (2020), and IB71 (2023).

Vidyut Jammwal’s upcoming film ‘Malaikottai Vaaliban’ is set to release on 25 January 2024.