Arjun Mathur

Arjun Mathur (born 18 October 1981) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.

Arjun Mathur was born in London, England. His father, a hotelier moved the family to Delhi when Mathur was a child, where he grew up, before moving with his family to Mumbai for a while, before coming back to Delhi. His brother, Gautam Mathur, is a screenwriter. He did his schooling at St. Columba's School, Delhi, whilst in Mumbai at St. Mary's School, Mumbai and then at The British School, New Delhi where he completed his schooling. Subsequently he studied at Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK Mathur trained at both Barry John's institute as well as the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.

Mathur served as assistant on the sets of the Bollywood films Kyun! Ho Gaya Na..., Mangal Pandey: The Rising, Rang De Basanti and Bunty Aur Babli. He also played a small role in Kyun! Ho Gaya Na....

He has appeared opposite Irrfan Khan in Mira Nair's Migration and worked with Shabana Azmi and Boman Irani in Farhan Akhtar's Positive. His performance as a struggling actor in Zoya Akhtar's Luck By Chance received positive reviews. He also appeared in Barah Aana with Naseeruddin Shah and in Karan Johar's My Name Is Khan. In 2011 he appeared in Onir's I Am in which he has a controversial gay love scene. He also appeared in an Airtel 3G ad with Aditi Rao Hydari and in ad for Axis Bank. He is widely known for his role of KD in Bring on the Night (TV series) which was aired on MTV India in 2012.