Aryan Vaid | |
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Born |
Aryan Vaid 4 July 1976 Mumbai, India |
Occupation | Model, actor |
Years active | 2000–present |
Spouse(s) | Alexandra Copley (m. 2008) |
Website | www |
Aryan Vaid (born 4 July 1976) is an Indian male model, who won the Graviera Mr. India modelling pageant in the year 2000. He also went on to win the Mister International Award 2000. He was a contestant on the television reality show Bigg Boss 1 in 2006.
Vaid is a qualified chef and a lifestyle columnist with The Hindustan Times. He has been actively involved with theatre and has done a few street plays at the Prithvi theatre in Mumbai. It was during one of these plays that he was offered a role in the television serial, Campus. He has acted in a number of Bollywood movies. He started out his career in a small budget movie Market.
Subsequently he had a series of small budget movies that did well at the box-office. His first big budget movie was Apne. Even though the movie had an average run, Vaid did notch up decent reviews for his acting and physique. He then moved to the United States.
In 2006, Vaid was a housemate in the first season of Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Celebrity Big Brother, produced by Endemol India for Sony Entertainment Television. Vaid also appeared on Zee TV's show, Rab Se Sonha Ishq as Harry, a cab driver in London.
Vaid has been married to Alexandra Copley, a photographer, since 2008.