Jimmy Shergill
| Jimmy Shergill ਜਿੰਮੀ ਸ਼ੇਰਗਿਲ |
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Jasjit Singh Gill 3 December 1970 Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Jimmy Shergill |
| Education | Punjabi University, Patiala |
| Occupation | Actor, Producer |
| Years active | 1996-present |
| Spouse(s) | Priyanka Puri (m. 2001) |
| Children | Veer |
Jasjit Singh Gill (born December 3, 1970), commonly known as Jimmy Shergill is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Bollywood and Punjabi Cinema films. Shergill started his acting career in 1996 with the critically acclaimed film Maachis based on Khalistan movement.
Shergill was born in a Sikh family in Deokahia village, Sardarnagar, Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. He hails from a family of land owners and distillers, and his paternal great aunt was the famous Indian painter Amrita Sher-Gil.
He studied at St. Francis' College,Lucknow for a few years and then moved to Punjab, the place of his ancestors, in 1985. He studied at The Punjab Public School, Nabha and at Bikram College, Punjabi University, Patiala.
He went to Mumbai after a cousin convinced him to try his luck in the film industry. There, he attended Roshan Taneja's acting classes.
Shergill started his acting career in 1996 with the critically acclaimed film Maachis directed by Gulzar based on terrorism in Punjab. The film did reasonably well at the box office and got him noticed by all the top filmmakers in the industry which led him to being cast in Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein alongside stalwarts like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aishwarya Rai. He's consistently won rave reviews for all his performances in films like Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002), Haasil (2003), Munna Bhai MBBS (2003), Yahaan (2005), Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006), Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007), A Wednesday (2008), My Name is Khan (2010), Tanu Weds Manu (2011), Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster (2011), Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns (2013), Special 26 (2013), Bullett Raja (2013), Fugly (2014) and Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015). He also worked with rising star of the time Amisha Patel in Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar (2001). He won the Star Guild Awards previously known as Apsara guild awards for Best Actor In A Supporting Role for a movie A Wednesday!
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