Suresh Oberoi

Suresh Oberoi
Suresh Oberoi at Vivek Oberoi's wedding reception
Born	(1946-12-17) 17 December 1946 (age 70) Quetta, Baluchistan, British India (now Balochistan)
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1977–present
Known for	Character Actor, Poetry, Voice & Diction
Spouse(s)	Yashodhara Oberoi (1974-present)
Children	Vivek Oberoi Meghna Oberoi
Parent(s)	Anand Sarup Oberoi (father) Kartar Devi (mother)
Awards	National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 1986 Mirch Masala - Mukhi Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Supporting Actor Award 1988 Mirch Masala - Mukhi

Suresh Oberoi (born 17 December 1946) is an Indian character actor. He is the father of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi. He was born in Quetta, Balochistan

. and is a recipient of 1987 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He started his career in radio shows, modelling and later moving to Bollywood, making him a popular character actor in the 1980s and much of 1990s.

Oberoi was born to Anand Sarup Uberoi, a Punjabi business man and Kartar Devi on 17 December 1946 in Quetta, then Baluchistan Province (Pre-Parition India). Within a year due to partition the family along with four brothers and sisters moved to India, and later relocated to Hyderabad state where his family established a chain of medical stores. Oberoi attended St. George's Grammar School in Hyderabad and was active in sports. He was Tennis and swimming champion, later winning President’s Award as Boy Scout. After his father’s death when just out of high school, Oberoi along with his brother continued running his pharmacy chains. He is fluent in Hindi, Urdu, English, Telugu and Tamil.

In early 1970s, due to his interest in acting and a good voice he gained entry into radio shows and stage plays prompting him to attend the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. Suresh Oberoi, prior to joining the Acting Institute, met Yashodhara who was from Tamil Nadu and the couple married in Madras in 1974. In 1976 future Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi was born and the couple relocated to Mumbai.

In his early Mumbai years, his prior Radio show experience and his well received voice kept him going and his contacts with advertising agencies led to being picked up as model for Charminar cigarettes and Lifebuoy soaps making his one of the leading models by late 1970s.