Vinay Pathak Biography

Vinay Pathak hails from Bihar(Bhojpur). He is married and has two
daughters. Vinay attended State University of New York at Stony Brook
and acted in many plays.

Pathak started off with bit roles before being noticed for his role in
the comedy Khosla Ka Ghosla. Soon after that, his stellar performance
in the comedy Bheja Fry won him rave reviews. He also produced the
film Dasvidaniya which told the story of a common man bidding farewell
before dying.

Along with friend and co-star Ranvir Shorey, he was the host of the
successful talk show Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun? which aired on Star TV.

They also co-hosted a perhaps lesser-known show "House Arrest" on
Channel V. They hosted a show called "Duniya Goal Hain" on ESPN-STAR
(with co-anchors like Andy Panders) during the 2006 World Cup in
Germany. He also teamed up with his friends Ranvir, Suresh Menon and
Gaurav Ghera to be a part of a gag based show Great Indian Laughter
Show, hosted by Shekhar Suman. He hosted "Cricket Crazy" with Ranvir
which was telecasted on Star Sports, India.

Pathak acted in the critically acclaimed movie Johnny Gaddaar and an
eagerly anticipated but a box-office disaster movie Aaja Nachle. His
work in Khoya Khoya Chand, made by the acclaimed director Sudhir
Mishra, has been appreciated.He also gave a splendid performance in
the recent box-office hit bollywood movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

He has Filmfare best comedian award for Bheja Fry.

In 2009,he was seen in two films Straight and Quick Gun Murugan.