Girish Kulkarni

Girish Pandurang Kulkarni (born 25 November 1977) is an Indian actor, writer, and producer. He is a recipient of two National Film Awards namely, National Film Award for Best Actor in 2011 for his performance in ''Deool'' and National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the same film. He is well known for Marathi films such as ''Valu'', ''Vihir'', ''Deool'', ''Gabhricha Paus'' and ''Jaundya Na Balasaheb''. He is known to Hindi audiences for his role in the Aamir Khan starrer ''Dangal'' and Anurag Kashyap's movie ''Ugly''. He received acclaim for his portrayal of gangster 'Appa' in the 2017 Marathi crime thriller Faster Fene opposite Amey Wagh. He also starred in India's first Netflix original series ''Sacred Games'' as the Maharashtra home minister Bipin Bhosale character. Provided by Wikipedia