Vivek Oberoi was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He attended Mayo College, Ajmer and Mithibai College in Mumbai. At an actors' workshop in London he was spotted by the director of NYU, who took Oberoi to New York City to complete his Masters Degree in film acting. He then did some scriptwriting before making a break in films.
Oberoi made his debut in Ram Gopal Verma’s Company. The film was a critically acclaimed hit and his performance was applauded. He received Filmfare Awards in the Best Debut as well as the Best Supporting Actor category. He then starred in the action films, Road and Dum.
He starred alongside Rani Mukherjee in Yash Raj Films Saathiya (2002) directed by Shaad Ali. The film was critically and commercially successful though it was attributed more to Rani Mukherjee's appeal. However he received Best Actor nominations at various award functions. He also starred in the comic film Masti (2004) with Aftab Shivdasani and Riteish Desmukh. The film in spite of negative reviews became a surprise box office hit. His 2005 release Kaal was also successful.
Recently he appeared in Omkara an adaptation of Shakespeare's play Othello which was critically acclaimed in India as well as overseas as 'Kesu Firangi'. Vivek displayed different nuances of the character as a 'Gangster' and was appreciated for his performance.
Vivek was once again seen portraying the role of the dreaded gangster 'Maya Dolas' in 'Shootout at Lokhandwala', based on the real life 'Encounter' drama that rocked the Nation!
His next film will be Mission Istanbul directed by Apoorva Lakia and the film has a huge cast consisting of Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Tusshar Kapoor and Shabbir Ahluwalia.
Vivek was previously engaged to model Gurpreet Gill, but the engagement was broke off due to unknown reasons. Oberoi also dated actress Aishwarya Rai. He is currently single.
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