Deepak Dobriyal

Deepak Dobriyal was born on 1 September 1975 in Pauri Garhwal district, Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand). His parents are from Kabra village near Rithakhal and Satpuli village, Pauri Garhwal.^[4] Later, his family moved to Delhi when he was 5 years old. There, Deepak completed his studies at Govt. Boys Senior Secondary School Begumpur. ^[5] In Delhi, he lived in Katwariya Saray. Dobriyal is married to Lara Bhalla.^[6]

He started his acting career in 1994 with eminent theatre director Arvind Gaur.^[5] His major plays with Gaur are Tughlaq, Andha Yug, Final Solutions, Desire Under the Elms, Rakt Kalyan, Court Martial, Dario Fo's Operation Three Star, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Good Person of Szechwan, Neil Simon's The Good Doctor and Ashok Lal's Ek Mamooli Aadmi.^[7] After six years with Asmita theatre, he joined Act One with director Pt. N. K. Sharma.^[5] He acted in Aao Saathi Sapna Dekhen, Hamaar Baabuji ki chhattri and Aksar Maine Socha Hai.

Deepak Dobriyal also appeared as an extra in the music video for Adnan Sami's song Lift Karadey (Remix) featuring duplicates of several bollywood actors. He is one of the henchmen of Ajit and he appears several times in the video but at 3:17 mark is when he can be clearly recognized standing behind Johnny Lever and Ajit.

He has received recognition for his role in Omkara as "Rajju"^[8] and as a side-kick to the protagonist "Pappi" in Tanu Weds Manu (2011), a role he reprised in 2015 sequel Tanu Weds Manu: Returns and again received critical acclaims.^[9]