Joy Sengupta

Sengupta was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and grew up in Delhi and Nepal. He completed his graduation in English Literature from Delhi University.^[3] During this period, he joined Jana Natya Manch, a theatre group based in Delhi.^[4] Thereafter, he received a Diploma in Drama from the Living Theatre Academy, New Delhi, where he studied under Ebrahim Alkazi. After working in theatre, telefilms and television series in Delhi, Sengupta shifted to Mumbai in 1997.^[5]

Sengupta starred in Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998), a film by Govind Nihalani. Thereafter, Sengupta starred in a number of films such as Good Boy Bad Boy (2007), Shakal Pe Mat Ja (2011), Hate Story (2012),^[6][7] and Deham, also directed by Govind Nihalani. Over the years, he has worked with theatre directors such as Habib Tanvir, Safdar Hashmi, Barry John, Feroz Abbas Khan, Ramu Ramanathan and Lillete Dubey.^[3]

He married former model, Tara in 2006.^[8]

• Waaris
• X Zone (1998-2000)
• Kucchh Pal Saath Tumhara * X Zone (2003)
• Aarambh (2017)
• Hello (2017) as Ananyo
• Hello Mini (2019-2020) as Mini's Boss
• Sacred Games (2019) as Mathur
• Poison 2 (2020) as Home Secretary
• Feels like Ishq (2021) as Interviewer
• The Whistleblower (2021) as Naveen Moitra
• Search (2022) as Soumyadeep
• Inspector Avinash (2023) as Debashish Dasgupta
• Gentlemen (2023) as Shilajit
• The Night Manager (2023) as Danish Khan
• Crime Patrol (2023) as Inspector Rakesh Shrivastava
• Raisinghani vs Raisinghani (2024) as Dev Raisinghani
• Black Warrant (2025) as JP Singh
• Professor Sengupta (2025) as Anirban Sengupta