Mohan Kapur is an Indian actor and television host who works predominantly in Hindi films and television.

Mohan Kapur
Kapur in 2011
Born
Occupations
Years active1992–present

Career

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Kapur is known for being the first television personality in India as the host of the first Indian original program produced by a satellite network (Zee TV),[1] Saanp Seedi (Snakes & Ladders). Saanp Seedi was the first and only television series launched on satellite in the Asia-Pacific's from 1992 - 1994 which included Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Saanp Seedi is best described as a combination game and talk show starring Kapur with frequent celebrity guests.[2] His TV success led to a crossover in the Indian Film Industry with his first role being the lead antagonist in Beqabu (1996) which eventually led to a career appearing in over 60 films and TV series. He often plays the good guy turned bad, the "surprise antagonist", such as in his roles in the Disney+ Hotstar film Sadak 2 (2020) and his award nominated performance in the Hindi remake of the Israeli series for Disney+ Hotstar Hostages (2019–2020).

Kapur appeared in the films Jolly LLB, Happy New Year, and Mission Mangal.[3]

Kapur is also known for his work as a voice artist and has dubbed for numerous Hollywood actors including Dwayne Johnson, Tom Hardy, Nicolas Cage and Jackie Chan.

Kapur has also voiced Stephen Strange in the Hindi dubs of his various appearances throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[4] In 2021, he was cast as Yusuf Khan in the MCU titles Ms. Marvel (2022) and The Marvels (2023), and will reprise the role in the upcoming series Daredevil: Born Again.[5][3]

Filmography

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Key
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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Beqabu Zanjarh Singh
1997 Zameer: The Awakening of a Soul
Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi
1998 Angaaray Lala Roshanlal's Brother (Mitthu)
2002 Deewangee Vikrant Kapoor
2011 Haunted – 3D Priest
Game
Bodyguard
Soundtrack
2012 Bittoo Boss
Hate Story Cabinet Minister K.Malhotra
Life's Good
Raaz 3: The Third Dimension Doctor
2013 Jolly LLB Yograj Dewan
Inkaar
Sooper Se Ooper Lal
2014 Creature 3D Doctor Moga
Happy New Year Mr.Kapoor Charan's Assistant
Zid Newspaper Editor Karan
2015 I Sushil Tamil film
Kamasutra 3D Kamasutra Guru's Apprentice
2017 Manjha Veena's Husband Marathi film
2018 Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se Marfatia
Mitron Richa's father
Heartbeats
2019 Mission Mangal Reporter Durgesh Swami
377 Ab Normal
2020 Sadak 2 Commissioner Rajesh Puri
London Confidential RK Goyal JT's Secretary
2021 Squad Abhay Bhatnagar
Urf Ghanta Stranger
2022 Life's Good
2023 The Vaccine War Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar [6]
The Marvels Yusuf Khan English film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Reference(s)
1992–1994 Saanp Seedhi Host
1995–1997 Surf Wheel of Fortune
1995 Philips Top 10
1996 O Daddy
1996–1999 Hip Hip Hurray Criminal
1999 Saturday Suspense
2002–2004 Kittie Party Reva's Brother in law 2003-2004
2008 Zindagi Badal Sakta Hai Hadsaa Manoviraj Singh
2010 CID Jeevan Episodic role in episode 612
Ishaan
100% De Dana Dan Ring Announcer
Kitani Mohabbat Hai 2 Rudra Pratap Singhania
2012 Hum Ne Li Hai Shapath Mr. Yashvardhan
2012–2013 Amrit Manthan Mr. Oberoi
2014 Everest Major Sameer Khanna
2017–2018 Savitri Devi College & Hospital Dr. Anand Malhotra
2018 Table No. 5 ZEE5 original series
2019 Hostages Subramanian
Only for Singles
2020 Black Widows Lalit Web series [7]
2021 Crime Next Door
2022 Ms. Marvel Yusuf Khan Main role; Disney+ miniseries [8]
2024 Karmma Calling Nikhil Setia Disney+ web series
2025 Daredevil: Born Again Yusuf Khan Post-production; Disney+ web series [9]

Dubbing roles

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Live action films

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Film title Actor Character Dub language Original language Original release year Dub release year Notes
Live Free or Die Hard[10] Bruce Willis John McClane Hindi English 2007 2007
Race to Witch Mountain Dwayne Johnson Jack Bruno 2009 2009 The Hindi dub was re-titled as: "Res Tisari Duniya Tak", which translates to: "Race to Third World". After the original ending credits for the DVD release of the Hindi dub, Mohan Kapoor's name was mentioned on the Hindi dubbing credits, and it's also written in the Hindi language.[11][12]
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Dennis Quaid General Hawk 2009 2009
X-Men: First Class[13] Kevin Bacon Sebastian Shaw 2011 2011
Captain America: The First Avenger Hugo Weaving Johann Schmidt / Red Skull 2011 2011 This character was portrayed by Ross Marquand in Avengers: Infinity War and was voiced by Kishore Bhatt in Hindi.
The Dark Knight Rises[14] Tom Hardy Bane 2012 2012
Fast & Furious 6 Dwayne Johnson Luke Hobbs 2013 2013 Rajesh Jolly dubbed this character in
Fast Five.
Furious 7 2015 2015
The Fate of the Furious 2017 2017
Green Lantern Mark Strong Sinestro 2011 2011
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Nicolas Cage Balthazar Blake 2010 2010
The Karate Kid Jackie Chan Mr. Han 2010 2010 On 25 June 2011, A Second Hindi dub was made for UTV Action produced in-house by UTV Software Communications. Samay Raj Thakkar voiced this character in that dub.
Rush Hour 2 Don Cheadle Kenny (uncredited cameo) 2001 2011
The Green Hornet Christoph Waltz Bloodnofsky 2011 2011
Tron: Legacy Jeff Bridges Kevin Flynn / Clu 2010 2010 Performed alongside Chetanya Adib who voiced Garrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn and Shakti Singh who voiced Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley / Tron in Hindi.
Exodus: Gods and Kings John Turturro Seti I 2014 2014
Jurassic World Vincent D'Onofrio Vic Hoskins 2015 2015
Priest Karl Urban Black Hat 2011 2011
The Wolverine Haruhiko Yamanouchi Ichirō Yashida 2013 2013
Assassin's Creed Jeremy Irons Alan Rikkin 2016 2016
Doctor Strange Benedict Cumberbatch Dr. Stephen Strange 2016 2016
Thor: Ragnarok Dr. Stephen Strange
(cameo)
2017 2017
Avengers: Infinity War Dr. Stephen Strange 2018 2018
Avengers: Endgame 2019 2019
Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021 2021
Alita: Battle Angel Christoph Waltz Dr. Dyson Ido 2019 2019
I Himself Sushil Tamil 2015 2015
Why Him? Bryan Cranston Ned Flemming English 2016 2016
Leo Gautham Vasudev Menon Joshy Andrews Tamil 2023 2023
The Marvels Himself Yusuf Khan English 2023 2023

Animated films

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Film title Original Voice(s) Character(s) Dub Language Original Language Original Year release Dub Year release Notes
Rio George Lopez Rafael Hindi English 2011 2011
Rio 2 2014 2014
The Angry Birds Movie Peter Dinklage Mighty Eagle 2016 2016
The Angry Birds Movie 2 2019 2019

TV series

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Series title Original Actor Character(s) Dub Language Original Language Original Year release Dub Year release Notes
Jack Ryan Wendell Pierce James Greer Hindi English 2018–2023 2018–2023 Amazon Original Series
Ms. Marvel Himself Yusuf Khan 2022 2022 Disney+ miniseries

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Patel, Ano (23 April 2015). "Mohan Kapur: Everything happened to me by chance". Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  2. ^ "All about dogs". The Telegraph (Kolkata). 30 June 2008. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Ms Marvel's Mohan Kapur on Farhan Akhtar and Fawad Khan's cameos: 'Small to think why focus is on them, they're stars'". Hindustan Times. 4 June 2022. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Mohan Kapoor turns commentator". The Times of India. 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012.
  5. ^ Dowling, Ahsan (21 October 2021). "Ms. Marvel Actor Hints At A Later Release Date For The Series". Game Rant. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  6. ^ "The Vaccine War: Review and Story". Kissu. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Interview: एक्टर मोहन कपूर से जानिए- कैसे हो रही है 'ब्लैक विडो' के हिंदी रीमेक पर काम". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  8. ^ Singh, Suhani (10 July 2022). "How Mohan Kapur bagged a role in Disney+ series Ms Marvel". India Today. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  9. ^ Taylor, Drew; Lincoln, Ross A. (10 August 2024). "New 'Daredevil: Born Again' Footage Teases 'Heat'-Like Showdown with Kingpin". TheWrap. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Mohan-Suchitra dub for 'Die Hard 4'". 20 June 2007.
  11. ^ "Race to Witch Mountain 2009 part 10 hindi.flv". YouTube.com. 31 December 2009. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  12. ^ "Image - Tinypic - Free Image Hosting, Photo Sharing & Video Hosting". Tinypic.com. 8 September 2013. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  13. ^ "tv actors turn x-men! - daily.bhaskar.com". 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  14. ^ Bhattacharya, Roshmila. "'I never had the audacity to dream of going to Hollywood'". Rediff. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
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