Jaideep Ahlawat is an Indian actor (born, (1980-02-08)February 8, 1980) who works in Hindi films and web series.
After graduating from the Film and Television Institute of India, he played minor roles in several films before appearing in the crime film Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), which marked a turning point in his career. This was followed by supporting roles in several films, including Commando: A One Man Army (2013), Gabbar Is Back (2015), Raees (2017), Raazi (2018) and Vishwaroopam II (2018). In 2020, he won acclaim for portraying a police officer in the streaming series Paatal Lok, which earned him a Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
He is the recipient of several awards including three Filmfare OTT Awards.
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Early life and education
Jaideep Ahlawat was born in Kharkara, a village in the Meham Chaubisi tehsil of the Rohtak district, Haryana, India, into a Hindu Jat family. He completed his secondary education from Government High School in Kharkara, before attending Jat College in Rohtak. Following his graduation, Ahlawat earned a Master of Arts (MA) degree in English from Maharshi Dayanand University in 2005. In 2008, he attended the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, Maharashtra, where Rajkummar Rao, Vijay Varma, and Sunny Hinduja were his batchmates.
