Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan (born 11 October
1942) is an Indian film actor. He first
gained popularity in the early 1970s
as the "angry young man" of Hindi
cinema , and has since appeared in
over 180 Indian films in a career
spanning more than four decades. Bachchan is widely regarded as
one of the greatest and most
influential actors in the history of
Indian cinema . So total was
his dominance of the movie scene in
the 1970s and 1980s that the French
director François Truffaut called him a
"one-man industry".
Bachchan has won many major
awards in his career, including three
National Film Awards as Best Actor (a
record he shares with Kamal Hassan
and Mammootty ), a number of awards
at international film festivals and
award ceremonies and fourteen
Filmfare Awards. He is the most-
nominated performer in any major
acting category at Filmfare, with 39
nominations overall. In addition to
acting, Bachchan has worked as a
playback singer , film producer and
television presenter. He also had a
stint in politics in the 1980s. The
Government of India honoured him
with the Padma Shri in 1984 and the
Padma Bhushan in 2001 for his
contributions towards the arts.
Bachchan made his Hollywood debut
in 2013 with The Great Gatsby , in
which he played a non-Indian Jewish
character, Meyer Wolfsheim.
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