Piyush Mishra

Piyush Mishra

Known for
Acting
Born
January 13, 1963 (age 63)

Biography

Piyush Mishra is an Indian film and theatre actor, music director, lyricist, singer, and scriptwriter. Mishra grew up in Gwalior and graduated from the National School of Drama, Delhi in 1986. Thereafter, he started his career in Hindi theatre in Delhi. Over the next decade, he established himself as a theatre director, actor, lyricist, and singer. He moved to Mumbai in 2002, receiving acclaim for his acting in Maqbool (2003) and Gangs of Wasseypur (2012).

Known For

Filmography

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Kalejee: Unko Sweater poster

Kalejee: Unko Sweater

Movie

2026
Rahu Ketu poster

Rahu Ketu

Movie · as Foofa

2026
Dulhaniya Le Aaeegi poster

Dulhaniya Le Aaeegi

Movie

2025
Yugantar poster

Yugantar

Movie · as Aazim baba

2025
Azaad poster

Azaad

Movie · as Rai Bahadur

2025
Crazxy poster

Crazxy

Movie · as White Coat

2024
Indian 2: Zero Tolerance poster

Indian 2: Zero Tolerance

Movie · as Kishan Singh

2024
Inverse poster

Inverse

Movie

2024
Main Atal Hoon poster

Main Atal Hoon

Movie · as Krishna Bihari Vajpayee

2024
JNU: Jahangir National University poster

JNU: Jahangir National University

Movie · as Guruji

2024
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust poster

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

Movie · as The Astrologer (voice)

2023
Kanjoos Makhichoos poster

Kanjoos Makhichoos

Movie · as Gangaprasad Pandey

2022
PM In Hyderabad poster

PM In Hyderabad

Movie · as Himself

2022
Salt City poster

Salt City

TV · 7 eps

2021
Matsya Kaand poster

Matsya Kaand

TV · as Anand Pandit · 11 eps

2020
Illegal poster

Illegal

TV · as Janardhan Jaitley · 26 eps

2020
JL50 poster

JL50

TV · as Prof. Biswajit Mitra · 4 eps

2018
Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi poster

Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi

Movie · as Usman Afridi

2018
Katran poster

Katran

Movie

2016
Tere Bin Laden Dead or Alive poster

Tere Bin Laden Dead or Alive

Movie · as Khaleeli

2016
Happy Bhag Jayegi poster

Happy Bhag Jayegi

Movie · as Usman Afridi

2016
Pink poster

Pink

Movie · as Prashant Mehra

2016
The Kapil Sharma Show poster

The Kapil Sharma Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2015
The Homecoming

The Homecoming

Movie

2015
Tamasha poster

Tamasha

Movie · as Storyteller

2015
The Exile poster

The Exile

Movie · as Manmohohan Sharma "Father"

2014
The Shaukeens poster

The Shaukeens

Movie · as Pinky

2014
Revolver Rani poster

Revolver Rani

Movie · as Balli

2013
The Playback Singer

The Playback Singer

Movie · as Ashok Rao

2013
Meridian Lines poster

Meridian Lines

Movie · as Prakash

2013
Comedy Nights with Kapil poster

Comedy Nights with Kapil

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 poster

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1

Movie · as Nasir

2012
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 poster

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2

Movie · as Nasir

2011
Bhindi Baazaar Inc poster

Bhindi Baazaar Inc

Movie · as Shankar Pandey

2011
Rockstar poster

Rockstar

Movie · as Dhingra

2010
Tere Bin Laden poster

Tere Bin Laden

Movie · as Majeed

2010
Lafangey Parindey poster

Lafangey Parindey

Movie · as Usmaan Bhai

2009
Gulaal poster

Gulaal

Movie · as Prithvi Bana

2008
Rahim Murge Pe Mat Ro

Rahim Murge Pe Mat Ro

Movie · as Rahim Murga

2007
1971 poster

1971

Movie

2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom poster

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

Movie · as Huffy Bhai

2005
Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women poster

Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women

Movie · as Jagannath

2005
Super poster

Super

Movie

2004
Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home poster

Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home

Movie · as Qureshi

2003
One Day, 24 Hours poster

One Day, 24 Hours

Movie

2003
Maqbool poster

Maqbool

Movie · as Kaka

2003
Monkey Bastard!

Monkey Bastard!

Movie

2002
Samurai poster

Samurai

Movie

2002
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai

Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

1998
Dil Se.. poster

Dil Se..

Movie · as CBI Investigation Officer

1991
Suno Re Kissa poster

Suno Re Kissa

Movie · as Sutradhar

1988
The Discovery of India poster

The Discovery of India

TV · as Murthy, Soldier-4 · 1 ep