Shah Rukh Khan (born 2 November 1965), often called SRK, “King Khan” or “the Badshah of Bollywood”, is an Indian actor, film producer and television personality. He has worked in Hindi films for more than three decades, appearing in more than 80 of them, and is one of the most successful film stars in the world. He has won 15 Filmfare Awards, and in 2025 he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor. He co-owns the production company Red Chillies Entertainment and the IPL cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders.
Quick Facts
| Full name | Shah Rukh Khan |
| Nicknames | SRK, King Khan, Badshah of Bollywood |
| Born | 2 November 1965, New Delhi, India |
| Age | 60 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actor, film producer, television presenter |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Education | Hansraj College, University of Delhi (BA Economics) |
| Spouse | Gauri Khan (m. 1991) |
| Children | 3 (Aryan, Suhana, AbRam) |
| Home | Mannat, Bandra, Mumbai |
| Known for | Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Devdas, Chak De! India, Pathaan, Jawan |
Early Life and Education
Khan was born in New Delhi. His father, Mir Taj Mohammed Khan, took part in India’s independence movement, and his mother, Lateef Fatima, was a magistrate. He studied at St. Columba’s School and then took an economics degree at Hansraj College, University of Delhi. As a student he acted with the Theatre Action Group under the director Barry John. His father died in 1981 and his mother in 1991, and soon after his mother’s death he moved to Mumbai.
Career
Khan first appeared on television in the Doordarshan series Fauji (1989), playing a young army recruit, and in Aziz Mirza’s Circus. His first film, Deewana (1992), won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. In 1993 he took the unusual step for a new leading man of playing obsessive, dangerous characters in Baazigar and Darr. Baazigar earned him his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor.
Aditya Chopra’s Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), co-starring Kajol, became one of the most successful films in Indian history. It ran for decades at Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir cinema. Khan went on to define Hindi screen romance in Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Mohabbatein (2000), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) and Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003). These films also made him hugely popular with Indian audiences overseas.
Khan also took on more serious roles. He played a self-destructive lover in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas (2002) and a NASA scientist who returns to village India in Swades (2004). In Chak De! India (2007) he was a disgraced hockey coach leading India’s women’s team. In My Name Is Khan (2010) he played a man with Asperger’s syndrome in post-9/11 America.
After Zero (2018) underperformed, Khan went more than four years without releasing a film as lead actor. He returned in 2023 with Siddharth Anand’s Pathaan and Atlee’s Jawan, which both rank among the highest-grossing Indian films ever. He ended the year with Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki. Jawan won him his first National Film Award for Best Actor in 2025, which he shared with Vikrant Massey.
Khan’s next film is the action thriller King, which reunites him with Pathaan director Siddharth Anand and is the first film he has made with his daughter, Suhana. The cast also includes Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff and Arshad Warsi. It is due for release on 24 December 2026, and Khan has dismissed rumours of a delay.
Business Ventures
In 2004 Khan and his wife, Gauri, founded Red Chillies Entertainment. The company has produced Main Hoon Na, Om Shanti Om, Chennai Express and Jawan, and its visual-effects arm, Red Chillies VFX, works across the industry. Khan also co-owns the Kolkata Knight Riders, which has won the Indian Premier League three times.
Personal Life
Khan married Gauri Chhibber in 1991, and they have three children: Aryan, Suhana and AbRam. Aryan directed the 2025 Netflix series The Ba***ds of Bollywood, and Suhana made her acting debut in The Archies (2023). The family lives in Mannat, a seafront bungalow in Bandra, Mumbai, where crowds of fans gather every year on Khan’s birthday.
Awards and Honours
Selected Filmography
Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Shah Rukh Khan?
He was born on 2 November 1965 in New Delhi and is 60 years old.
Who is Shah Rukh Khan’s wife?
He married Gauri Khan (née Chhibber) in 1991. They have three children: Aryan, Suhana and AbRam.
Which awards has he won?
He has won 15 Filmfare Awards, including eight for Best Actor, the National Film Award for Best Actor for Jawan (2025) and the Padma Shri (2005).
What businesses does he own?
He and Gauri founded Red Chillies Entertainment in 2004, and he co-owns the IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders.
What is his next film?
King, an action thriller directed by Siddharth Anand, is due for release on 24 December 2026.
Featured image: President Droupadi Murmu presents Shah Rukh Khan with the Best Actor award for Jawan at the 71st National Film Awards, New Delhi, 23 September 2025. Photo by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, licensed under Government Open Data License – India, via Wikimedia Commons.
