Sharukh Khan was born on 2 November 1965 in New Delhi, India. He married Gauri Khan on 25 October 1991. They have two children, son Aryan Khan (b. 1997), and daughter Suhana (b. 2000). Khan started out his career by appearing in several television serials during 1988-1990. He made his film debut with the commercially successful Deewana (1992). He began to achieve success at the box office from his villainous roles in films such as Darr (1993), Baazigar (1993), and Anjaam (1994). During his years in the Indian film industry, he won seven Filmfare best actor awards and had significant box-office success. Some of his films include Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Om Shanti Om (2007), and Chak De India! (2007). While he does his romantic scenes during songs or in his films, he copies the style of Rajesh Khanna, and his acting style has influences of his inspirations--Dilip Kumar and Rajesh Khanna



Mini Biography
Born to Mir Taj Muhammad Khan and Lateef Fatima in New Delhi, India, his mother always believed that her son was destined to be a great actor, often citing the resemblance between Khan and Dilip Kumar, another Bollywood legend. His name literally translates into Face of the King.

Born and brought up in Delhi, he was a brilliant student and an all-rounder. At St. Columba's School, he won the prestigious Sword of Honour. He was also the captain of his football, hockey, and cricket teams all at the same time. After sustaining a football injury, he started to consider acting as a career. He graduated with honours in economics from Hansraj College and did his master's in mass communications from Jamia Millia Islamia.

Khan then went on to study theater under the reputed Barry John, whom he credits for carving out the actor inside him, but his mentor considers his pupil as being solely responsible for his greatness and glory, citing Shahrukh to have the perfect combination of talent, perseverance, belief in yourself, a never-give-up-attitude and of course, a bit of luck--factors needed for success.

Shahrukh began his journey by landing the lead role of a commando in 1988 drama series "Fauji" (1988). He was much applauded for his work and soon became the heartthrob of teenage girls, bagging roles in other serials such as "Circus" (1989) and _"Dil Dariya" (????)_, the former was delayed because of various reasons. He also had a minor role in a made-for-television film called In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989) (TV).

His big screen debut came in the form of Deewana (1992), in which he acted alongside the then-top actress of Bollywood, Divya Bharti, and won the prestigious Filmfare award for best debut actor--male. He also starred earlier in a small role in Dil Aashna Hai (...The Heart Knows) (1992). This was followed by another hit, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992).

After a few more films that did average or less at the box office, Khan made the unique choice against all advice to opt for villainous roles and played obsessive, somewhat psychotic characters in Darr (1993) and Baazigar (1993). To everyone's surprise, the films were massive hits and Shahrukh earned his first best actor award, and was also nominated in the villainous role category. His acting was applauded by all in the Indian film industry and carved a niche for the future king. The same year, he bagged the Critics Award for best performance in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1993), a film he often recalls as among his favourites.

A series of hits followed to what would be remembered as one of Khan's most iconic performances, a film that is arguably India's biggest blockbuster and truly complete with the very best of drama, comedy, romance, thrills, and a bit of action. The epic Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) was released on 20th October 1995 and, as of 2011, was still showing in a Mumbai theatre, thus being the longest-running initial release in cinema history. Coincidentally, Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise was the initial choice as the main lead, but the role went to Shahrukh who is now nicknamed 'Tom Cruise of India'.

Khan has come a long way since then, with a string of hits under his belt, which include some of Bollywood's biggest in both national and international markets, namely Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001), Devdas (2002/I), Swades (2004), Chak De India! (2007), Om Shanti Om (2007), My Name Is Khan (2010), Ra.One (2011), and Don 2 (2011), made him the undisputed megastar of India with a record number of best actor trophies and numerous power awards.

His fame does not stop there: following the release of his films overseas, he has been credited as the world's biggest movie star and was named among the 50 most powerful people by "Newsweek."

Even with all the success and boasting, and a statue among the elite in Madame Tussaud's, he is quoted as being one of the most humble and down-to-earth personalities, although his wit is unmatched by even the best in the business. This led to him being a host of many television programmes, game shows, and award functions, including India's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"

The king is an active philanthropist, funding numerous humanitarian projects and charities as well as being personally involved in them, although he prefers to keep this aspect out of the limelight.

His larger-than-life persona continues to win hearts all over the world with a fan following going into billions. He is the face of brands such as Pepsi, Tag Heuer, and he has a 8-billion-dirham property development that is comprised of multiple residential towers in the United Arab Emirates named after him called Shah Rukh Khan Boulevard. He co-owns two production houses--Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chilis Entertainment--and the IPL Cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders.

He is the recipient of the Padma Shri (India), l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France), the Unesco Pyramide con Marni (UNESCO), l'Étoile d'Or (by the king of Morocco), and the Chubb fellowship (Yale). Khan currently resides in his palatial beachside mansion called Mannat in Mumbai, India, with his wife Gauri Khan and two children, Aryan and Suhana.

Spouse
Gauri Khan -  (25 October 1991 - present) 2 children

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His Dimples
His Smile

Studied in St. Columba's school, New Delhi, where he was awarded the 'Sword of Honor', essentially the award for best student.

Although his birth name is spelled Shahrukh, he prefers and signs his name as Shah Rukh.

Hindi megastar

2 children with Gauri, Aryan and Suhana

He agreed to star in Aditya Chopra's films without looking at the script first.

One of the four Khans that ruled Bollywood from the 1990s onwards. The other three are Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, and Aamir Khan.SRK joined industry later than Salman and Aamir, Saif is one month senior to SRK as his film Parampara released before Deewana.

Formed a popular screen couple with Kajol and Juhi Chawla.

Runs a production company "Dreamz Unlimited" with actress, friend, co-star Juhi Chawla and director, friend Aziz Mirza.

Named one of Time Magazine's 20 Asian Heroes under 40 (2004)

His son, Aryan Khan, portrayed SRK as an infant in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001).

Son, Aryan Khan, voice of Tez Lajawaab (Dash), character for Hindi dubbed version of Disney's animated film, The Incredibles (Hum Hain Lajawaab).

Shah Rukh and his wife, Gauri Khan, own the production company "Red Chilies Entertainments", which Shah Rukh started for friend and colleague, director/choreographer Farah Khan, for her debut directorial film - Main Hoon Na (2004).

Purchased a villa on a man made island on the coast of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

#74 on E!'s 101 Hottest Celebrity Bodies Countdown (aired January 2006)

Was not very good at Hindi in school, until his mother promised to take him to the cinema if he passed. As he loved films,he got top marks from then on.

His father ran a transport company and his mother was a magistrate.

Gets along very well with former co-stars Juhi Chawla and Preity Zinta.

Loves computer games, video games and hi-tech gadgets.

His first name "Shahrukh" means "face of the king".

Resides in a mansion called Mannat in Mumbai, India.

Being a Muslim man married to a Hindu woman, he and his wife combine both religious backgrounds into their children's education.

His parents died before he entered movies. Shahrukh considers it a big regret that they couldn't see what their son was to become.

Has a mannequin of himself in Madame Tussaud's Museum in England. Along with Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sachin Tendulkar, Madhuri Dixit, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

He has a dog called Chewbacca.

He has an elder sister named Shehnaz Lalarukh.

Father is Meer Taj Mohammed Khan, Mother is Lateef Fatima Khan.

Fond of BMW cars and owns a number of them including the latest models.

Best friends with Karan Johar, Arjun Rampal,Farhan Akhtar, Saif Ali Khan, Hrithik Roshan and his wife Sussane Khan Roshan, Preity Zinta,Vivek Vaswani,Vivek Oberoi, Juhi Chawla and her husband Jai Metha, Rani Mukerji, Arbaaz Khan, Sajid Khan, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Kajol, Malaika Arora , Chunky Pandey and his wife and Mushtaq Sheikh.

Suffers from back, knee and neck problems.

Firmly insists and had promised himself that he would never kiss on the lips of any of his female co-stars after he had done the movie Maya Memsaab.

Launched Deepika Padukone's career in Bollywood.

His Father Meer Mohammed Taj Khan died of Cancer in 1981 and his Mother Lateef Fatima Khan died of complications in Diabetes in 1991.

He has been awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Literature) award by the French government for his Exceptional Career.

Launched his perfume "SK" with the French perfumers and Jeannes Arthes.

The reason why Khan took up Mass Communications (film making) is because he loved Television commercials.

Had Graduated from Hansraj College, Delhi University and followed it up with a Masters Degree in Mass Communications (Film making) from Jamia Millia Islamia University, in New Delhi, but after a year Shah Rukh opted out as he had to make his acting career in Bollywood.

He had captained all teams in football, cricket and hockey and even played cricket at Zone and National level.

At school he was an ace in Hindi, Electronics and Biology but wasn't good at all in Mathematics.

His debut film was Dil Aashna Hai but due to the delay in the release of the film Deewana was considered as his debut film.

His acting career in Bollywood was launched by his friend Vivek Vaswani and Hema Malini.

Is very scared of riding horses.

For a short span of time Shahrukh ran a restaurant in Dariya Ganj in New Delhi, India.

SRK joined Barry John's theatre group in New Delhi and learned acting from him, Barry John also taught acting to Manoj Bajpayee in his theatre group.

Owns three Production Houses in India, Dreamz Unlimited, Red Chillies Entertainment and Red Chillies Idiot Box. Red Chillies Idiot Box Production house will start producing Television Serials in India.

Has started producing Television Serials in India.

Turned down the Quiz Master's (Prem Kapoor) role in Slumdog Millionaire and the role went to Anil Kapoor.

Owns a VFX company, Red Chillies VFX.

He was the one who recommended Rani Mukerji to Karan Johar for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and has maintained a close friendship with the actress since.

All time favorite actor is Megastar Dilip Kumar.

All time favorite actresses are Megastars Mumtaz and Saira Banu.

Had done a nude sex scene with his female co-star Deepa Sahi in Maya Memsaab in 1993.