Sonu Sood (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian actor, film director, producer and philanthropist from Moga, Punjab. He has worked in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films and is best known for powerful villain and supporting roles, including Pasupathi in Arundhati (2009) and Chhedi Singh in Dabangg (2010).
An engineering graduate, he moved to Mumbai to try modelling and acting. He made his film debut in Tamil cinema in 1999, and his Hindi debut as Bhagat Singh in Shaheed-E-Azam (2002). He made his directorial debut with the cyber-crime action thriller Fateh, released on 10 January 2025.
During the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, Sonu Sood arranged buses, trains and flights to help thousands of stranded migrant workers and students return home. This work earned him the UNDP SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award. He runs the Sood Charity Foundation and continues relief work, including for flood victims in Nepal in 2026.
Profile photo: Laura Lee Dooley / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0.
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