Rajpal Yadav was born on 26th November 1970. He belongs to the Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. He did his graduation from Shahjahanpur and then took admission in Lucknow\'s Bharatiya Natya Akademi. He was there from 1992 to 1994. Then he joined Delhi\'s Rashtriya Natya Vidyalaya. He passed out in 1997. Then he came down to Mumbai and started his career with small roles. Rajpal made his debut with the film
Mast in 1999. Later, he acted in the two films
Shool and
Dil Kya Kare. However, it was
Ram Gopal Verma’s Jungle which gave him the opportunity to do something different and at the end he did succeed and won accolades for his performance. He got his major breakthrough with the film Jungle. Since then, he has acted in various Hindi films such as
Chandni Bar,
Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe,
Company,
Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon,
Kal Ho Naa Ho,
Apna Sapna Money Money,
Bhagam Bhag,
Partner,
Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag,
Bhool Bhulaiyaa etc. Rajpal wrote the screenplay and played the lead role in the Hindi film
Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh. His perfect comic timing and powerful acting makes Rajpal Yadav get noticed even in the small roles that he does.