Shah Rukh Khan — known the world over as SRK, King Khan, and the King of Bollywood — is one of the most famous and celebrated entertainers on the planet.
Born on 2nd November 1965 in New Delhi, he spent his early years in Mangalore before moving to Delhi where he began his acting career. He moved to Mumbai in 1988 and within years had become the most recognisable face in Indian cinema.
Over a career spanning more than three decades, he has appeared in over 80 films and won more than 200 awards including 14 Filmfare Awards — the most by any actor. His films — including Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Devdas, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Swades, Chak De! India, My Name Is Khan and Pathaan — are among the highest-grossing and most beloved in Bollywood history.
Khan has been honoured with France's highest civilian award — the Légion d'honneur — as well as Morocco's Wissame Al Kafaa Al Fikria and Malaysia's title of Datuk. He received UNESCO's Pyramide con Marni award in 2011 for his charity work supporting education for underprivileged children. The Guinness Book of Records lists him as the highest earning Bollywood star.
He is co-chairman of Red Chillies Entertainment and co-owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders cricket team. Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world in 2008. A self-made icon who came from a middle-class Delhi family, Shah Rukh Khan's story is the story of what talent, determination and charisma can achieve.