Joy Sengupta

Joy Sengupta (born 14 December 1968) is an Indian film and stage actor works Bollywood cinema and Bengali cinema as well as theatre.[1]

Joy Sengupta
Sengupta in 2015
Born (1968-12-14) 14 December 1968
Kolkata
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm actor, Voice Actor

He is best known for his debut feature, Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998) directed by Govind Nihalani.[2]

Sengupta was born in Kolkata, and grew up in Delhi and Nepal. He did his graduation in English literature from Delhi University,[3] During this period he joined Jana Natya Manch, a theatre group based in Delhi.[4] Thereafter received a Diploma in Drama from the Living Theatre Academy, New Delhi, where he studied under Ebrahim Alkazi. After working in theatre, telefilms and television series in Delhi, Sengupta shifted to Mumbai in 1997.[5]

Career

Sengupta starred in Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998) a film by Govind Nihalani. Thereafter, Sengupta starred in number of films like Good Boy Bad Boy (2007), Shakal Pe Mat Ja (2011), Hate Story (2012),[6][7] and Deham, also directed by Govind Nihalani. Over the years, he has worked with theatre directors like Habib Tanvir, Safdar Hashmi, Barry John, Feroz Abbas Khan, Ramu Ramanathan and Lillete Dubey.[3]

He married former model from Kolkata, Tara in 2006.[8]

Filmography

Films

Television

Plays
  • Dance Like a Man
  • Dinner With Friends

Dubbing career

He is known for dubbing for Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America in Marvel Cinematic Universe films in Hindi.

Dubbing roles

Live action series
TitleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageNumber of episodesOriginal AirdateDubbed AirdateNotes
Stranger ThingsSean AstinBob NewbyHindiEnglish252016 – present

Live action films
Film titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub Year ReleaseNotes
Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeToby KebbellPrince GarsivHindiEnglish20102010
Captain America: The First AvengerChris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain America
(First Dub)		HindiEnglish20112011A second Hindi dub was produced in-house by UTV Software Communications for the television channel UTV Action, featuring a different voice cast and translation where Sanket Mhatre voiced this character.
The AvengersChris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20122012
Thor: The Dark WorldChris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20132013The character had an uncredited cameo.
Captain America: The Winter SoldierChris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20142014
Avengers: Age of UltronChris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20152015Varun Dhawan dubbed this role in Captain America: Civil War.
Ant-ManChris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20152015The character had an uncredited cameo.
Spider-Man: HomecomingChris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20172017The character had a cameo.
Avengers: Infinity WarChris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20182018
Captain MarvelChris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20192019The character had an uncredited cameo.
Avengers: EndgameChris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20192019

See also

References
  1. Shoma A. Chatterji (2 September 2011). "Balancing act: Actor Joy Sengupta straddles films and theatre with equal ease and passion". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  2. "Joy Sengupta on his place in the scheme of things". 28 February 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  3. Joy Sengupta at Mumbai Theatre Guide
  4. Catherine Rhea Roy (10 September 2011). "Learning on stage". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  5. "An encounter with 'Deham' star Joy Sengupta". Rediff.com, Movies. 30 April 2002. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  6. Raja Sen. "Review: Hate Story is a hate crime against the sex-starved". Rediff.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  7. Subhash K. Jha. "Hate Story Movie Review : 3.5 out of 5 Stars". Worldsnap. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  8. "When Joy and Tara had a blast". The Times of India. 26 December 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  9. "Kagojer Bou (The Paper Wife)". The Indian Express. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  10. "Path Ghat (Bengali) / Terrible". The Indian Express. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.


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