Sumit Kaul (born 10 March 1978) is an Indian actor and model known for playing Umar Riaz in the web series Tanaav.

Sumit Kaul
Born (1978-03-10) 10 March 1978 (age 46)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2000-present
Notable workTanaav Haider Laila Majnu Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat

Kaul was born on March 10, 1978, in Bombay, Maharashtra into a Kashmiri Pandit family that left Kashmir Valley in the 1990s.[1][2] He started his acting career in the year 2000 with Ek Jute, a theatre group headed by Nadira Babbar where he spent the next four years doing several Hindi and Urdu plays.[3] He has also worked in the films like Haider, Laila Majnu, Mulk and Hamid and has been part of TV shows like Laagi Tujhse Lagan, Nazar and web shows like Tanaav. His most recent role is of Inspector Sandeep Tomar in the movie Afwaah.[4][5]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Language Notes
2010 Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Chhota Rajan Hindi
2013 Bumboo Dr. D'Souza Hindi
2014 Haider[1] Salmaan Hindi
2018 Mulk Mehfooz Alam Hindi
2018 Laila Majnu[1] Ibban Hindi
2019 Hamid[1] Rehmat ALI Hindi
2021 Bell Bottom Agent Dollar Hindi
2023 Afwaah Hindi
2024 Article 370 Yakub Shaikh Hindi

Television

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Year Title Role Language Notes
2009-2012 Laagi Tujhse Lagan[6] Sudarshan Hindi
2010 Rishta.com Neil Hindi Episode 14
2013 Arjun Criminal Hindi Episode 111
2014 Do Dil Ek Jaan Govind Hindi
2015 Agent Raghav – Crime Branch Shubhodh Arora Hindi
2015 Siya Ke Ram Akampana Hindi
2015-2016 Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat Rajkumar Justin Maurya[7] Hindi
2016 24[6] Gyan Hindi Season 2
2016-2017 Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant Amartya Hindi
2017 Peshwa Bajirao[8] Mughal Muhammed Kam Baksh Hindi
2017-2018 Baahubali: The Lost Legends Prince Varaah Hindi
English
voice role
2018–2020 Nazar[8] Nishant Sharma Hindi
2022 Tanaav[9] Umar Riaz ‘Panther’ Hindi
2024–present Janani – AI Ki Kahani Paresh Parmar Hindi

Dubbing roles

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Animated series

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Program title Original voice(s) Character(s) Dub Language Original Language Number of Episodes Original airdate Dubbed airdate Notes
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Lance Reddick Sam
Wilson / Falcon
Hindi English 52 9/20/2010-5/5/2013
Avengers Assemble Bumper Robinson Sam
Wilson / Falcon
Hindi English 50 8/26/2013- Current
Transformers: Robots in Disguise Mitchell Whitfield Fixit Hindi English 71 14 March 2015 – 4 November 2017 Sumit has voiced 10 characters in the Hindi dub.
Mitchell Whitfield Toolbox
Khary Payton Bisk
Fred Tatasciore Saberhorn
Fred Tatasciore Night Watchmen
Victor Brandt Scorponok
Robbie Rist Swelter
Eric Bauza Forth
Eric Bauza Major Mayhem
Mikey Kelley Opposing Captain
The Adventures of Tintin Colin O'Meara Tintin

(Second Dub)

Hindi English 39 2 October 1991 – 28 September 1992
Thierry Wermuth French

Live action television series

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Program title Actor(s) Character(s) Dub Language Original Language Number of Episodes Original airdate Dubbed airdate Notes
Stranger Things Chris Sullivan Benny Hammond Hindi English 17 15 July 2016 – present
Seven and Me Flavio Parenti Marco White Hindi English 26 28 October 2016 – present
The Crown Daniel Ings Mike Parker Hindi English 20 4 November 2016 – present
Happy! Collin Smith Barman Hindi English 8 6 December 2017 – present
Jon Berry Brent Baker

Live action films

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Hollywood films

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Film title Actor Character Dub Language Original Language Original Year Release Dub Year Release Notes
Resident Evil Unknown actor Unknown character
(Second Dub)
Hindi English 2002 2010
Inception Dileep Rao Yusuf
(First Dub)
Hindi English 2010 2010 In early 2013, UTV Software Communications produced a second Hindi dub for UTV Action due to a policy implemented, even though Main Frame Software Communications is owned by the same company that made the original Hindi dub that Sumit participated in.
The Smurfs John Oliver Vanity Smurf (voice) Hindi English 2011 2011 American live action film mixed with CGI animation.
The Smurfs 2 John Oliver Vanity Smurf (voice) Hindi English 2013 2013 American live action film mixed with CGI animation.
Cowboys & Aliens Sam Rockwell Doc Hindi English 2011 2011
Battleship Unknown actor Unknown character Hindi English 2012 2012
Premium Rush Unknown actor Unknown character Hindi English 2012 2012
Olympus Has Fallen Unknown actor Unknown character Hindi English 2013 2013
The Wolverine Unknown actor Unknown character Hindi English 2013 2013 Performed alongside Shakti Singh who voiced Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine in Hindi.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Marton Csokas Ashley Kafka Hindi English 2014 2014 Sumit has voiced 2 characters in the Hindi dub.
J. D. Walsh Dr. Jallings
RoboCop Jordan Johnson-Hinds Jerry White Hindi English 2014 2014 Performed alongside Aaditya Raj Sharma who voiced Joel Kinnaman as Alex Murphy / Robocop, Samay Raj Thakkar who voiced Michael Keaton as Raymond Sellers, Vinod Kulkarni who voiced Patrick Garrow as Antoine Vallon, Mayur Vyas who voiced Michael K. Williams as Jack Lewis, Manoj Pandey who voiced Jackie Earle Haley as Rick Mattox and Amar Babaria who voiced K.C. Collins as Andre Daniels in Hindi.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Domhnall Gleeson General Hux Hindi English 2015 2015
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Domhnall Gleeson General Hux Hindi English 2017 2017
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Domhnall Gleeson General Hux Hindi English 2019 2019
Captain America: Civil War Chadwick Boseman T'Challa / Black Panther Hindi English 2016 2016 Performed alongside Manish Wadhwa who voiced Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier and Anuj Gurwara who voiced Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Falcon in Hindi.
Viraj Adhav dubbed this role in next movies.
The Finest Hours Casey Affleck Ray Sybert Hindi English 2016 2016 Performed alongside Manish Wadhwa who voiced Chris Pine as Bernard "Bernie" Webber in Hindi.
Spider-Man: Homecoming Martin Starr Mr. Harrington Hindi English 2017 2017
Logan Stephen Merchant Caliban Hindi English 2017 2017 Performed alongside Shakti Singh who voiced Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine in Hindi.
War Machine Anthony Hayes Lieutenant Commander Pete Duckman Hindi English 2017 2017
XXX: Return of Xander Cage Nicky Jam Lazarus Hindi English 2017 2017 Performed alongside Sharad Kelkar who voiced Vin Diesel as Xander Cage in Hindi.
The Fate of the Furious Scott Eastwood Eric
Reisner / Little Nobody
Hindi English 2017 2017 Performed alongside Shailendra Pandey who voiced Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto in Hindi.
Pacific Rim: Uprising Scott Eastwood Nate Lambert Hindi English 2018 2018 Performed alongside Manoj Pandey who voiced John Boyega as Jake Pentecost in Hindi.
Deadpool 2 Ryan Reynolds Wade Wilson / Deadpool Hindi English 2018 2018 An extended cut (super duper cut) of the film was released in August, in which Sumit dubbed this character.
The Predator Boyd Holbrook Quinn McKenna Hindi English 2018 2018
Venom Riz Ahmed Carlton Drake /
Riot
Hindi English 2018 2018 Performed alongside Chetanya Adib who voiced Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, Samay Raj Thakkar who voiced Venom and Neshma Chemburkar who voiced Michelle Williams as Anne Weying in Hindi.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Callum Turner Theseus Scamander Hindi English 2018 2018 Performed alongside Rajesh Shukla who voiced Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander and Aaditya Raaj who voiced Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski in Hindi.
The Night Comes for Us Revaldo Yohan Hindi Indonesian
English
Mandarin
Cantonese
2018 2018
Triple Frontier Oscar Isaac Santiago "Pope" Garcia Hindi English 2019 2019
Aladdin Billy Magnussen Prince Anders Hindi English 2019 2019
Always Be My Maybe Randall Park Marcus Kim Hindi English 2019 2019
Christopher Robin Ewan McGregor Christopher Robin Hindi English 2018 2019

Indian films

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Film title Actor Character Dub Language Original Language Original Year Release Dub Year Release Notes
Bruce Lee: The Fighter Ram Charan Karthik alias Bruce Lee alias IB Officer Vikram Kumar Hindi Telugu 2015 2016
Baadshah Brahmaji Pilli Ramakrishna Simha Hindustani Telugu 2013 2022
Power Brahmaji Sub-inspector Venkat Hindi Telugu 2014 2015
Jagame Thandhiram Kalaiyarasan Deepan Hindi Tamil 2021 2021
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Brahmaji Sudharshanam (Sudhir Sharma in Hindi version) Hindi Telugu 2020 2022

Animated films

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Film title Original Voice(s) Character(s) Dub Language Original Language Original Year release Dub Year release Notes
Kung Fu Panda 2 Danny McBride Wolf Boss Hindi English 2011 2011 Performed alongside Prasad Barve who voiced Jack Black as Po and Kishore Bhatt who voiced Gary Oldman as Lord Shen in Hindi.
Epic Pitbull Bufo Hindi English 2013 2013
Turbo Unknown voice actor Unknown character Hindi English 2013 2013
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Kit Harington Eret Hindi English 2014 2014 Sumit's name was mentioned in the Hindi dubbing credits of the DVD release.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Kit Harington Eret Hindi English 2019 2019
Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled Bumper Robinson Sam
Wilson / Falcon
Hindi English 2015 2015
Lego Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape Sendhil Ramamurthy Simon Masrani Hindi English 2016 2016
The Boss Baby Jimmy Kimmel Ted Templeton Hindi English 2017 2017 Performed alongside Pawan Kalra who voiced Alec Baldwin as Theodrey Lindsey Templeton / Boss Baby in Hindi.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Prasad, Amrita (1 November 2019). "Kashmir is one of the most beautiful scenic locations to shoot: Sumit Kaul". Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2023. I am originally a Kashmiri Pandit (my family was unceremoniously kicked out of Kashmir)
  2. ^ Mulchandani, Amrita (13 June 2011). "Positive approach: Sumit Kaul". Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023. Sumit shares how his family was thrown out of Kashmir during the wars, because they were Kashmiri pandits.
  3. ^ Bhatia, Saloni (12 October 2014). "Sumit Kaul: I love the chaat you get in Delhi". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Voice veteran of 100 Hollywood films, Sumit Kaul, to dub for Predator". Hindustan Times. 2 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Nazar's Sumit Kaul considers it challenging to play a father to a 20-year-old girl - Times of India". The Times of India. 9 August 2018.
  6. ^ a b "My green eyes got me '24' role: Sumit Kaul". Zee News. 28 July 2016.
  7. ^ "It's been a wonderful journey: Sumit Kaul on 'Ashoka Samrat'". 15 July 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Sumit Kaul takes up supernatural show". Telangana Today.
  9. ^ "'Tanaav,' Indian adaptation of 'Fauda' to stream on Sony LIV from November 11". The Hindu. 18 October 2022 – via www.thehindu.com.
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