# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vijay-raaz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:05:19.970Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vijay-raaz"
name: "Vijay Raaz"
slug: "vijay-raaz"
description: "Vijay Raaz is an Indian actor, film director and narrator, who predominantly appears in Hindi films. He debuted with Bhopal Express (1999) and since worked in more than 90 films. His breakthrough came when he played the role of Dubeyji in the movie Monsoon Wedding in 2001. Raaz garnered recognition for his comedic role in Run (2004) and Dhamaal (2007). He is noted for playing gangster roles in Delhi Belly (2011) and Dedh Ishqiya (2014) as well as other notable films include Stree (2018), Zoya Akhtar's Gully Boy (2019), Lootcase (2020), Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022). In 2014, he debuted as a director with Kya Dilli Kya Lahore. His gruff baritone voice has been used in voice-over work, including films and commercials."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/bLSjiy51UPjVnTYRDmgRUy1VOwD.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1963-11-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.49
  momentum:             13.8360941586748
  historical:           13.576468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704694/"
    handle:    "nm0704694"
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    title: "وجے راز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Vijay Raaz"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump