Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan began with television in the late 1980s, then broke into Hindi cinema in 1992 with the musical romance Deewana. He first drew notice playing villains in Baazigar and Darr (both 1993), then pivoted hard into romantic leads — Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), and a string of top-grossing films through the mid-2000s that made him a fixture across continents. He stretched into heavier roles: an alcoholic in Devdas (2002), a NASA scientist in Swades (2004), a hockey coach in Chak De! India (2007), a man with Asperger syndrome in My Name Is Khan (2010). Af…