Vikrant Massey

Vikrant Massey (born 3 April 1987) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films and television.

After completing his education from R. D. National College, Massey made his acting debut with Dhoom Machaao Dhoom (2007) and worked in television serials such as Dharam Veer (2008), Balika Vadhu (2009–2010) and Qubool Hai (2013).

Massey started his career with television and made his acting debut in 2007, portraying Aamir Hassan in Dhoom Machaao Dhoom.

He is also a trained contemporary or jazz dancer and has worked with Shiamak Davar, and was a choreographer on the show.

In 2008, he portrayed one of the titular prince Dharam in Dharam Veer alongside Rajat Tokas.

Massey found success with his portrayal of Shyam Singh, a supportive husband opposite Vibha Anand in Balika Vadhu, portraying the character from 2009 to 2010.

In his first lead role, Massey portrayed Murli Laal, who is married to a dwarf Bharti in Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo, from 2010 to 2011.

Massey expanded to films with supporting roles in Lootera (2013), Dil Dhadakne Do (2015) and Half Girlfriend (2017).

In 2013, Massey portrayed Ayaan Ahmed Khan, one of the lead roles in Qubool Hai opposite Ketki Kadam.

That same year, he hosted V The Serial and Yeh Hai Aashiqui.

Massey made his Hindi film debut in Vikramaditya Motwane's Lootera (2013), alongside Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha.

He played Singh's assistant and friend Devdas.

Taran Adarsh found him to be "first-rate" in his supporting part.

The 2014 show, Ajab Gajab Ghar Jamai, marked his final appearance on television before film debut.

In 2015, he played a supporting role opposite Ridhima Sud in Zoya Akhtar's ensemble family comedy-drama Dil Dhadakne Do, which starred Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra, Singh, Anushka Sharma and Farhan Akhtar in lead roles.

The film emerged as a major commercial success at the box-office.

The independent drama A Death in the Gunj (2017), in which Massey had a leading role, marked a turning point in his career.

Massey's first lead role came with Konkana Sen Sharma's debut directorial venture A Death in the Gunj (2017).

The film as well as his performance received critical acclaim.

Film critic Rajeev Masand described his performance as a heartfelt one.

For his performance, he received his first nomination for the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.

In the same year, he appeared in Half Girlfriend and Lipstick Under My Burkha, both being box office averages.

Ananya Bhattacharya of India Today found him to be "earnest", in his role in the former.

Massey also had leading roles in the streaming series Mirzapur (2018), Broken But Beautiful (2018–2019) and Criminal Justice (2019).

In 2023, he portrayed the lead role of Manoj Kumar Sharma in the biographical film 12th Fail (2023), which emerged as a sleeper hit and earned him the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.

Vikrant Massey was born to parents Jolly and Aamna and has an older brother, Moeen.

His paternal family follows Christianity and his maternal family follows Sikhism.

Vikrant's parents were childhood sweethearts who eloped and got married.

Belonging to a middle-class family who were originally from Shimla, he was born and raised by his parents in Nagbhid, a small town in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.

Massey's educational background consists of attending St. Anthony's High School in Versova with further studies being completed from R. D. National College of Arts & Science in Bandra, Mumbai.

Being a well-trained dancer, he forayed onto stage with small-time dancing and theatre performances at the age of 7.

With support and guidance from his teachers and school principal, he took up performing arts as a career choice at quite a young age.

During his leisure period, he enjoys traveling, playing cricket, and video games.

In 2018, Massey ventured into web show, with the highly-popular crime drama series Mirzapur.

That the same year, he played Veer, suffering from PTSD, opposite Harleen Sethi in Broken But Beautiful.

In 2019, Massey appeared as a murder accused in Criminal Justice directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and Vishal Furia, Sanjukta Sharma of Scroll.in opined, "He slips into Aditya's skin without any effort showing, and makes his transformative journey compelling."

He further played Nawab in Made in Heaven, a web series on two wedding planners in Delhi running an agency named Made in Heaven.

In his last release that year, Massey also reprised Veer in the second season of Broken But Beautiful.

Ruchi Kaushal from Hindustan Times stated: "Vikrant shines in emotional scenes and has the calibre to make a viewer weep with him."

He subsequently appeared in the biographical drama Chhapaak (2020), romantic comedy Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare (2020), mystery thriller Haseen Dillruba (2021), family drama Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi (2021), and romantic thriller Love Hostel (2022).