Birth Name: Amitabh Harivansh Srivastav
Born: October 11, 1942 (age 64)
Allahabad, India
Years active: 1969 - 1992, 1997- present
Height: 6’ 3" (1.91 m)
Nickname: Aby Baby , BIG B, Munna, One Man Industry, Angry Young Man, Bollywood’s Shahenshah, Amith, Big A
Spouse: Jaya Bhaduri
Mother: Teji Bachchan
Father: Harivansh Rai Bachchan( poet of Urdu and Hindi)
Daughter: Shweta
Son: Abhishek Bachchan
Daughter-in-law: Aishwarya rai
Amitabh Bachchan career highlights:
* Amitabh Bachchan married actress Jaya Bhaduri in 1973 according to Bengali rites.
* Amitabh Bachchan earning a degree in science from Kirori Mal College in Delhi University .
*In his twenties, Bachchan gave up a job as freight broker for the shipping firm, Bird and Co., based in Calcutta.
*In KBC Bachchan charged a whopping Rs 25 lakhs (2.5 million Indian Rupees, approximately US$60,000 ) per weekly episode.
Amitabh Bachchan as Producer in -- Family: Ties of Blood (2006) , Viruddh... Family Comes, First (2005) , Aks (2001) , Major Saab (1997) , Mrityudaata (1997) , Tere Mere Sapne (1996)
Amitabh Bachchan Filmography
Amitabh Bachchan acted in more than 130 hindi movies.He alsoappeared in kannada movie Amuruthadhare with Ramya Dhyan.
- Shantaram (2008) ....Kader Bhai
- The Last Lear (2007)
- Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007) ....Satheeshji Mane
- Ram Gopal Varma Ke Sholay (2007) ....Gabbar Singh
- Sarkar 2 (2007) ....Subhas Nagre/"Sarkar"
- Cheeni Kum (2007) ....Buddhadev Gupta
- Exclusion (2007)
- Bhoothnath (2007)
- God Tussi Great Ho (2007)
- Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
- Struggler (2007)
- Zamaanat (2006) .....Shiv Shankar
- Nishabd (2007) .....Vijay
- Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007) ....Eklavya
- Baabul (2006) .....Balraj Kapoor
- Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) ......Samarjit Singh Talwar (aka. Sexy Sam)
- Darna Zaroori Hai (2006) .....Professor
- Family - Ties of Blood (2006) .....Viren Sahi
- Amruthadhaare (Kannada) (2005) ......Amitabh Bachchan
- Ek Ajnabee (2005) .....Suryaveer Singh
- Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... (2005) ....Shekhar Sinha
- Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005) ......Vidhyadar Ramkrishna Patwardhan
- Parineeta (2005) ......Narrator
- Sarkar (2005) .....Subhash Nagre/"Sarkar"
- Paheli (2005) ......The Shepherd
- Ramji Londonwaley (2005) ......Amitabh Bachchan as himself
- Bunty Aur Babli (2005) ....D.C.P. Dashrath Singh
- Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005) .....Ishwarchand Thakur
- Black (2005) ....Debraj Sahai
Filmfare Awards:
Best Supporting Actor: for 1972 Anand, 1974 Namak Haraam, 2001 Mohabbatein
Best Actor: for 1978 Amar Akbar Anthony, 1979 Don, 1992 Hum, 2006 Black
Critics: 2002 Aks, 2006 Black
* Filmfare Power Award (2004)
*Lifetime Achievement Award (1991)
*Superstar of the Millennium (2000)