Piyush Mishra
Biography
Piyush Mishra is an Indian film and theatre actor, music director, lyricist, singer, and scriptwriter. Mishra grew up in Gwalior and graduated from the National School of Drama, Delhi in 1986. Thereafter, he started his career in Hindi theatre in Delhi. Over the next decade, he established himself as a theatre director, actor, lyricist, and singer. He moved to Mumbai in 2002, receiving acclaim for his acting in Maqbool (2003) and Gangs of Wasseypur (2012).
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Acting History
2026
Rahu Ketu
2025Yugantar as Aazim baba
2025Crazxy as White Coat
2025Azaad as Rai Bahadur
2024Inverse
2024Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust as The Astrologer (voice)
2024Indian 2: Zero Tolerance as Kishan Singh
2024JNU: Jahangir National University as Guruji
2024Main Atal Hoon as Krishna Bihari Vajpayee
2023Kanjoos Makhichoos as Gangaprasad Pandey
2022PM In Hyderabad as Himself
2022Salt City
2021Matsya Kaand as Anand Pandit
2020JL50 as Prof. Biswajit Mitra
2020Illegal as Janardhan Jaitley
2018Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi as Usman Afridi
2016Pink as Prashant Mehra
2016Happy Bhag Jayegi as Usman Afridi
2016The Kapil Sharma Show as Self
2016Tere Bin Laden Dead or Alive as Khaleeli
2015Tamasha as Storyteller
2015The Homecoming
2014The Shaukeens
2014Revolver Rani as Balli
2013Comedy Nights with Kapil as Self
2013Meridian Lines as Prakash
2013The Playback Singer as Ashok Rao
2012Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 as Nasir
2012Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 as Nasir
2011Rockstar as Dhingra
2011Bhindi Baazaar Inc as Shankar Pandey
2010Lafangey Parindey as Usmaan Bhai
2010Tere Bin Laden as Majeed
2009Gulaal as Prithvi Bana
2008Rahim Murge Pe Mat Ro as Rahim Murga
2007Jhoom Barabar Jhoom as Huffy Bhai
20071971
2005Super
2005Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women as Jagannath
2004Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home as Qureshi
2003Monkey Bastard!
2003Maqbool as Kaka
2003One Day, 24 Hours
2002Samurai
2002Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai as Himself
1998Dil Se.. as CBI Investigation Officer
1991Suno Re Kissa as Sutradhar
—Katran