
Kumar belongs to a Jaat family which was based in a small village Kishan Garh of South Delhi. At the age of 24, he moved to Mumbai and worked with Sahej theatre group for five years, and later with Motley Productions where he met and learned from Naseeruddin Shah for the next ten years. Kumar was asked to audition for the film Mary Kom by the casting director of the film. Also, he worked in TV series Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev, playing Shukracharya the guru of the demon. Kumar's first movie was NH10, with Anushka Sharma but, it was Mary Kom, with Priyanka Chopra that was released first.

The Kapil Sharma Show
TV • 2016

Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev
TV • 2011

The Family Man
TV • 2019

Aashram
TV • 2020

Parchhayee: Ghost Stories By Ruskin Bond
TV • 2019

Avrodh: The Siege Within
TV • 2020

Tere Naam
MOVIE • 2003

Baaghi 2
MOVIE • 2018

Toofaan
MOVIE • 2021

The Kashmir Files
MOVIE • 2022

The Bengal Files
MOVIE • 2025

Mary Kom
MOVIE • 2014

Kaagaz 2
MOVIE • 2024

Dhokha: Round D Corner
MOVIE • 2022

A Gentleman
MOVIE • 2017

Sarbjit
MOVIE • 2016

PM Narendra Modi
MOVIE • 2019

NH10
MOVIE • 2015