Dino Morea

Dino Morea (born 9 December 1975) is an Indian actor, supermodel, and film producer known for his work in Hindi cinema, who has also appeared in several Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu films.

In 1995, he won the Gladrags Manhunt Contest and went to the Philippines for Manhunt International, where he won second place.

He made his debut in the 1999 film Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi.

He won the Gladrags supermodel contest in 1999.

Morea made his acting debut in the TV series Captain Vyom, where he appeared as "Sonic".

His movie debut was in Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, opposite Rinke Khanna, which was a moving romantic movie among the teens.

The movie earned him a nomination for Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut, but the award was won by Mukesh Tiwari for China Gate.

He had breakthrough roles in Rajiv Menon's Tamil film Kandukondain Kandukondain, which adapts Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility.

Through a career spanning over two decades, Morea has won several accolades and acted in over 50 films, ranging from romance to horror genres, though usually in action genres, thus proving himself one of the most popular Hindi film actors since the 2000s.

Morea pursued a successful career as a fashion model.

He then began receiving offers for film roles.

He got his big break with Raaz in 2002, when he was recognised by the audience.

He gained success with the action film Gunaah (2002), Plan (2004), Acid Factory (2008), Bandra (2023).

In 2002, Morea starred in the year's most successful horror thriller, Raaz.

Directed by Vikram Bhatt, it established Morea in the Hindi film industry.

His portrayal of Aditya Dhanraj received positive reviews from the critics.

Shah Rukh Khan praised Morea's performance and said "Your film is really doing well".

He won a Zee Cine Award in the category of Dynamic Duo with Bipasha Basu.

Raaz was both a commercial and critical success, and served as the best film of his career.

Amol Shetge's 2002 thriller Gunaah was a flop, but Morea was praised for his performance.

Morea performed the lead role in three 2003 films.

He starred in the psychological thriller Baaz: A Bird in Danger, which was produced by Tinu Verma and had an average performance at the box office.

His next release Chal:The Game of Death failed to make impact among audiences.

Later that year, he starred in the horror thriller Sssshhh..., for which he was nominated in the Stardust Awards 2004.

In 2004, he starred in four films.

The first was Ishq Hai Tumse directed by G. Krishna, which was a remake of the Telugu film Sampangi.

Later he featured in Sanjay Gupta's action thriller Plan, in which his performance was praised by audiences.

He had successes in the ensemble films Holiday (2006), Dus Kahaniyaan (2007) Bhram (2008).

Morea subsequently had his greatest commercial success as a leading man in the Agent (2023).

He is a co-producer and actor in the film Jism 2 (2012) and Helmet (2021).

Additionally, he acted in web series across various OTT platforms, including Mentalhood (2020), Hostages (2020) and Tandav (2021), Kaun Banegi Shikharwati (2022).

Morea gained widespread acclaim for playing his most iconic role in The Empire (2021), which was his biggest solo commercial success.

His critically acclaimed performance in the web series won him the Indian Television Academy Awards.

Dino Morea was born in Bangalore to an Italian father and an Indian mother.

His mother hails from Kalamassery in Kochi.

He spent the first 11 years of his life in Italy.

He is the second of three brothers: Nicolo Morea is his older brother and Santino Morea his younger brother.

He initially attended Bangalore Military School, graduated from St. Joseph's College in Bangalore and also went to Clarence High School.

He was noticed while modelling for a fashion company and soon received his first film offer.

He started his career as a model for various fashion companies.