Jimmy Sheirgill Age, Height, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Jasjit Singh Gill
Other Name	Jimmy Shergill
Nickname	Jimmy
Profession(s)	Actor, Producer
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in feet inches- 5’ 8”
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	3 December 1970 (Thursday)
Age (as of 2024)	54 Years
Birthplace	Deokahia village, Sardarnagar, Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Sagittarius
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Patiala, Punjab, India
School(s)	St. Paul's college, Lucknow The Punjab Public School, Nabha, Punjab Yadavindra Public School, Patiala
College/University	Bikram College, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab
Educational Qualification	B.Com
Debut	Film (Hindi): Maachis (1996) Film (Punjabi): Yaaran Naal Baharan (2005) Film (Production): Dharti (2011) Web Series: Rangbaaz Phirse (2020)
Religion	Sikhism
Caste	Jat [1]Wikipedia
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian [2]Shaadi Times
Hobbies	Reading, Playing & Watching Cricket
Awards	• Best Actor Award at 11th Norway Bollywood Film Festival in Oslo for Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns • PTC Best Actor Award for Mel Karade Rabba • PTC Best Film (Critics) Award for Dharti
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Priyanka Puri
Marriage Date	Year- 2001
Family
Wife/Spouse	Priyanka Puri (m. 2001-present)
Children	Son- Veer Shergill Daughter- None
Parents	Father- Satyajeet Singh Shergil (passed away on 11 October 2025) Mother- Late Balraj Kaur Shergill
Siblings	Brother- Aman Shergill Sister- None
Favourite Things
Food	Sarson ka Saag with Makki ki Roti
Beverage	Black Coffee
Actor(s)	Irrfan Khan, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Edward Norton
Actress(es)	American History X (1998)
Film(s)	Bollywood: Happy Bhag Jayegi Hollywood: American History X Punjabi: Jindua
Car	Ferrari
Colour	White
Quote	"Let’s go our separate ways, together"
Sport	Cricket
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Range Rover
Bike Collection	Harley Davidson
Money Factor
Salary (approx.)	₹1-2 crore/film
Net Worth (approx.)	₹68 Crore ($10 million)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jimmy Sheirgill

• Does Jimmy Shergill drink alcohol?: Yes ^[3]Rediff

• Jimmy belongs to a family of landowners and distillers.

• Since his school days, he wanted to join the Armed Forces.

• Until the age of 18, he wore a turban but removed it; as he found it difficult to manage it in the hostel. After becoming cut surd, his family so much disappointed that they didn’t talk to him for a year.

• After getting encouraged by his cousin Suminder, he joined Roshan Taneja’s acting school.

• In 1989, he met with a very serious accident while riding a bike; a few of his bones got fractured.

• In 1994, Gulzar was directing ‘Maachis’ so he went to meet him to get a chance to assist him. Instead, Gulzar offered him a small role in ‘Maachis’ and that’s how his acting journey got started.

• Jimmy rose to fame after his chocolate boy performance in the film Mohabbatein.

• He is not so much addicted to social media and hardly posts something on it.

• He is very polite and innocent personality in real life.

• He changed the spelling of his surname from ‘Shergill’ to ‘Sheirgill’ because the first one was often used on social media.

• He idolizes Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

• His paternal aunt, Amrita Sher-Gil, was an eminent Indian painter. 

• He is a very emotional person and cries on very little things.

• He is an impulsive shopper.

• Jimmy has done a lot of Punjabi movies and is quite popular in Punjabi industry.

• Sheirgill has a deep belief in Lord Ganesha.
  

  Jimmy Sheirgill with the idol of Lord Ganesha