Jimmy Sheirgill Age, Height, Wife, Family, Biography & More
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Hometown: Patiala
Age: 53 Years
Wife: Priyanka Puri
Bio/Wiki | |
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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 2023) | 53 Years |
Birthplace | Deokahia village, Sardarnagar, Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh |
Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Sagittarius |
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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 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
- 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.
- 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.
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