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Rajit Kapur (born 22 May 1963) is an Indian people film and theatre actor and director. He is known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film, The Making of the Mahatma for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor. Other notable roles are as the protagonist Unni in the Malayalam film Agnisakshi, and the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi in the eponymous television series, directed by Basu Chatterjee and broadcast on Doordarshan. His debut film was Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992), directed by Shyam Benegal.
He has also acted in several commercially successful movies like Kick, and Raazi. His latest work is The Threshold. Kapur starred in Deepti Naval film titled Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish which was supposed to release in 2012 in India but was released on Netflix in 2019. In 2022, Kapur acted in his first Punjabi language film Birha – The Journey Back Home. The short won the ‘Best film award’ at Amsterdam International Film Festival, Hollywood Shorts FEST, Los Angeles Film Awards (LAFA), New York Indian Film Festival, Calcutta International Cult Film Festival and at the Gangtok International Film Festival. 2023 saw the release of Mission Majnu and and in both films he played the role of Pakistan's Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
| 1989 | Jazeere | Raul | Govind Nilhani | |
| 1992 | Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda | Manik Mulla | Shyam Benegal | |
| 1994 | Mammo | Riyaz (Adult) | Shyam Benegal | First film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy" |
| Charachar | Lakhinder | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | ||
| 1995 | Limited Manuski | Sadanand Borse | Jayoo Patwardhan Nachiket Patwardhan | Marathi film |
| 1996 | The Making of the Mahatma | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | Shyam Benegal | Won National Film Award for Best Actor |
| Sardari Begum | Sadiq Moosvi | Shyam Benegal | Second film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy" | |
| 1998 | Train to Pakistan | Iqbal | Pamela Rooks | |
| Ghulam | Jai | Vikram Bhatt | ||
| 1999 | Samar | Shyam Benegal | ||
| Agnisakshi | Unni | Shyamaprasad | Malayalam film, Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor | |
| 2000 | Hari-Bhari | Khurshid | Shyam Benegal | |
| 2001 | Dattak | Sunil | Gul Bahar Singh | |
| Censor | Dev Anand | |||
| Zubeidaa | Riyaz Masud | Shyam Benegal | Third film in "Shyam Benegal's Muslim Trilogy" | |
| 2002 | Octave | Dr. Gujaral | Shaji N. Karun | |
| Nishad | Dr. Gopi Gujaral | Shaji N. Karun | ||
| Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai | Prakash | Manoj Punj | ||
| Abaidha | Gul Bahar Singh | Bengali film | ||
| 2003 | Ek Alag Mausam | George | K.P. Sasi | |
| 2004 | Rok Sako To Rok Lo | Sweety's husband | Arindam Chaudhuri | |
| 2005 | Abid Hasan | Shyam Benegal | ||
| Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara | Ronu Chaudhary | Jahnu Barua | ||
| 2006 | Dr. Viren Goenka | Tanveer Khan | ||
| 2007 | Dahek - A Restless Mind | Ajay Mathur | Aroop Adhikari | |
| 2008 | Welcome to Sajjanpur | Collector | Shyam Benegal | |
| 2009 | Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish | Debu | Deepti Naval | Premiered at 2009 Cannes Film Festival Direct-to-video |
| Gulmohar | Deven | Gajendra Ahire | ||
| Yeh Mera India | Arun Talreja | N. Chandra | ||
| Blue Oranges | Nilesh | Rajesh Ganguly | ||
| Morning Walk | Indra | Arup Dutta | ||
| Marega Salaa | Rahul Awasthi | Devang Dholakia | ||
| 2010 | Guzaarish | Public Prosecutor, Vipin Patel | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | |
| Well Done Abba | Inspector Rishab Reddy | Shyam Benegal | ||
| 2011 | Shaitan | Amy's Father | Bejoy Nambiar | |
| Dam 999 | Shankaran | Sohan roy | UAE–Indian co-production film | |
| Monica | Raj Jaitley | Sushen Bhatnagar | ||
| 2013 | Singh Saab the Great | Iqbal | Anil Sharma | |
| Mishawr Rawhoshyo | Al Mamun | Srijit Mukherji | Bengali film | |
| 2014 | Dishkiyaoon | Viki's Dad | Sanamjit Singhalwar | |
| Kick | Dr. Jayant Verma | Sajid Nadiadwala | ||
| 2015 | Uvaa | Principal | Jasbir Bhaati | |
| Roy | Detective Wadia | Vikramjit Singh | ||
| 2016 | Shashank Udapurkara | |||
| Baar Baar Dekho | Panditji | Nitya Mehra | Special appearance | |
| Ki & Ka | Mr. Kumar Bansal | R. Balki | ||
| 2017 | A Gentleman | Kavya's father | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | |
| The Wishing Tree | Fatima's Father | Manika Sharma | ||
| Begum Jaan | Ilias Khan | Srijit Mukherji | ||
| 2018 | Raazi | Hidayat Khan | Meghna Gulzar | |
| Phir Se... | Krish | Bhuyan | ||
| Mehram | Ikhlaque Siddiqui | Zain Anwar | Short film released on ZEE5 | |
| 2019 | Bypass Road | Pratap | Naman Nitin Mukesh | |
| 22 Yards | Mitali Ghoshal | |||
| Prime Minister of India | Aditya Dhar | |||
| Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish | Debu | Deepti Naval | ||
| 2020 | Fitrat | Taher Ali Baig | Short film | |
| 2021 | Nail Polish | Judge Kishore Bhushan | Bugs Bhargava Krishna | A legal thriller, a ZEE5 originals film |
| 2022 | Home Minister Digvijay Singh | Lakshya Raj Anand | ||
| Life's Good | Anant Mahadevan | |||
| Vikram Sarabhai | Madhavan | A biographical drama film. | ||
| Kabir Ali | Ribhu Dasgupta | |||
| Birha – The Journey Back Home | Puneet Prakash | Punjabi language short film released in JioCinema | ||
| 2024 | Chhatrapati Sambhaji | Aurangzeb | Rakesh Subesingh Dulgaj | |
| 2024 | Paani | Marathi film |
| Star Bestsellers | Episode 12"Prayas" | |||
| Star Bestsellers | Episode 8"Shuruaat". Also, producer. | |||
| TVF Tripling | Byomkesh Bakshi | Season 2 of the web series | ||
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