John Abraham filmography

John Abraham is an Indian actor, film producer and former model who has featured in over 50 films.^[1][2] After a successful career as a model, Abraham began his acting career with Jism in 2003, which was a box office success. In the same year, he appeared in Anurag Basu's horror film Saaya and the Pooja Bhatt directorial Paap.^[3] Abraham starred as Kabir in the multi-starrer Dhoom, an action film directed by Sanjay Gadhvi, and produced by Yash Raj Films. The film was the third highest-grossing film of the year,^[4] and earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role.

Abraham at an event

In 2008, John starred alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra in Dostana, his sole release that year. Dostana became a commercial success and grossed over ₹871 million, becoming one of the highest grossing Hindi films of 2008.^[5] His films have ranged from action films such as Dhoom (2004), Karam (2005), Viruddh (2005), Race 2 (2013), Shootout at Wadala (2013), Zinda (2006), Satyameva Jayate (2018), Mumbai Saga (2021), and Pathaan (2023), Jism (2003), Aetbaar (2004), New York (2009) and 7 Khoon Maaf (2011) and Tariq (2025). ^[6]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	Jism	Kabir Lal		[7]
	Saaya	Aakash Bhatnagar		[8]
	Paap	Shiven Verma		[9]
2004	Aetbaar	Aryan Trivedi		[10]
	Lakeer	Saahil Mishra		[11]
	Dhoom	Kabir Sharma		[12]
	Madhoshi	Aman Joshi		[13]
2005	Elaan	Abhimanyu Singh		[14]
	Karam	John Wargas		[15]
	Kaal	Krish Thapar		[16]
	Viruddh	Amar Patwardhan		[17]
	Water	Narayan Dutt		[18]
	Garam Masala	Shyam "Sam" Salgaonkar		[19]
2006	Zinda	Rohit Chopra		[20]
	Taxi No. 9211	Jai Mittal		[21]
	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	DJ	Cameo	[22]
	Baabul	Rajat Verma		[23]
	Kabul Express	Suhel Khan		[24]
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq	Ashutosh Raina		[25]
	No Smoking	K		[26]
	Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal	Sunny Bhasin		[27]
2008	Dostana	Kunal Chauhan		[28][29]
2009	New York	Sameer "Sam" Sheikh		[30]
2010	Aashayein	Rahul Sharma		[31]
	Jhootha Hi Sahi	Siddharth Arya (Fidato)		[32]
2011	7 Khoon Maaf	Jamshed Singh Rathod (Jimmy Stetson)		[33]
	Force	A.C.P Yashvardhan "Yash" Singh		[34]
	Desi Boyz	Nikhil "Nick" Mathur		[35][36]
2012	Housefull 2	Max Mehrotkar		[37]
	Vicky Donor	Himself	Special appearance in the song "Rum Whisky"; Also producer	[38]
2013	Race 2	Armaan Malik		[39]
	I, Me Aur Main	Ishaan Sabharwal		[40]
	Shootout at Wadala	Manya Surve		[41]
	Madras Cafe	Major Vikram Singh	Also producer	[42]
2015	Welcome Back	Ajay Barsi (Ajju Bhai)		[43]
	Jazbaa	Satam	Cameo	[44]
2016	Wazir	SP Vijay Mallik		[45]
	Rocky Handsome	Kabir Ahlawat (Rocky Handsome)	Also producer; playback singer for the song "Alfazon Ki Tarah (Unplugged)"	[46]
	Dishoom	Kabir Shergill		[47]
	Force 2	A.C.P Yashvardhan "Yash" Singh	Also producer	[48]
2018	Parmanu	Ashwat Raina		[49]
	Satyameva Jayate	Virendra "Vir" Rathod		[50]
	Savita Damodar Paranjpe	—	Producer; Marathi film	[51]
2019	Romeo Akbar Walter	Rehamatullah "Romeo" Ali / Akbar Malik / Walter Khan		[52]
	Batla House	Sanjeev Kumar Yadav	Also producer	[53][54]
	Pagalpanti	Raj Kishore		[55]
2021	Mumbai Saga	Amartya Rao Naik		[56]
	Sardar Ka Grandson	Gursher Singh	Also producer; cameo	[57]
	Satyameva Jayate 2	Activist Dadasaheb Balram Azad / Home Minister Satya Balram Azad / A.C.P Jay Balram Azad[a]		[58]
2022	Attack	Major Arjun Shergill	Also screenwriter and producer	[59]
	Ek Villain Returns	Bhairav Purohit		[60]
	Mike	—	Producer; Malayalam film	[61]
	Tara Vs Bilal	—	Producer	[62]
2023	Pathaan	Jim		[63]
2024	Woh Bhi Din The	Rahul Sinha	Also producer; Cameo	[64]
	Vedaa	Major Abhimanyu Kanwar	Also producer	[65]
2025	The Diplomat	J.P. Singh		[66]
	Tehran	ACP Rajeev Kumar		[67]
	Tariq †	TBA	Also producer	[68]
2026	Untitled Rohit Shetty film †	Rakesh Maria	Filming	[69]

Music videos

List of John Abraham music video credits

Year	Title	Performer	Language	Ref.
1999	"Mahek"	Pankaj Udhas	Hindi	[70]
2001	"Teri Jhanjhar Kisne Banayi"	Hans Raj Hans	Punjabi	[70]
2002	"Husna Di Sarkar"	Jazzy B		[71]
2008	"Koi Aanay Wala Hai"	Strings	Urdu	[72]
2013	"Betiyaan (Save the Girl Child)"	Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam	Hindi	[73]

Notes

1. John Abraham plays in a triple role films.

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by John Abraham