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Dulquer Salmaan Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Children, Family, Facts, Wiki & More

Updated On : November 13, 2025

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Short Biography

Dulquer Salmaan (DQ) was born on 28-07-1983 in Kochi, Ernakulam in the state of Kerala, India. He is an Indian Film Actor, Playback Singer, Narrator, Film Producer, Television Actor, and Businessperson. He is known for his work in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu & Bollywood movies. He is son of the Malayalam Megastar, Mammootty.

Dulquer Salmaan Complete Bio & Career

Dulquer Salmaan was born to a superstar actor and hence acting was in his blood. However, his father made it clear that he will be acting only after he finishes his studies. After his school-level education, he relocated to the US and obtained his graduate degree in Business Management from the famous Purdue University. Post his education, he worked for some time in the US and then did business in Dubai.

However, his interest in acting brought him to India, and to learn acting, he enrolled at the Barry John Acting School in Mumbai. Soon he was roped in by Srinath Rajendran in his Malayalam action film called Second Show in the year 2012. His performance was highly appreciated and also won him the Best Male Debut Award that year along with various other awards. This was just the beginning of a great career that will garner millions of fans. He established himself in the Malayalam film industry with films like Ustad Hotel and ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi among others. He then started getting offers from Tamil and other south Indian language films as well. He made his Tamil film debut with the film titled Vaayai Moodi Pesavum in the year 2014. He won the Best Debut Male award in Tamil as well. For his performance in the Malayalam film Charlie, he won himself Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor.

After having established himself in the South Indian film industry, he finally made his Bollywood film debut with much acclaimed Bollywood film Karwaan in the year 2018. He shared screen space with veteran Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan in this film. The film was a hit at the box office and helped him find more roles in Bollywood. He will be next seen in Abhishek Sharma’s romantic film The Zoya Factor. He is cast opposite Sonam Kapoor in this film. Among all the films that he has worked on in his anthology art film, Solo needs a special mention. He made his debut as a film producer with the Malayalam family drama movie Varane Avashyamund in 2020.   

In addition to acting, he is also an established singer and has sung various of his songs himself. For his song "Chundari Penne", he was also nominated for the Best Playback Singer Malayalam in 2016. In 2021, he was seen in the Malayalam film Kurup, a biographical film based on fugitive Sukumara Kurup. Next, he was seen in Sita Ramam, Salute, King of Kotha, and Lucky Baskhar. In 2025, he was seen in the Tamil drama thriller film 'Kaantha' opposite Bhagyashri Borse, Rana Daggubati, P. Samuthirakani, and others.

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Dulquer Salmaan Family, Relatives and Other Relations

Father Mammootty (Actor/Producer)
Mother Sulfath Kutty (Homemaker)
Brother None
Sister Kutty Surumi (Painter)
Affair/Girlfriend Amal Sufiya (Architect)
Wife Amal Sufiya (Marriage Date: 22-12-2011)
Son None
Daughter Maryam Ameerah Salmaan (Birth Date: 05-05-2017)

He was born to veteran actor Mammootty and Sulfath Kutty. He has an elder sister named Kutty Surumi, who is a painter. He married Amal Sufiya (architect) on 22-12-2011 and the couple is blessed with a daughter named Maryam Ameerah Salmaan, who was born on 05-05-2017. Actor Maqbool Salmaan is his cousin.

 

Dulquer Salmaan Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Children, Family, Facts, Wiki & More
Dulquer Salmaan with his father Mammootty
Dulquer Salmaan Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Children, Family, Facts, Wiki & More
Dulquer Salmaan with his mother Sulfath Kutty
Dulquer Salmaan Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Children, Family, Facts, Wiki & More
Dulquer Salmaan with his sister Kutty Surumi
Dulquer Salmaan Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Children, Family, Facts, Wiki & More
Dulquer Salmaan with his wife Amal Sufiya
Dulquer Salmaan Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Children, Family, Facts, Wiki & More
Dulquer Salmaan with his wife Amal Sufiya, and daughter Maryam Ameerah Salmaan

Life's Important Dates Of Dulquer Salmaan

Body Measurements

Chest Size 41
Biceps Size 14
Waist Size 32
Skin Colour Wheatish
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour Black

Personal Info

Home Town Kochi, Kerala, India
Nationality Indian
Religion Islam
Address Kochi, Kerala, India
School Toc-H Public School, Kochi, Kerala
Sishya School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
College Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Qualification BBA
Hobbies Singing and Reading
Marital Status Married
Debut Malayalam - Second Show (2012)
Tamil - Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014)
Telugu - Mahanati (2018)
Bollywood - Karwaan (2018)
Best Movies Second Show (2012), Njaan (2014), Charlie (2015), Solo (2017), and Karwaan (2018)
Salary N/A
Net Worth US $20 Million
Official Website www.dulquer.com
Email Address thewayfarerfilms@gmail.com

Collections

Car Collections Audi Q5

Favourites

Favorite Color Black
Favorite Sport Football
Favorite Actress Manju Warrier
Favorite Actor Pawan Kalyan , Mahesh Babu , Mammootty , Mohanlal
Favorite Place Meghalaya
Favorite Dress Coat Pant
Favorite Food Non-veg Food

Shocking / Interesting Facts & Secrets About Dulquer Salmaan

  • Besides being an actor, he also has some business interests. He owns a dentist chain in Chennai and also owns a car-trading web portal.
  • He also serves as the director of 'Motherhood-Hospital' which is based in Bangalore.
  • His wife Amal Sufiya is an Architect.

Dulquer Salmaan Age, Birthday Facts and Birthday Countdown

42 years, 4months, 24 days old age Dulquer Salmaan will turn 43 on 28 July, 2026. Only 7 months, 5 days, 20 hours,14 minutes has left for his next birthday.

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