SHAH Rukh Khan made his acting debut in 1988 in a TV series called Fauji in which he played an army commando.

For his first feature film, Deewana (1992), he won a Filmfare award - the Bollywood equivalent of an Oscar - and the first of 13 in his career.

Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), starring Khan and actress Kajol, is Indian cinema’s longest running film. It has been on at Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir cinema since its release.

Om Shanti Om (2007), made by Khan’s production house Red Chillies Entertainment, was the highest-grossing Hindi film last year. It earned US$45mil (RM153mil) worldwide.

Khan is currently shooting Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi in which his co-star is 19-year-old model Anushka Sharma.

Next year, he teams up with actress Kajol again in Karan Johar’s movie, My Name is Khan.

He formed the production company Dreamz Unlimited in 1999, but its first films, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000) and Asoka (2001), tanked. The next film, Chalte Chalte (2003), was a hit.

He returned to the small screen last year to host India’s version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. This April, he began hosting India’s version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?.

There is a life-size wax statue of Khan at the Madame Tussauds wax museum in London. It was installed in April last year.

In 2004, he was named one of Time magazine’s 20 Asian Heroes Under 40.