Most Americans first got to know him as the sleazy game-show host in Slumdog Millionaire (and subsequently on the U.S. TV show 24 and in the Tom Cruise-starrer Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol), but Anil Kapoor has been in show business for decades (he debuted in 1979). He was arguably the biggest star in Bollywood in the late 80s and early 90s, and he has a long list of hits and awards to his name. Of late, he’s been appearing mostly in multistarrers (with mixed success), including No Entry (2005) with Salman Khan and Lara Dutta, Welcome (2007) with Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, Tashan (2008) with Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, and Kareena Kapoor, and Race (2008) with Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, and Katrina Kaif. Anil’s oldest daughter is actress Sonam Kapoor.