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{{short description|Indian actor}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dino Morea
| image = Dino Morea snapped at Strut Dance Academy event.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Morea in 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|9|df=yes}}<ref name="DoB">{{cite web |title=Birthday Special: 10 times Dino Morea proved 'age is just a number'! |url=http://zeenews.india.com/and-more/birthday-special-10-times-dino-morea-proved-age-is-just-a-number_1957047.html |website=[[Zee News]] |author=Miscellaneous |date=9 December 2016 |access-date=13 December 2018 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223138/http://zeenews.india.com/and-more/birthday-special-10-times-dino-morea-proved-age-is-just-a-number_1957047.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]<ref name="OI"/>
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|model|producer}}
| years_active = 1999–present
}}

'''Dino Morea''' (born 9 December 1975) is an Indian actor and a former model who appears in [[Bollywood]] films.

==Early life==
Dino Morea was born in [[Bangalore]], [[India]], to an [[Italian people|Italian]] father and an [[Indian people|Indian]] mother.<ref name="OI">{{cite web|title=Dino Morea - Biography |url=http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist-biography/220/1/dino-morea.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130111163230/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist-biography/220/1/dino-morea.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 January 2013 |publisher=[[Oneindia.in]] |access-date=30 August 2010 }}</ref> His mother hails from [[Kalamassery]] in [[Kochi]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/dino-morea-reveals-his-kerala-connection-62921 |title=Dino Morea reveals his Kerala Connection |website=[[The News Minute]] |author=Digital Native |date=31 May 2017 |access-date=7 January 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107233017/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/dino-morea-reveals-his-kerala-connection-62921 |url-status=live }}</ref> He is the second of three brothers-Nicolo Morea is his older brother and Santino Morea his younger brother.<ref name="OI"/> When he was 7, his family moved to Bangalore, Karnataka from [[Italy]].<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web |title=Dino Morea - Biography |url=http://in.movies.yahoo.com/artists/Dino-Morea/biography-3881.html |publisher=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |access-date=30 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214135149/http://in.movies.yahoo.com/artists/Dino-Morea/biography-3881.html |archive-date=14 February 2010 }}</ref> He initially attended Army Public School, graduated from [[St. Joseph's PU College|St. Joseph's College]] in Bangalore and also went to [[Clarence High School (India)|Clarence High School]]. He was first noticed when he was modelling for a fashion company and soon received his first film offer.<ref name="OI"/>

==Career==
Morea made his acting debut in the TV series Captain Vyom in which he appeared as "Sonic". His movie debut was in ''[[Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi]]'' opposite [[Rinke Khanna]]. He had breakthrough roles in [[Rajiv Menon]]'s [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Kandukondain Kandukondain]]'', the 2002 horror film ''[[Raaz (2002 film)|Raaz]]'' and the thriller ''[[Gunaah (2002 film)|Gunaah]]''.<ref name="yahoo"/> His other prominent films include ''[[Baaz: A Bird in Danger]]'', ''[[Sssshhh...]]'', ''[[Rakht]]'' and ''[[Acid Factory]]''.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|title=Dino Morea|url=http://worldfilm.about.com/cs/bollywoodactors/p/dino_morea.htm|publisher=[[About.com]]|access-date=30 August 2010|author=Jurgen Fauth|author2=Marcy Dermansky|archive-date=6 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906131326/http://worldfilm.about.com/cs/bollywoodactors/p/dino_morea.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a contestant on the reality show ''[[Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (season 3)|Khatron Ke Khiladi]]'' in 2010.

In 1998, an ad for the undergarment manufacturer Calida, featuring him and [[Bipasha Basu]], caused controversy because it featured him biting the former's underwear. It was eventually taken down.<ref>{{cite news |title=Controversial Indian print ads! |url=https://zeenews.india.com/business/photogallery/controversial-indian-print-ads_409.html |access-date=8 March 2021 |work=Zee News |date=29 March 2013 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Basu |first1=Nilanjana |title=When Bipasha Basu Was A Teenaged Model: Ex Dino Morea Says, 'I Remember That' |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/when-bipasha-basu-was-a-teenaged-model-ex-dino-morea-says-i-remember-that-2075082 |access-date=8 March 2021 |work=NDTV.com |date=25 July 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Morea was in a relationship with [[Bipasha Basu]] from 1996 to 2002.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goyal|first1=Divya|title=Bipasha Basu's Ex-Beau Dino Morea Makes an Entrance at the Wedding|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/bipasha-basus-ex-beau-dino-morea-makes-an-entrance-at-the-wedding-1401200|website=NDTV Movies|access-date=6 June 2016|date=30 April 2016|archive-date=30 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930224134/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/bipasha-basus-ex-beau-dino-morea-makes-an-entrance-at-the-wedding-1401200|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Award Show
! Award
! Film
! Won
|-
|2003
|[[Zee Cine Award]]
|Dynamic Duo-with [[Bipasha Basu]]
|''[[Raaz (2002 film)|Raaz]]''
|{{Yes}}
|}

==Filmography==
{{Hatnote|{{Color box|Silver|border=darkgray}} Silver indicates unreleased films}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi]]''
| Siddhant
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Kandukondain Kandukondain]]''
| Captain Vinod
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film
|-
| rowspan="2"|2002
| ''[[Raaz (2002 film)|Raaz]]''
| Aditya Dhanraj
|
|-
| ''[[Gunaah (2002 film)|Gunaah]]''
| Aditya Srivastava
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2003
| ''[[Baaz: A Bird in Danger]]''
| Raj Singh
|
|-
| ''[[Sssshhh...]]''
| Rocky
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|2004
| ''[[Ishq Hai Tumse]]''
| Arjun
|
|-
| ''[[Plan (film)|Plan]]''
| Bobby
|
|-
| ''[[Insaaf: The Justice]]''
| IPS Officer Abhimanyu Singh
|
|-
| ''[[Rakht: What If You Can See the Future]]''
| Sunny
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Chehraa]]''
| Akash
|
|-
| rowspan="6"|2006
| ''[[Aksar]]''
| Rajveer Singh
|
|-
| ''[[Holiday (2006 Indian film)|Holiday]]''
| Dino
|
|-
| ''[[Fight Club – Members Only]]''
| Karan
|
|-
| ''[[Tom, Dick, and Harry (2006 film)|Tom, Dick, and Harry]]''
| Tom
|
|-
| ''[[Julie (2006 film)|Julie]]''
| Shashi
|[[Kannada]] film
|-
| ''[[Aap Ki Khatir (2006 film)|Aap Ki Khatir]]''
| Danny
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|2007
| ''[[Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee]]''
| Rajeev Arora
|
|-
| ''[[Om Shanti Om]]''
| Himself
| Special appearance in song "Deewangi Deewangi"
|-
| ''[[Dus Kahaniyaan]]''
| Dino
|
|-
| ''[[Deha]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="9"|2008
| ''[[Bhram]]''
| Shantanu
|
|-
| ''[[Meeting Se Meeting Tak]]''
| Rahul
|
|-
| ''[[Anamika (2008 film)|Anamika]]''
| Vikram Singh Sisodiya
|
|-
| ''Kabhi Bhi Kahin Bhi''
| Raj
|
|-
| ''[[Har Pal]]''
| Ambi
| Special appearance
|-
| ''[[Heroes (2008 film)|Heroes]]''
| Sahil Naqvi
|
|-
| ''[[Karzzzz (film)|Karzzzz]]''
| Ravi Verma
|
|-
| ''[[Gumnaam – The Mystery]]''
| Dev
|
|-
| ''Sargna''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2009
| ''[[Acid Factory]]''
| JD
|
|-
| ''[[Main Aurr Mrs Khanna]]''
| Sanjay (Samir Khanna's business Partner)
|Special Appearance
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Pyaar Impossible!]]''
| Varun Sanghvi / Siddharth Sidhu
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Happy New Year (2014 film)|Happy New Year]]''
| Himself
|Special Appearance
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| ''[[Alone (2015 Hindi film)|Alone]]''
| Special Ghost appearance / Kabir
|
|-
| ''[[I Can Do That (Indian TV series)|I Can Do That]]''
| Celebrity contestant
| TV series on [[Zee TV]]
|-
| 2017
|''[[Solo (2017 film)|Solo]]''
| Raunaq Sachdeva
| Tamil / Malayalam film
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020 || ''[[Mentalhood]]'' || Akash || Web series on [[ALTBalaji]] and [[List of ZEE5 original web series|ZEE5]]
|-
| ''[[Hostages (Indian TV series)|Hostages]]'' || Ranbir || Web-series on [[Hotstar]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chugh |first1=Sneha |title='Hostages' season 2 trailer reviewed as 'really amazing' and 'promising' by fans |url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/web-series/hostages-season-2-trailer-review-shared-by-twitterati.html |access-date=4 September 2020 |work=Republic World |date=4 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|2021
| ''[[Tandav (TV series)|Tandav]]''
| Professor Jigar Sampath
| Web series on [[Amazon Prime]]
|-
| ''[[The Empire (TV series)|The Empire]]''
| [[Muhammad Shaybani]]
| Web series on [[Hotstar]]
|}

==As a producer==
* ''[[Jism 2]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Helmet (film)|Helmet]]'' (2021)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Dino Morea}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0603352|name=Dino Morea}}
* [http://www.insidedesi.com/2008/08/22/gimme-morea/ InsideDesi Interview with Dino Morea]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morea, Dino}}
[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:Male actors from Bangalore]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Indian male models]]
[[Category:Indian people of Italian descent]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Indian male voice actors]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:Male actors in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:Male actors in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi participants]]

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