1. Kapil hails from a Punjabi family in Amritsar, Punjab, India.

2. His father, Jeetendra Kumar Punj, served as a head constable in the Punjab Police, while his mother, Janak Rani, is a homemaker.

3. Unfortunately, Kapil’s father passed away in 2004 after battling cancer.

4. He attended Shri Ram Ashram Senior Secondary School and later studied at Hindu College, Amritsar, and Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar.

5. Kapil rose to fame by winning the third season of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge in 2007, earning a cash prize of ?10 lakh.

6. He hosted and produced popular television comedy shows like Comedy Nights with Kapil and Family Time with Kapil.

7. Kapil has won various seasons of the comedy show Comedy Circus alongside different partners.

8. In 2011, he participated in the singing reality show Star Ya Rockstar, finishing as the second runner-up.

9. His film debut was in Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (2015), followed by appearances in Firangi (2017) and Zwigato (2023).

10. Kapil also lent his voice for the Hindi dubbing of The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019).

11. Kapil married Ginni Chatrath in Jalandhar on December 12, 2018.

12. The couple is blessed with two children: a daughter born in 2019 and a son born on February 1, 2021.

13. Kapil faced allegations of misbehaving with female co-stars during an event related to the International Marathi Film Festival Awards 2015.

14. Nurses from medical colleges and hospitals in Amritsar objected to the portrayal of glamorous nurses on The Kapil Sharma Show.

15. His tweet alleging corruption in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) sparked controversy.

16. In 2017, he was accused of being abusive to fellow comedian Sunil Grover on a flight from Melbourne, Australia.