Born in Uttar Pradesh and brought up in Punjab, Jimmy Sheirgill is an actor. He mainly works in Hindi and Punjabi movies. Jimmy Sheirgill comes from a very famous family. His paternal grand aunt was Amrita Shergill – the famous Indian painter and writer. Sheirgill's acting career kicked off in the year 1996. His first film was Maachhis, which was a hit at the box office. In that movie, he got noticed by Aditya Chopra, which finally led him to the way of the movie Mohabbatein, a musical romantic drama. The movie turned out to be a superhit at the box office, and after that there was no looking back for Jimmy. He has worked in many Bollywood films and won the hearts of critics as well. Talking about his Punjabi film career, he did his first Punjabi film in 2005, which was Yaaran Naal Baharan. After that, he gave hit movies to the Punjabi film industry.