AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Anupam Tripathi of ‘Squid Game’

By JUWON PARK
AP Entertainment Writer

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Anupam Tripathi said his grandfather sometimes read his palm and told him he’d be rich one day. He jokingly responded: “Where is my money!” The 33-year-old Tripathi was rightfully doubtful. The Indian actor who relocated to South Korea more than a decade ago eked out a living singing in humble theaters and through minor film gigs in his adopted home country. Now, after the global success of Netflix’s “Squid Game” and his turn as Ali Abdul, his future is far more hopeful. Tripathi’s sudden shot to international fame has made him one of AP’s breakthrough entertainers of the year alongside Rachel Zegler, Saweetie and Damson Idris