Aditya Roy Kapoor made his debut in Bollywood with London Dreams in 2009. Before making his acting debut, he worked as a VJ for Channel V.
Then he played a supporting role in Action Replay in 2010 as Bunty, the son of Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai. Also in 2010, he played the role of Omar Siddiqui in Guzaarish, he's second movie with Rai.
He rose to prominence after playing the lead role of Rahul Jaykar in Aashiqui 2. It was the second-highest grossing Hindi film of 2013. He won Big Star Entertainment Award for Best Actor in a Romantic role as well as Screen Award for Jodi No 1, Star Guild Award for Jodi of the year along with Sharddha Kapoor.
He's next successful movie was Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani in 2013, which became the highest grossing Indian films of all time. He played a supporting role of Avinash 'Avi' Arora. He won IIFA for Best supporting Actor for this role.