Sunny Gill is a Canadian-born Indian actor and model of Punjabi origin. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Jat Sikh Punjabi parents. He began his modeling career after being noticed by fashion designers Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla, and then went on to work at the Lakme and Wills India Fashion Weeks, and at Global Hindi Film Awards Shows like GIFA and IIFA. At the IIFA show in Dubai, he was complimented by Amitabh Bachchan for his work on the ramp. He also featured in several TV commercials, including a Brylcreem hair gel commercial, and was in the Jagjit Singh music video "Raat Khamosh Hai" and another video for VJ Sophie Choudry, "Mera Babu Chhail Chhabila."