He has two brothers: Producer Boney Kapoor, who is 1 year older than him, and actor Sanjay Kapoor, who is much younger . He also has a sister, who is married in Delhi.

The Kapoor Brothers are related somehow to the Raj Kapoor dynasty. They are distant cousins. Anil's father was Prithviraj Kapoor's country cousin. Anil and family, come from Chembur.

Anil is married to Sunita Kapoor, who is his dress designer. She also runs this fitness gym called IDEA'S ( integrated dance & excersise academy) Its in Juhu, about 10 mins from their house. She is opening another one townside. She does not teach there but has many excellent instructors working for her. Its one of the best aerobics gym in bombay!! Anil himself had inaugurated it some years back.

They have 3 children: 2 daughters Sonam and Rhea, and 1 son, Harshawardhan.

Anil started his career with Woh Saat Din starring himself, Padmini Kolhapure and Naseerudhin Shah in lead role. Andar Baahar, Maashal, Shakti were major hit which were opposite established stars Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan and Jackie Shroff. Eshwar and Saheb were family oriented movie's which had a heart touching theme.Yudh and Kaala Bazaar were flop movies. Subhash Ghai's Karma gave Anil Kapoor a chance to show his talents. His role fetched him popularity. Ram Laakhan also helped Anil Kapoor in exhibiting his acting talents. The number ajee, Ojee proved that this actor would dance also. But Trimuti was a total flop. In 1989, Tezaab was released and Anil Kapoor became Super star in night. His character Munna was appreciated by public to such an extent that, even today after many years his performance is praised by people. Anil Kapoor gave many hits with Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit. Mr. India, Lamhe, Laadla with Sridevi were major hit at box office. Tezaab, Ram Laakhan, Parinda, Kishan Kanaiya with Madhuri Dixit were major hits, but Zindagi Ek Juaa, Jamai Raja, Jeevan Ek Saangarsh, Khel were total flop. 1942 A Love story had Anil Kapoor in a very different role against Manisha Koirala. Yash Chopra's Lamhe was a romantic movie in which script was entirely different and had Anil Kapoor in two different shades.

Today Anil Kapoor is on the peak of his career having Judaai and Viraasat, Dewaana Mastana as major hits in his lot. His performance in Viraasat fetched him with Videcon Screen award in best actor catogery. In day's of Akshaye Khanna and Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor has made place for himself in this industry. Anil Kapoor in still wanted in the public and his old and new movies are still appreciated by the public.

Anil Kapoor's latest releases like Biwi No.1, Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai, and Nayak. All are prominent roles. In Biwi No.1, he proved that he can also do comedy. While in Nayak, he played the role of man who gets the choice to become a politician for one day. He showed that if he gets to be a politician, India would rock !!!