Neil Nitin Mukesh born 15 January 1982, also known as Neil Mathur is a Bollywood actor. He is the son of singer Nitin Mukesh and the grandson of the late noted singer Mukesh. Mukesh Chand Mathur is his grandfather and great playback singer of Indian cinema.

Neil graduated from HR College, with a Bachelors degree in Communications at his father's insistence, he has been very focused on his career since he was in the 12th standard. He did a 4-month workshop with Kishore Namit Kapoor and also at Anupam Kher's institute during his vacations. He also assisted Aditya Chopra in his movie Mujhse Dosti Karoge, when he was in college. Neil did receive offers as a lead actor earlier, but as he did not want to debut with a love story, he chose to wait. Then Sriram Raghavan offered him Johnny Gaddaar, whose script he was very impressed with, as it demanded an ensemble cast.

He has always wanted to be an actor. It has been his childhood dream. He has also worked in Yash Raj Films' movie Vijay and Vimal Kumar's Jaisi Karni Waisi Bharni as a child artiste when he was around 4 years old. He played the role of Govinda (actor) as a child in Jaisi Karni Waisi Bharni.

As a child he made appearances in Vijay (1988) and Jaisi Karni Waisi Bharni (1989).

Neil made his movie debut with the 2007 crime thriller Johnny Gaddaar directed by Sriram Raghavan. He received good reviews for his role of Vikram, the main antagonist. Though the movie did not do well at the box-office, his acting was appreciated. A reviewer noted that he has made a good move by not being afraid of taking on a negative role. His upcoming films are Sudhir Mishra's Tera Kya Hoga Johnny followed by New York, Aa Dekhen Zara and Madhur Bhandarkar's Jail.