- Brother of Karan Kapoor and Sanjana Kapoor.
- Son of actors Shashi Kapoor and the late Jennifer Kendal.
- Nephew of Felicity Kendal.
- Cousin of Randhir , Rishi , Rajiv Kapoor, Kanchan Desai.
- His filmography is often mixed up with actors with the same name. The first is Kunal Roy Kapoor" from the movie Delhi Belly " Kunal Kapoor" The second is " Kunal Kapoor" who acted in Rang De Basanti in 2006. The third is "Kunal Karan Kapoor" a TV actor who acted in the movie Sparsh in 2003. The fourth is " Kunal Kapoor" who acted in Mashuka opposite Moon Moon Sen. He is a Bhojpuri superstar.
- Bhappi Soni offered Kunal the film Sasti Dulhan Mengha Dulha. He quoted high price that annoyed Bhappie. Soni then instructed his assistants to go find a look a like of Kunal Kapoor for the film. He wanted to show Kunal he could make anyone a star. That is when they discovered Aditya Pancholi in a train compartment. He resembled Kunal and was signed immediately by most in the film industry.
- Dubbed the dialogues for his brother Karan Kapoor in the movie Sultanat.
- His wife is the daughter of director Ramesh Sippy. Kunal and Sheena have two children, son Zahaan and daughter Shaira.
- Grandson of Prithviraj Kapoor.
- Cousin to Bollywood actors Randhir, Rishi and Rajiv Kapoor.
- Uncle to Bollywood actors Karishma , Kareena and Ranbir Kapoor.
- Nephew of Raj , Shammi Kapoor.
- Uncle to Karishma Kapoor Kareena Kapoor Ranbir Kapoor.
- Former brother in law of Director Aditya Bhattacharya.
- Grand nephew of Trilok Kapoor ( Prithviraj's brother).
- Nephew of director Vijay Kapoor and Actor , Politician Vicky Kapoor ( Har Har Mahadev). They are the children of Trilok Kapoor.
- Grand nephew to actor Trilok Kapoor ( Prithviraj Kapoor's brother).
- Dad Shashi Kapoor's maternal uncle was actor Jugal Kishore Mehra. Jugal married actress Anwari Begum and adopted her daughter actress Zarine ( Nasreen) Nasreen is the mother of actress/ singer Salma Agha. This makes Kunal Kapoor a cousin of Salma Agha. Kunal is also the uncle of actress Sasha Agha. Salma's daughter.
- Born on June 26, 1959.
- His cousin is Sanjay Kapoor the CEO of Talking Pictures Productions in Bahrain. Sanjay is the son of director Vijay Kapoor. Vijay Kapoor has another son named Ajay Kapoor. Ajay Kapoor is the Executive Director at Indra Media Pvt Ltd. Ajay is Zee Sports - Head of Programming. Ajay has also been a producer of several drama series. He has also been the Nimbus Television - Creative Director. Ajay has also been the producer of Ten Sports. Director Vijay Kapoor also has a daughter named Anuradha settled in India. Anuradha has a daughter settled in Australia.
- Starred in a shelved film with Dev Anand discovery Natsha Sinha in 1985.
- Married Sheena Sippy on September 18, 1991.
- Director Suraj Prakash signed Kunal Kapoor for a film in 1983. The film was eventually shelved.
- In 1984, Pranlal Mehta was planning a film with Kunal. It eventually got shelved.
- In 2002/2008, Goldie Behl was going to produce a film titled "Shor", written by Anurag Kashyap. Shashi Kapoor's son Kunal Kapoor was to debut as a director. It was to star Abhishek Bachchan and got shelved.
- In 1980,Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan flew down to Delhi to meet director Sir Richard Attenborough. They had flown to discuss a potential role for Kunal Kapoor in the movie Gandhi.
- Starred in Laxmi Chitra's shelved movie " Qamyab"(1983) Starring Shashi Kapoor, Asha Parekh,Parveen Babi, Raj Babbar, Kunal Kapoor,Amjad Khan, Written by Suroor-Subash, Music by Kalyanji Anandji, Directed by Suraj Prakash.
- Kunal Kapoor signed and shot for Ghar Bazaar (Ghar Aur Bazaar) with his father Shashi Kapoor, in the mid 80s. He later opted out due to delays. The film's audio cassette was released with Kunal Kapoor and Natasha Sinha photo on the cover. Shekhar Suman was eventually signed for the film and replaced Kunal Kapoor.
- Grandnephew of actor and R.K.studio manager, Vishwa Mehra. Vishwa Mehra was first cousins with Kunal's paternal grandmother Ramsaran Mehra.
- Cousin to Bollywood actors Prem Kishen and Monty Nath.
- Cousin of actor Jatin Sial ( Aunt Urmila Sial's son).
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