 Deol was born into a Jat family to Ajit Singh Deol and Usha Deol.He is the nephew of Film Actor Dharmendra, and the cousin of Esha Deol, Ahana Deol, Bobby Deol and Sunny Deol.Abhay Deol stated in an interview with Rediff that he is into acting not because of his father, but because he was involved in theatre since school.