- Was a swimming champion at the Bhowanipur Swimming Association three years in a row.
- Was the first ever recipient of the Best Actor Award from the Government of India for his performances in The Zoo (1967) and Antony Firingee (1967).
- Acted in many films with Supriya Choudhury. The two got involved off-screen as well, and in 1963, Uttam left his wife and stayed with Supriya for the next 17 years until his death.
- He acted with Bollywood star Asha Parekh in a Hindi film titled "Jhankar", but it was never released.
- His family owned the theater group 'Suhrid Samaj' which staged many amateur shows in Ahiritola, North Kolkata.
- Often starred alongside actress Suchitra Sen on-screen. The duo ushered in the so-called 'golden era' of Bengali cinema, and they went on to become icons of Bengali romantic melodramas for more than twenty years.
- Elder brother of Tarun Kumar Chatterjee.
- Grandfather of Gourab Chatterjee.
- A animated picture was used of Sulashana Pandit and Uttam Kumar for Haruomi Hosono International album "Cochin Moon". The album cover showed a fictional Bollywood movie.This was in 1978. The album had a unique version of the song "Hum Ghar Sajan " by Bhai Ranjit Singh Chandan .
- Step father of actress Soma Chatterjee.
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