Sahabzade Irrfan Ali Khan, popularly known as Irrfan Khan, ( born 30 November 1962) is an Indian actor in film, television and theatre.He has won two Filmfare Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
Career
In the 1990s he appeared in the critically acclaimed film Ek Doctor Ki Maut and Such a Long Journey (1998) and various other films which went unnoticed.Many unsuccessful films, things changed when London-based director Asif Kapadia gave him the lead in The Warrior, a historical film completed in 11 weeks on location in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. In 2001 The Warrior opened in international film festivals, making Irrfan Khan a known face.His first Bollywood main lead role came in 2005 with film Rog. Thereafter he appeared in several films either playing the leading role or a supporting role as a villain. In 2004 he won the Filmfare Best Villain Award for his role in film Haasil.In 2007, he appeared in the box office hits Metro, for which he received a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award, and The Namesake. They were closely followed by his appearance in the international films A Mighty Heart and The Darjeeling Limited.He also plays the police inspector in the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire, for which he and the cast of the movie won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Movies
Acid Factory ( Bollywood - 2009) Chamku ( Bollywood - 2008) Mumbai Meri Jaan ( Bollywood - 2008) Krazzy 4 ( Bollywood - 2008) View All Movies
In the News
Major Achievements
Haasil (2003)-Filmfare Best Villain Award
Life in a Metro(2007)-Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award.
Slumdog Millionaire(2008)-Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Personal Life
Khan is married to writer Sutapa Sikdar who's also a NSD graduate and they have two children named Babil and Ayan.
He has two brothers, Imran Khan and Salman Khan and one sister Rukhsana Begum. They still live in Jaipur and run their businesses
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