Ali Rehman Khan () is a Pakistani

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

who appears in Urdu films, television series, and theater plays. Khan has won two

Hum Awards Hum Awards are annual Pakistani accolades bestowed by the Hum Network Limited in recognition of excellence in programming of television, fashion and music industry of Pakistan. Winners are awarded the Hum Award of Merit. The awards were first pr ...

and has been nominated twice at the

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for his acting prowess. Born and raised in

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, Khan pursued a bachelor's in business management from the University College of Islamabad and master's from the

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. He made his acting debut with the road-comedy ''

Gol Chakkar ''Gol Chakkar'' is a 2012 Lollywood, Pakistani comedy film directed by Shahbaz Shigri, produced and written by Aisha Linnea Akhtar. Film features Ali Rehman Khan, Hasan Bruun Akhtar, Usman Mukhtar, Salmaan Ahmed Shaukat, Uzair Jaswal, Adil Gul, ...

'' (2012) starring Hamza Aslam, Junaid and Jawad Jahangir and then starred in the romantic television drama ''

Rishtay Kuch Adhooray Se ''Rishtay Kuch Adhooray Se'' is a Pakistani Drama (film and television), drama broadcast on Hum TV that aired every Sunday at 8:00pm. It is directed by Farooq Rind and written by Nadia Akhtar. The series is produced by Momina Duraid, and the mai ...

'' (2013), which earned him wider recognition. He rose to prominence with starring roles in the television series, such as the romance '' Muhabbat Ab Nahi Hugi'' (2014) and the acclaimed family drama ''

Diyar-e-Dil ''Diyar-e-Dil'' ( ; ) (also known as ''Dayar-e-Dil'') is a Pakistani television Pakistani drama, drama serial, that originally aired on Hum TV from 17 March 2015 to 27 October 2015, in List of Diyar-e-Dil episodes, 33 episodes.''Diyar-e-Dil'' ...

'' (2015). Khan achieved further success by featuring in the commercially successful romantic comedies ''

Janaan ''Janaan'' (Urdu/Pashto: جانان; ) is a 2016 Pakistani romantic comedy film directed by Azfar Jafri, written by Osman Khalid Butt and co-produced by Hareem Farooq, Munir Hussain, Imran Raza Kazmi and Reham Khan, under production banners o ...

'' (2016), '' Parchi'' (2018) and '' Heer Maan Ja'' (2019), the first of these earned him the Lux Style Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination.

Early life and education

Rehman was born in

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, Pakistan on 6 May 1989. An ethnic

Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ;), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are an Iranic ethnic group primarily residing in southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. They were historically also referred to as Afghans until 1964 after the ...

, his family roots lie in

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. His father has worked as a diplomat, having served at the Pakistan embassy in

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and later at the consulate in

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. He attended the University College of Islamabad and went on to receives his postgraduate degree in Business Management from the

. Before making acting his professional career he worked with

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organizations such as

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and

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, specializing in questions related to migration and refugees, before being hired as a consultant for some four years at the International Centre for Migration Policy Development in

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Career

Theatre and cinema

Rehman began working as a theater actor in 2004. He made his film debut with '' Slackistan'' in 2010 followed by the comedy-drama ''

'' in 2012. Both films are still unreleased; ''Slackistan'' was banned by Central Board of Film Censors (CBFC), Pakistan due to strong language and dialogue. ''Gol Chakkar'' was ultimately approved and was screened in October 2012. He was then cast in the romantic-comedy film ''

'' with fellow television actors

Bilal Ashraf Bilal Ashraf (; born 10 October 1979) is a Pakistani actor, producer, and visual effects director. After studying visual effects at Franklin Marshall College, he started his career as a visual effects director and then pursued his career in a ...

and Armeena Khan. The film was released on 13 September 2016, in theaters and garnered him praise as well as the Lux Style Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination.

Television

He made his acting debut in television with a leading role in the

Hum TV Hum TV HD is a 24-hour Urdu general entertainment TV channel based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded by Sultana Siddiqui and Duraid Qureshi. It is owned by Hum Network Limited and traded on the Pakistan Stock Exchange as (HUMNL). Hum Net ...

's romantic drama series ''

'' in 2013. He then starred in the 2014 drama serial '' Muhabbat Ab Nahi Hugi''. He played Suhaib Bakhtiyar Khan in his third drama serial ''

'' which was premiered on 17 March 2015, along with

Hareem Farooq Hareem Farooq (; born 26 May 1989) is a Pakistani theatre, film, and television actress and film producer. She began her career with theater, playing the lead role of Fatima Jinnah in '' Pawnay 14 August'' and Kiran in '' Aangan Terha''. She ma ...

Meekal Zulfiqar Mian Mikaal Patras Zulfiqar (born 5 September 1981), commonly known as Mikaal Zulfiqar (), is a British-Pakistani actor and former model. He has appeared in a number of Pakistani television series. He has also acted in a few Indian films and is ...

and

Sanam Saeed Sanam Saeed is a Pakistani actress, singer and former model who predominantly works in Urdu cinema and television. She is best known for portraying the role of Kashaf Murtaza in Momina Duraid's ''Zindagi Gulzar Hai'', for which she received nu ...

. In 2023, he was noted for playing an

intersex Intersex people are those born with any of several sex characteristics, including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical binar ...

character in the drama ''Guru''.

Filmography

Films

Television series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rehman Khan, Ali Alumni of the University of London Living people Pakistani male film actors Pakistani male television actors Pashtun male actors Male actors from Islamabad 1989 births Pakistani expatriates in Austria