Ali Fazal
Birthdate: Oct 15, 1986
Birthplace: Lucknow, India
Ali Fazal is a Hindi movie star who has broken through to co-starring in American and British productions. Although he early on established a major presence in Bollywood cinema in 2009, Fazal’s feature debut was in the American-made comedy-drama, The Other End of the Line (2007), with Jesse Metcalfe and Shriya Saran directed by James Dodson.
After eight years as a rising Bollywood star, Fazal landed a role in his first major Hollywood movie, Furious 7 (2015), directed by James Wan and starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson, Kurt Russell, Michelle Rodriguez, and Tyrese Gibson, and grossing $1.5 billion worldwide (marking it as the fourth-highest-grossing movie in history at the time of release.
Ali Fazal’s first starring role in an English-language production was director Stephen Frears’ Victoria & Abdul (2017), co-starring Judi Dench, with Eddie Izzard and Michael Gambon, premiering at the Venice Film Festival. Fazal’s next English-language movie role was the Agatha Christie adaptation, Death on the Nile (2022), under the direction of Kenneth Branagh and with Branagh, Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, and Letitia Wright. Fazal co-starred with Gerard Butler in the Iranian-themed drama, Kandahar (2023), directed by Ric Roman Waugh, with Navid Negahban and Travis Fimmel, and released by Open Road Films.
Personal Details
Ali Fazal was born in Delhi and raised in India’s Uttar Pradesh state in the city of Lucknow. His father, Mohammad Rafique, and his late mother (who died in 2020) divorced after Fazal’s birth, and for most of his childhood, Fazal was raised by his grandparents. Fazal attended International Indian School in Dammam; La Martiniere College in Lucknow; and the all-boys boarding school The Doon School in Dehradun, where he began to explore acting and theater. Fazal’s college education was at Mumbai-based St. Xavier’s College. Fazal has been married to actor Richa Chadha since 2022 after the COVID-19 pandemic delayed their planned wedding. Fazal’s height is 5’ 11”.
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- 2023 | Fukrey 3as Zaffer
- 2023 | Khufiyaas Themselves
- 2023 | The Underbugas Self - Host
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- 2022 | Afghan Dreamersas Samir Khan
- 2022 | Tadkaas Siddharth
- 2022 | The Astronaut and His Parrotas Self
- 2022 | Death on the NileasKatchadourian
Death on the Nile
While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.
- 2019 | House Arrestas Karan
- 2019 | Milan Talkiesas Annu
- 2019 | PrassthanamasAyushmann Singh
Prassthanam
A rural politician marries a widow with kids and gains a respectable position. He trusts his stepson more than his own in political matters; thus upsetting his son beyond limits.
- 2018–2024 • 20 eps | Mirzapuras Guddu Pandit
- 2018 | Happy Phirr Bhag JayegiasGuddu
Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
Harpreet Kaur, a woman who travels to China to find her fiance, gets mistakenly kidnapped by some thugs whose assignment was to abduct another woman of the same name travelling by the same flight.
- 2017 | Fukrey Returnsas Zafar
- 2017 | Victoria & AbdulasAbdul Karim
Victoria & Abdul
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
- 2016 | Happy Bhaag Jayegias Guddu
- 2015 | For Here or to Go?as Vivek Pandit
- 2015 | Khamoshiyanas Kabir
- 2014 | Bobby Jasoosas Tasawur
- 2014 | Sonali Cableas Raghu Pawar
- 2013 | Baat Bann Gayias Kabir
- 2013 | Fukreyas Zafar
- 2011 | Always Kabhi Kabhias Sameer A. Khanna
- 2009 | Ek Tho Chanceas Host
Some Facts About Ali Fazal
Desirable: Ali Fazal was listed among India’s “Most Desirable Men” in a 2014 poll in The Times of India.
