Alyy Khan (or Aly Khan, ur, ; born 6 December 1968) is a

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actor and host who has worked in Hollywood,

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and

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films and television series. He is known for his roles in the films ''

A Mighty Heart ''A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Daniel Pearl'' (also subtitled ''A Mighty Heart: The Inside Story of the Al Qaeda Kidnapping of Danny Pearl'') (2003) is a memoir by Mariane Pearl, a freelance French journalist. She cove ...

'' (2007), ''

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'' (2008), '' Don 2'' (2011), '' 3 Bahadur'' (2015), ''

Actor in Law ''Actor in Law'' is a 2016 Pakistani socio-comedy film directed by Nabeel Qureshi, co-written and produced by Fizza Ali Meerza along with Mehdi Ali. The film was released on Eid-ul-Adha 2016. by Urdu 1 Pictures. The film stars Fahad Musta ...

'' (2016) and ''

Mogul Mowgli ''Mogul Mowgli'' is a 2020 drama film directed by Bassam Tariq, and written by Tariq and Riz Ahmed. It stars Ahmed and features Aiysha Hart, Alyy Khan, Sudha Bhuchar, Nabhaan Rizwan, and Anjana Vasan. It tells the story of a British-Pakistani r ...

'' (2020), and also played a parallel lead in the telefilm '' Anjuman'' (2013). Khan has also appeared in several television series, including ''

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'' (2006), '' Strike Back'' (2011), ''

Saat Pardon Mein ''Saat Pardon Mein'' ( ur, , lit=Behind Seven Veils) was a 2012 Pakistani romantic fantasy drama serial aired on Geo TV every Friday. Serial is written by ''Zanjabeel Asim Shah'' and directed by ''Yasir Nawaz'', starring ''Qaiser Khan Nizamani'' ...

'' (2012), ''

Indian Summers ''Indian Summers'' is a British drama television series that began airing on Channel 4 on 15 February 2015. The show details the events of summers spent at Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, by a group of the British governing and tradi ...

'' (2015) and ''

Pakeezah ''Pakeezah'' (; ) is a 1972 Indian Hindustani language, Hindustani-language Musical film, musical romantic drama film that was written, directed, and produced by Kamal Amrohi. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, and Raaj Kumar. It tells ...

'' (2016). In 2012, Khan hosted the television reality show ''

Foodistan ''Foodistan'' is a television cooking game show. It is produced by BIG Synergy for NDTV Good Times and Geo Entertainment. The show puts India and Pakistan's best chefs against each other in a competition. While their individual cuisines are si ...

'' for

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and

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. Recent credits include ''The Serpent'' (2020) on Netflix, ''Shantaram'' (2022) Paramount/Apple + TV and ''The Archie's'' (2022) Netflix India.

Early Life

Studied at Bombay Scottish School, Mumbai. Studied drama under the tutelage of the late Hima Devi of the Hima Kala Kendra, Mumbai affiliated to the Trinity College,London. He also has a diploma in film and television production from the ''Pimlico Arts and Media College, London.''

Filmography

Television

References

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