---
name: "Arsher Ali"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/arsher-ali"
fi1m_id: "arsher-ali"
imdb_id: "nm2468782"
tmdb_id: 814200
wikidata_id: "Q16150056"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 April 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T16:43:40.490677+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Arsher Ali

## Identity

Arsher Ali

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/arsher-ali
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** arsher-ali
- **IMDb ID:** nm2468782
- **TMDB ID:** 814200
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16150056
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsher_Ali, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16150056, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2468782/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/814200

Actor. Born 9 April 1984 in Nottingham, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 April 1984, Nottingham, England, UK
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 85 (3), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 75 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, Mystery 2, Comedy 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $6m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsher_Ali, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16150056, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2468782/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/814200

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Four Lions*](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md) (94)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Arsher Ali is a British actor. He trained at East 15 Acting School and has performed regularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

He is known for his role as Hassan in the film *Four Lions* (2010). Other credits include Phil in *The Ritual* (2017), Bennett in *Doctor Who* (2005), William Grimes in *The Dig* (2021), Robert Lang in *Hijack* (2023), PC Harinderpal 'Hari' Baines in *Line of Duty* (2012), Lucas Sato in *Avenue 5* (2020), Malik Suri in *The Missing* (2014), Zak Khan in *Silent Witness* (1996) and Jake in *Been So Long* (2018). He married actress Roxy Shahidi in 2010.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Dig* (2021), Fi1m 68, as William Grimes — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dig.md)
- *The Missing* (2014), Fi1m 83, as Malik Suri — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-missing-2014.md)
- *Line of Duty* (2012), Fi1m 79, as PC Harinderpal 'Hari' Baines — [page](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md)
- *Four Lions* (2010), Fi1m 94, as Hassan — [page](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hijack* (2023), series, as Robert Lang — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/hijack.md)
- *Funny Woman* (2023), series, as Dennis Mahindra
- *The Fear Index* (2022), series, as Hugo
- *The Dig* (2021), as William Grimes — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dig.md)
- *Cold Courage* (2020), series, as DCI Peter Chandra
- *Avenue 5* (2020), series, as Lucas Sato
- *The Flood* (2019), as Nasrat
- *Been So Long* (2018), as Jake
- *To Provide All People* (2018), as Junior Doctor
- *The Ritual* (2017), as Phil
- *Ackley Bridge* (2017), series, as Samir Quereshi, Samir Qureshi
- *The Darkest Universe* (2016), as Dr. Max Robson
- *Life Stripped Bare* (2016), as Narrator
- *Remainder* (2015), as Naz
- *A Patch of Fog* (2015), as Troy Griffin
- *Arthur & George* (2015), series, as George Edalji
- *Arthur & George* (2015), as George
- *The Missing* (2014), series, as Malik Suri — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-missing-2014.md)
- *The Guilty* (2013), series, as DS Vinesh Roy
- *Complicit* (2013), as Waleed Ahmed
- *Line of Duty* (2012), series, as PC Harinderpal 'Hari' Baines — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md)
- *All in Good Time* (2012), as Etash
- *Beaver Falls* (2011), series, as A-Rab
- *Pulse* (2010), as Adam Hussein
- *Four Lions* (2010), as Hassan — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md)
- *Britz* (2007), as Matloob
- *Britz* (2007), series, as Matloob
- *Maxwell* (2007), as Franklin
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Bennett — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as Zak Khan

## Gallery

- ![Arsher Ali](https://film.one/media/person/119764/gallery-554923cdc224.jpg) Arsher Ali — Image via TMDB
- ![Arsher Ali](https://film.one/media/person/119764/gallery-5cc0509d6adb.jpg) Arsher Ali — Image via TMDB
- ![Arsher Ali](https://film.one/media/person/119764/gallery-0c3d01413523.jpg) Arsher Ali — Image via TMDB
- ![Arsher Ali](https://film.one/media/person/119764/gallery-ecabbf47ee00.jpg) Arsher Ali — Image via TMDB

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