--- name: "Irrfan Khan" canonical: "https://film.one/person/irrfan-khan" fi1m_id: "irrfan-khan" imdb_id: "nm0451234" tmdb_id: 76793 wikidata_id: "Q360927" roles: ["Actor"] born: "7 January 1967" died: "29 April 2020" reviewed_on_fi1m: 6 average_fi1m_score: 73 average_as: "actor" average_over: 6 updated: "2026-10-05T12:24:47.659990+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." --- # Irrfan Khan ## Identity Irrfan Khan - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/irrfan-khan - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** irrfan-khan - **IMDb ID:** nm0451234 - **TMDB ID:** 76793 - **Wikidata ID:** Q360927 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrfan_Khan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360927, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451234/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76793 Actor. Born 7 January 1967 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Died 29 April 2020. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 7 January 1967, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India - **Died:** 29 April 2020 - **Active:** 1988–2016 - **Also known as:** Irfan Khan, Saahabzaade Irfan Ali Khan, Irrfan, इरफ़ान ख़ान, 이르판 칸, 伊凡·卡漢, Ірфан Кхан - **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 6 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 69 (4) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 71 across 5 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 2 of 6 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Adventure 3, Romance 2, Science Fiction 2, Action 1, Crime 1 - **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $3,442m across 6 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrfan_Khan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360927, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451234/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76793 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*The Amazing Spider-Man*](https://film.one/film/the-amazing-spider-man.md) (64), [*Jurassic World*](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world.md) (60) - **HBO Max:** [*Life of Pi*](https://film.one/film/life-of-pi.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Irrfan Khan > Irrfan Khan’s strength was making thought visible through small gestures and giving dialogue the ease of conversation. We rate his restraint highly; the smaller international parts are an incomplete guide to what he could do. In *Life of Pi* (2012), Irrfan Khan tells a story to Rafe Spall’s Writer without making the telling seem an occasion for grand statements. As Adult Pi Patel, he speaks easily, even when the words sound prepared for quotation. We felt relieved when Khan spoke: his calm delivery made the framing scenes less insistent than their lessons about belief might have been. Ang Lee’s sea adventure is gripping, but the repeated explanations slow its introduction, and Khan cannot make them all necessary. He gives us someone worth listening to while the script keeps telling us what to think. That conversational ease came with watchful eyes, small changes of expression and a willingness to leave a silence alone. After years of television, the lead in *The Warrior* (2001) brought his breakthrough. Leading roles in Hindi cinema followed, including the title part in *Maqbool* (2004), a Hindi adaptation of *Macbeth*. *Slumdog Millionaire* (2008), in which he plays the Police Inspector, helped bring him wider recognition. We like Danny Boyle’s quick, warm romance, despite its conspicuous coincidences, but Dev Patel supplies its human centre. It would be misleading to recommend it chiefly as a Khan vehicle. His later supporting parts in *The Amazing Spider-Man* (2012) and *Jurassic World* (2015) continued that international pattern. Khan’s ease can make us too forgiving of the writing. In *Life of Pi*, we still want fewer explanations, however comfortably he delivers them. *The Lunchbox* (2013), with Khan leading as Saajan Fernandes in a romance conducted through letters, offers a better place to look for the emotional detail of his restrained acting. Start there if the international supporting roles are all that is familiar. ## Biography Irrfan Khan (also credited as Irfan Khan) was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema as well as British and American films. He was born Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan on 7 January 1967 in Rajasthan, India, and died on 29 April 2020 in Mumbai. Khan appeared in more than fifty films over a career spanning nearly thirty years. He is known for roles including the Police Inspector in *Slumdog Millionaire* (2008), the adult Pi Patel in *Life of Pi* (2012), Masrani in *Jurassic World* (2015), and Saajan Fernandes in *The Lunchbox* (2013). He also appeared in *The Amazing Spider-Man* (2012), *The Darjeeling Limited* (2007) and *Inferno* (2016). Khan received a National Film Award, multiple Filmfare Awards and the Padma Shri in 2011. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (6) - *Jurassic World* (2015), Fi1m 60, as Masrani — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world.md) - *The Lunchbox* (2013), Fi1m 75, as Saajan Fernandes — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lunchbox.md) - *Life of Pi* (2012), Fi1m 78, as Adult Pi Patel — [page](https://film.one/film/life-of-pi.md) - *The Amazing Spider-Man* (2012), Fi1m 64, as Rajit Ratha — [page](https://film.one/film/the-amazing-spider-man.md) - *Slumdog Millionaire* (2008), Fi1m 78, as Police Inspector — [page](https://film.one/film/slumdog-millionaire.md) - *Salaam Bombay!* (1988), Fi1m 82, as Letter Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/salaam-bombay.md) ## Complete filmography (120) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Last Tenant* (2026), Actor - *Murder At Teesri Manzil 302* (2021), as Chand - *Apno Se Bewafai* (2020), Actor - *Angrezi Medium* (2020), as Champak Goswami - *The Song of Scorpions* (2019), as Aadam - *Karwaan* (2018), as Shaukat - *Puzzle* (2018), as Robert - *Blackmail* (2018), as Dev Kaushal - *Qarib Qarib Singlle* (2017), as Vyogi - *No Bed of Roses* (2017), as Javed Hasan · Producer - *Tokyo Trial* (2017), as Radhabinod Pal - *Hindi Medium* (2017), as Raj Batra - *Tokyo Trial* (2016), series, as Radhabinod Pal - *Inferno* (2016), as Harry Sims - *Madaari* (2016), as Nirmal Kumar - *Bajirao Mastani* (2015), as Narrator (voice) - *Jazbaa* (2015), as Yohan - *Talvar* (2015), as Ashwin Kumar - *Kaash* (2015), Producer - *Jurassic World* (2015), as Masrani — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world.md) - *Piku* (2015), as Rana Chaudhary - *Haider* (2014), as Roohdaar - *The Xposé* (2014), as Alec D'Costa - *Gunday* (2014), as Satyajeet Sarkar - *The Lunchbox* (2013), as Saajan Fernandes · Executive Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lunchbox.md) - *Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost* (2013), as Umber Singh - *D-Day* (2013), as Wali Khan - *Meridian Lines* (2013), as Devraj - *Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns* (2013), as Indarjeet Singh - *Life of Pi* (2012), as Adult Pi Patel — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/life-of-pi.md) - *The Amazing Spider-Man* (2012), as Rajit Ratha — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-amazing-spider-man.md) - *Paan Singh Tomar* (2012), as Paan Singh Tomar - *Thank You* (2011), as Vikram - *7 Khoon Maaf* (2011), as Wasiullah Khan - *Yeh Saali Zindagi* (2011), as Arun - *Hisss* (2010), as Vinkram Gupta - *Knock Out* (2010), as Tony Khosla - *Right Yaaa Wrong* (2010), as Inspector Vinay Patnaik - *Acid Factory* (2009), as Kaiser - *New York* (2009), as Roshan - *Billu* (2009), as Billas Pardesi aka Billo Barber - *Dil Kabaddi* (2008), as Samit - *Slumdog Millionaire* (2008), as Police Inspector — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/slumdog-millionaire.md) - *New York, I Love You* (2008), as Mansukhbhai - *Chamku* (2008), as Vijay Raj - *Mumbai Meri Jaan* (2008), as Thomas - *Krazzy 4* (2008), as Dr. Mukherjee - *Migration* (2008), as Abhay - *In Treatment* (2008), series, as Sunil Sanyal - *Sunday* (2008), as Kumar Mangat - *Tulsi: Mathrudevobhava* (2008), as Suraj - *Aaja Nachle* (2007), as Faruq - *The Darjeeling Limited* (2007), as The Father - *My Own Sky* (2007), as Ravi Kumar - *A Mighty Heart* (2007), as Zeeshan Kazmi - *Life in a Metro* (2007), as Debu - *Partition* (2007), as Avtar Singh - *Sainikudu* (2006), as Pappu Yadav - *Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante* (2006), as Krish - *The Namesake* (2006), as Ashoke Ganguli - *The Killer* (2006), as Vikram / Roopchand Swaroopchand Solanki - *Yun Hota To Kya Hota* (2006), as Salim Rajabali - *Mano Ya Na Mano* (2006), series, Actor - *Mr. 100%* (2006), Actor - *Dubai Return* (2005), as Aftab Angrez - *The Film* (2005), as Shamim Bhai (Voice) - *Shadows of Time* (2005), as Yanni - *Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets* (2005), as Pipi - *7½ Phere* (2005), as Manoj Joshi - *Chehraa* (2005), as Chandranath Diwan - *Rog* (2005), as Inspector Uday Rathore - *Haathi Ka Anda* (2005), as Badruddin - *Aan: Men at Work* (2004), as Yusuf Pathan - *Charas: A Joint Effort* (2004), as Randhir Singh Rathore - *Bokshu - The Myth* (2003), Actor - *Road to Ladakh* (2003), as Shafiq - *Footpath* (2003), as Sheikh - *The Bypass* (2003), as Policeman - *Supari* (2003), as Baba - *Haasil* (2003), as Ranvijay Singh - *Dhund: The Fog* (2003), as Ajit Khurana - *Maqbool* (2003), as Maqbool Miyan - *Pratha* (2002), as Ninni Pandey / Babu Mallah - *Kali Salwar* (2002), as Shankar - *Gunaah* (2002), as ACP Digvijay Pandey - *The Warrior* (2001), as Lafcadia - Warrior - *Kasoor* (2001), as public prosecutor - *Ghaath* (2000), as Mamu / Romesh Bhagwat Dogra - *Ek Shaam Ki Mulakaat* (2000), Actor - *Govind Aur Ganesh* (2000), as Ganesh Sen - *Fursat Mein* (2000), as Producer - *The Goal* (1999), as Anupam Singh - *Bhoron Ne Khilaya Phool* (1999), Actor - *Such a Long Journey* (1998), as Gustad's Father - *Bada Din* (1998), as Police Inspector - *Bhanwar* (1998), series, Actor - *Bombay Blue* (1997), series, as Ramiz - *Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One* (1997), as Inspector Khan - *Incomplete* (1995), Actor - *Purush* (1994), as Siddart - *Vaade Iraade* (1994), as Naresh Tripathi - *The Cloud Door* (1994), as Irfan - *Kirdaar* (1993), series, Actor - *Karamati Coat* (1993), as Jaggu - *Banegi Apni Baat* (1993), series, as Kumar - *Ek Thi Maria* (1993), Actor - *A Briefcase Full of Reflexive Maladies* (1992), Actor - *Manoeuvre* (1992), as The Man - *Veg. Non-Veg* (1992), Actor - *Let's Be Friends* (1992), Actor - *You Can't Give Any Reason* (1992), Actor - *Pita* (1991), as Dr. Sen - *Drishti* (1990), as Rahul - *Morning* (1990), Actor - *Death of a Doctor* (1990), as Amulya - *Reconnaissance* (1990), Actor - *Kamla Ki Maut* (1989), as Ajit - *Salaam Bombay!* (1988), as Letter Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/salaam-bombay.md) - *The Discovery of India* (1988), series, as Al-Beruni, Malayaketu, Badayuni, Bade Khan, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Saleem - *Morning*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Irrfan Khan](https://film.one/media/person/99941/gallery-08b25ee91009.jpg) Irrfan Khan — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Irrfan_Khan_May_2015_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Anca Verma and actor Irfan Khan (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/99941/gallery-76d2589d9570.jpg) Anca Verma and actor Irfan Khan (2010) — Authorincharge, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Anca_Verma_and_actor_Irfan_Khan.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![ইৰফান খানৰ ছবি। (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/99941/gallery-fac77fde7d10.jpg) ইৰফান খানৰ ছবি। (2020) — Nayan j Nath, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Irfan_Khan_the_gem.jpg/1280px-Irfan_Khan_the_gem.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Irrfan Khan at the launch of NDTV Lumiere's The Orphanage (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/99941/gallery-f571650f877a.jpg) Irrfan Khan at the launch of NDTV Lumiere's The Orphanage (2008) — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/IrrfanKhan.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Irrfan Khan](https://film.one/media/person/99941/gallery-6108e118f565.jpg) Irrfan Khan — Image via TMDB - ![Premiere of Goodbye Bafana](https://film.one/media/person/99941/gallery-87b131c77cc8.jpg) Premiere of Goodbye Bafana — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Irrfan_Khan_still2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Qamar with Irfan khan (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/99941/gallery-90d518773d39.jpg) Qamar with Irfan khan (2024) — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Saba_Qamar_with_Irfan_khan.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 9 won - Filmfare Award for Best Actor 2019: Filmfare Award for Best Actor (won), for *Hindi Medium* - Filmfare Award for Best Actor 2018: Filmfare Award for Best Actor (won), for *Hindi Medium* - Asian Film Award for Best Actor 2014: Asian Film Award for Best Actor (won), for *The Lunchbox* - CNN-News18 Indian of the Year 2012: CNN-News18 Indian of the Year (won) - Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor 2011: Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor (won), for *Paan Singh Tomar* - National Film Award for Best Actor 2011: National Film Award for Best Actor (won), for *Paan Singh Tomar* - Padma Shri in arts 2011: Padma Shri in arts (won) - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor 2008: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor (won), for *Life in a... Metro* - Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role 2004: Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role (won), for *Haasil* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/irrfan-khan