---
name: "Iska Khan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/iska-khan"
fi1m_id: "iska-khan"
imdb_id: "nm0451237"
tmdb_id: 1679905
wikidata_id: "Q3155351"
roles: []
born: "9 July 1924"
died: "13 June 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T16:18:43.669679+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."
---

# Iska Khan

## Identity

Iska Khan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/iska-khan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** iska-khan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0451237
- **TMDB ID:** 1679905
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3155351
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3155351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451237/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1679905

Actor. Born 9 July 1924 in Boukine, Yugoslavia. Died 13 June 2006.

## Details

- **Born:** 9 July 1924, Boukine, Yugoslavia
- **Died:** 13 June 2006
- **Active:** 1967–1990
- **Also known as:** Iska-Khan
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 86 (1), 1990s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3155351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451237/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1679905

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Belle de Jour*](https://film.one/film/belle-de-jour.md) (86)

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## Biography

Iska Khan was a French actor of Kalmyk origin. Born on 10 July 1924 in Boukine, Yugoslavia, he began his career as a professional wrestler in the 1950s and early 1960s, performing under the name 'Iska Khan, the Tibetan champion'. He later transitioned to acting, appearing in numerous films and television productions from the 1960s onwards, often in small roles portraying Asian or East Asian characters.

Khan is known for his part as the Asian Client in *Belle de Jour* (1967). Other credits include *Les Femmes d'abord* (1963), *Le Dix-septième ciel* (1965), *Nikita* (1990) and *Bed and Board* (1970). He died on 13 June 2006 in Paris.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Nikita* (1990), Fi1m 76, as Man in Restaurant — [page](https://film.one/film/nikita.md)
- *Belle de Jour* (1967), Fi1m 86, as Asian Client — [page](https://film.one/film/belle-de-jour.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Nikita* (1990), as Man in Restaurant — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/nikita.md)
- *The Garden of Torment* (1976), as San, the executioner
- *Karatékas and Co* (1973), series, as Iska
- *Bed and Board* (1970), as Le Père de Kyoko (uncredited)
- *Borsalino* (1970), as Chinese Server (uncredited)
- *Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo* (1968), as le chinois
- *The Tattoo* (1968), as le professeur de judo (non crédité)
- *Belle de Jour* (1967), as Asian Client — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/belle-de-jour.md)
- *Seventeenth Heaven* (1966), as Togo (uncredited)
- *A Taste for Women* (1964), as Un employé du Nirvana (uncredited)
- *Ladies First* (1963), as Sato - le serveur à la soirée privée

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