---
name: "Waris Ahluwalia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/waris-ahluwalia"
fi1m_id: "waris-ahluwalia"
imdb_id: "nm1753302"
tmdb_id: 5301
wikidata_id: "Q38160"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-01T21:20:12.071903+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."
---

# Waris Ahluwalia

## Identity

Waris Ahluwalia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/waris-ahluwalia
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** waris-ahluwalia
- **IMDb ID:** nm1753302
- **TMDB ID:** 5301
- **Wikidata ID:** Q38160
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Ahluwalia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38160, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1753302/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5301

Actor. Born 1 January 1974 in Amritsar, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1974, Amritsar, India
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Also known as:** Waris Alhuwalia, ਵਾਰੀਸ ਅਹਲੁਵਾਲੀਆ, Waris Singh Ahluwalia 
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 83 (3), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 76 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $324m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Ahluwalia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38160, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1753302/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5301

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*I Am Love*](https://film.one/film/i-am-love.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Waris Ahluwalia is an Indian-American designer and actor based in New York City. He founded House of Waris, a jewellery company whose first order came after the owners of Maxfield's in Los Angeles noticed his diamond rings.

Ahluwalia's acting roles include Vikram Ray in *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou* (2004), The Chief Steward in *The Darjeeling Limited* (2007), Shai Kubelkian in *I Am Love* (2010), M. Dino in *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), and appearances in *Inside Man* (2006), *Okja* (2017) and *Ocean's Eight* (2018). He has collaborated frequently with director Wes Anderson.

He was inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2010. In 2016, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio proclaimed 19 October as Waris Ahluwalia Day in recognition of his work promoting tolerance and inclusivity.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Ballerina* (2025), Fi1m 58, as The Eye — [page](https://film.one/film/ballerina.md)
- *Russian Doll* (2019), Fi1m 83, as War Dog — [page](https://film.one/tv/russian-doll.md)
- *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), Fi1m 86, as M. Dino — [page](https://film.one/film/the-grand-budapest-hotel.md)
- *I Am Love* (2010), Fi1m 81, as Shai Kubelkian — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-love.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Ballerina* (2025), as The Eye — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/ballerina.md)
- *Heptapus* (2023), Actor
- *Extrapolations* (2023), series, as Harbaksh
- *Poker Face* (2023), series, as Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)
- *Russian Doll* (2019), series, as War Dog — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/russian-doll.md)
- *Ocean's Eight* (2018), as Waris Ahluwalia — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eight.md)
- *Okja* (2017), as Waris
- *Goldbricks in Bloom* (2016), as Christopher
- *Beeba Boys* (2015), as Manny
- *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), as M. Dino — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-grand-budapest-hotel.md)
- *Missed Connections* (2012), as Pradeep
- *I Am Love* (2010), as Shai Kubelkian — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-love.md)
- *Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead* (2009), as Hugo Pepper
- *Hotel Chevalier* (2007), as Security
- *The Darjeeling Limited* (2007), as The Chief Steward
- *High Falls* (2007), as Bud
- *Inside Man* (2006), as Vikram Walia
- *The F Word* (2005), as Sikh Republican Fundraiser
- *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou* (2004), as Vikram Ray

## Gallery

- ![Waris Ahluwalia](https://film.one/media/person/317830/gallery-fed027bb47f0.jpg) Waris Ahluwalia — Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Nmacc-20230401-Waris_Ahluwalia.jpg/1280px-Nmacc-20230401-Waris_Ahluwalia.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Waris Ahluwalia](https://film.one/media/person/317830/gallery-c609baa14524.jpg) Waris Ahluwalia — Image via TMDB
- ![Waris Ahluwalia](https://film.one/media/person/317830/gallery-db09733275e1.jpg) Waris Ahluwalia — Image via TMDB

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