Irfan Hossein

Irfan Hossein was born on 13th July 1973 and he lives in Mumbai. He is multilingual being able to speak fluently in English and Hindi as well as Urdu. He had been working in theater for 15 years with various performing groups and is currently working with a group called ‘Theatron’. Irfan has gone to many local and international workshops related to acting and has arranged many such workshops in many venues himself, training a great number of actors under his guidance.

He was the enigmatic villain Muhammad of Ghaur, ruler of the Ghurid Empire, in Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan (Star Plus). Irfan did extensive research for months to learn the background and history of that period. Apart from this, he was also in the series Time Bomb and for another, was the main villain Dinaro, an arms dealer and supplier, in the NDTV Imagine serial ‘Vijay’ which was an army-themed serial.

The telefilms he has been involved in are ‘Apradh’, ‘Patwari’, Bhoole Bisre Chitra, Maati Ke Rang all of which involved him playing the main character. Irfan is not new to Bollywood either, appearing in the Aamir Khan starrer The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey (2005), ‘Sindoor’, and in some short films namely, ‘Sifar’ and Mistake Ho Gaya.

Irfan passionately detests soap operas, always choosing to play strong characters which exhibit his superior acting skills. Consequently, also likes acting in adverse conditions and difficult environments because he welcomes challenges. The actor is good at riding horses, swimming, kick boxing and dancing as well.