Irrfan Khan

Irrfan Khan (1967-2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Indian, British and American cinema. After years in television in the 1990s, he became a leading film actor with Haasil (2003) and Maqbool (2004).

His Indian films include The Namesake (2006), Paan Singh Tomar (2011), The Lunchbox (2013), Piku (2015), Talvar (2015), Hindi Medium (2017) and Angrezi Medium (2020). Abroad he appeared in Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Life of Pi (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and Jurassic World (2015). He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for Paan Singh Tomar and received the Padma Shri in 2011.