Arsher Ali

Arsher Ali (born 9 April 1984) is a British actor. He has played various TV and film roles, and is a regular lead performer at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon.^[2]

Arsher Ali
Born	(1984-04-09) 9 April 1984 (age 40) Nottingham, England[1]
Education	East 15 Acting School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2009–present
Known for	Beaver Falls (2011–2012) Ackley Bridge (2017–2018)
Spouse	Roxy Shahidi ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	1

Personal life

Ali is of Pakistani descent.^[3] He is a graduate of East 15 Acting School.^[4] He married British-Iranian actress Roxy Shahidi in 2010.^[5] The couple had their first child, a daughter, in January 2018.^[6][7] Ali has been vocal throughout his career about the challenges faced by British Asian actors in the industry and his continual fight against racial typecasting.^[8][9]

Ali is a keen Nottingham Forest fan.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Four Lions	Hassan[9]
2012	All in Good Time	Etash
2013	Complicit	Waleed Ahmed[10]
2015	A Patch of Fog	Troy Griffen
2015	Remainder	Naz
2016	The Darkest Universe	Max Robson
2017	The Ritual	Phil
2018	Been So Long	Jake
2019	The Flood	Nasrat
2021	The Dig	Grimes

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Wallander	Jamal	1 episode
2010	Pulse	Adam Hussein	Television film
2011	Silent Witness	Zak Khan	8 episodes
2011–2012	Beaver Falls	Adil "A-Rab" Hussain	12 episodes
2013	The Guilty	DS Vinesh Roy	3 episodes
2013	Complicit	Waleed Ahmed	Television film
2014	The Missing	Malik Suri	7 episodes
2014	Alt	Callum	Television film
2015	Arthur & George	George Edalji	3 episodes
2015	Doctor Who	Bennet	"Under the Lake" / "Before the Flood"
2016	Line of Duty	PC Hari Bains	Series 3
2017–2018	Ackley Bridge	Samir Qureshi	Series 1–2; 9 episodes
2018	Informer	Imran Aziz	5 episodes
2018	Hang Ups	Ryan Mehta	2 episodes
2020	Cold Courage	Peter Chandra	Main role
2022	The Fear Index	Hugo Quarry	Miniseries
2023	Funny Woman	Dennis Mahindra	Primary Cast
2023	Everyone Else Burns	Elder Samson	Recurring role[11]
2023	Top Boy	Isaac Latif	1 episode

References

1. Emm, Alison. "Arsher Ali talks terrorism with Alison Emm". LeftLion. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
2. "Arsher Ali". Advoice. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
3. "NCCC News : Arsher Ali: "Trent Bridge is a Special Place"".
4. "Bafta recognition for East 15 graduate - News - University of Essex". www1.essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
5. Pietras, Emma (22 October 2014). "Emmerdale star's back to front life proposed BEFORE they kissed". mirror. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
6. "Emmerdale's Roxy Shahidi: 'My husband proposed before we'd even kissed'". www.closeronline.co.uk.
7. Benjamin Potter (23 October 2014). "Emmerdale actress Roxy Shahidi reveals her marriage 'isn't legal yet'". Best Daily. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
8. Dowell, Ben (14 February 2013). "Arsher Ali complains of TV typecasting of Asian actors". The Stage. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
9. Tate, Gabriel (13 February 2013). "The cast system: is racism still an issue for TV drama?". Time Out London. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
10. "Arsher Ali interview for Complicit". Channel 4. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
11. "Channel 4 Commissions New Apocalyptic Comedy 'Everyone Else Burns', Starring Simon Bird". channel4.com/press. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

External links

• Arsher Ali at IMDb
• Arsher Ali on Twitter