Ahmad Ali Butt

Ahmad Ali Butt (Urdu: احمد علی بٹ) is a Pakistani actor, comedian, keyboardist, rapper, singer-songwriter, voice actor and television host.^[1][2]

Ahmed Ali Butt
احمد علی بٹ
Ahmad Ali Butt in 2009
Born	(1976-03-06) 6 March 1976 (age 49) Karachi, Pakistan
Occupations	Actor Comedian Singer-songwriter
Years active	2001–Present
Spouse	Fatima Khan ​ (m. 2013)​
Mother	Zil-e-Huma
Relatives	Shaukat Hussain Rizvi (maternal grandfather) Noor Jehan (maternal grandmother)
Musical career
Genres	Hip hop Rap
Instruments	Vocals Keyboard
Formerly of	Entity Paradigm

Early life and family background

Ahmad Ali Butt was born on 6 March 1976 in Karachi^[3] into a family of Kashmiri ancestry.^[4][5]

He is a maternal grandson of the Azamgarh-born film director Shaukat Hussain Rizvi and actress and playback singer Noor Jehan, and son of the late singer Zil-e-Huma.^[6][7]

His father, Raheel Butt, was a jeweller well known in Lahore's ethnic Kashmiri community.^[7] Under the name Aqeel, he was also an actor, playing supporting roles in different movies of the 1960s and the 1970s, such as Heer Ranjha (1970).

Ahmad has three brothers.^[7][8]

Butt is married to model Fatima Khan. They had a son in 2014.^[9]

Career

Actor

Butt began his career as an actor with theatre.^[10] He later switched to television, appearing in the sitcoms Jutt & Bond, Rubber Band and Inspector Khoji.^[11] He would later star in films. He has also pursued a career as a comedian.^[1]

Musician

Butt began his career in music, where he was a member of the alternative rock band Entity Paradigm (EP) as a vocalist and rapper, starting EP with his Jutt & Bond co-actor Fawad Khan.^[12]

Filmography

Television serials

Year	Title	Role	Director	Network	Notes
2001–2004	Jutt & Bond	Jutt		Indus TV	[11]
2005–2008	Rubber Band	Ahmad		ARY Digital
2006	Inspector Khoji	Inspector Khoji		PTV
2014–2017	Mr. Shamim	Mr. James Shamim		Hum TV	[13]
2020	Jhooti	Nasir		ARY Digital	[14]
2024	Gentleman	Dilbar		Green Entertainment	[15]

Films

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Films	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani	Parvez / Pipi	Debut film	[1]
	Commander Safeguard	Dirtoo	Voiceover; animation film
2016	Dulha Mil Giya	Imran Ahmad	Telefilm on Hum TV
	3 Bahadur: The Revenge of Baba Balaam	Gola	Voiceover; animation film	[16]
2017	Punjab Nahi Jaungi	Shafique Ahmad		[2]
2018	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2	Parvez / Pipi		[2]
2019	Parey Hut Love	Arshad		[17]
2023	Gunjal	Salman Habib
TBA	Fatman †	Fatman	Filming

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Project	Result	Ref
2015	15th Lux Style Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Film	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani	Nominated	[18]
2019	18th Lux Style Awards	Best Film Actor	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2	Nominated	[19]