Arsher Ali

Arsher Ali
Born
Nottingham, England
EducationEast 15 Acting School
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present
Known for Beaver Falls (2011–2012)
Ackley Bridge (2017–2018)
Spouse
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(m. 2010)​
Children1

Arsher Ali 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.

Personal life

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

Ali is a keen Nottingham Forest fan.

Filmography

Key
† Denotes projects that have not yet been released

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2007 Maxwell Franklin Television film
2010 Four Lions Hassan Malik
Pulse Adam Hussein Television film
2012 All in Good Time Etash Tailor
2013 Complicit Waleed Ahmed Television film
2014 ALT Callum Television film
2015 A Patch of Fog Troy Griffin
Remainder Naz Vyus
2016 The Darkest Universe Dr Max Robson
2017 The Ritual Phil
2018 To Provide All People Junior Doctor Television film
Been So Long Jake
2019 The Flood Nasrat
2021 The Dig William Grimes

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2007 Trial & Retribution Radi Episode: "Curriculum Vitae"
Britz Matloob Miniseries; 2 episodes
2010 Wallander Jamal Alheed Episode: "Faceless Killers"
2011 Silent Witness Zak Khan Series 14 regular; 8 episodes
2011–2012 Beaver Falls Adil "A-Rab" Hussain Series regular; 12 episodes
2013 The Guilty DS Vinesh Roy Miniseries; 3 episodes
2014 The Missing Malik Suri Series 1 regular; 7 episodes
2015 Arthur & George George Edalji Miniseries; 3 episodes
Doctor Who Bennett Recurring role, 2 episodes
2016 Line of Duty PC Hari Bains Series 3 regular; 4 episodes
2017–2018 Ackley Bridge Samir Qureshi Series regular; 9 episodes
2018 Hang Ups Ryan Mehta Recurring role; 2 episodes
Informer Imran Aziz Series regular; 5 episodes
2020 Cold Courage DCI Peter Chandra Series regular; 8 episodes
2022 The Fear Index Hugo Quarry Miniseries; 4 episodes
Avenue 5 Lucas Sato Series 2 regular; 7 episodes
2022–2024 Funny Woman Dennis Mahindra Series regular; 10 episodes
2023 Top Boy Isaac Episode: "If We Are Not Monsters"
2023–2024 Everyone Else Burns Elder Samson Series regular; 11 episodes
2026 Hijack Robert Lang Series 2 regular; 6 episodes

Theatre credits

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
2008 The Taming of the Shrew Philip / Huntsman The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Merchant of Venice Prince of Morocco The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes Charles II Wilton's Music Hall, London
2009 What Fatima Did Mo Merchant Hampstead Theatre, London
2011 A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Marat/Sade Jean-Paul Marat Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

References

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