Sal Yusuf

Sal Yusuf
Sal Yusuf
Born	London, United Kingdom
Occupations	Actor; Stand-up comedian;
Years active	1995–present

Sal Yusuf is a British actor and comedian who works in Indian films.

Career

Born in London to Cypriot immigrants, he moved to Bangalore, India, where he became a stand-up comedian and is also a part of the comedy group, The Improv. He was one of the first stand-up comedians in Bangalore. After appearing in several commercials, theatre productions, and playing supporting roles in several Malayalam films, Sal Yusuf made his Hindi film debut with Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) portraying one of the antagonists. He made his Kannada lead debut with French Biriyani alongside Danish Sait, who was also part of The Improv. In the film, he plays a French emigrant whose brief trip to Bangalore as representative of a pharmaceutical company lands him in a comedy of errors.

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2012	Ustad Hotel	Chef	Malayalam	Voice role
2013	Kili Poyi	Drug addict
2014	Iyobinte Pusthakam	Harrison
2017	Take Off	Tareek	Malayalam
	Comrade in America	Karl Marx	Malayalam
	Tiger Zinda Hai	Al Amir Bagdawi	Hindi
	CandyFlip	Cokeman	English / Hindi
2020	India vs England	John	Kannada
	Trance	Foreign pastor	Malayalam
	French Biriyani	Simon	Kannada
2022	Sardar	General Yusuf (Pakistan Army)	Tamil
2024	Ruslaan	Ozan	Hindi

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Language
2021	Sunflower	Chairman of Sonu Singh's Company	ZEE5	Hindi
2022	Humble Politician Nograj	Dimitri	Voot	Kannada

References

↑ salyusuf. "Sal Yusuf". Sal Yusuf. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
1 2 Revanna, Ananya (21 September 2015). "From darkness to light". Deccan Herald.
↑ Prasad, A. Harini (10 August 2018). "Black Dog Easy Evenings' India tour brings Papa CJ, Danish Sait and Cyrus Sahukar to Hyderabad". Indian Express.
↑ Bhatnagar, Rohit (21 January 2018). "Casting call from YRF felt like prank call to me, says TZH fame Sal Yusuf". Deccan Chronicle.
1 2 Sara Anien, Tini (12 April 2019). "Danish Sait in Pannaga's next film, a comedy". Deccan Herald.
↑ Agarwal, Stuti (1 March 2017). "Bengaluru comedy groups go global". The Times of India.
↑ Ramachandran, Mythily (10 June 2020). "French Biryani trailer to be released on Thursday". Gulf News. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
↑ Ramachandran, Mythily (22 July 2020). "British actor Sal Yusuf gets a taste of 'French Biriyani' in India". Gulf News.
↑ French Biriyani, PRK Productions, 24 July 2020, retrieved 3 November 2025

External links

TED Talk
Sal Yusuf at IMDb

[1] salyusuf. "Sal Yusuf". Sal Yusuf. Retrieved 7 February 2025.

[A-2] 1 2 Revanna, Ananya (21 September 2015). "From darkness to light". Deccan Herald.

[3] Prasad, A. Harini (10 August 2018). "Black Dog Easy Evenings' India tour brings Papa CJ, Danish Sait and Cyrus Sahukar to Hyderabad". Indian Express.

[4] Bhatnagar, Rohit (21 January 2018). "Casting call from YRF felt like prank call to me, says TZH fame Sal Yusuf". Deccan Chronicle.

[B-5] 1 2 Sara Anien, Tini (12 April 2019). "Danish Sait in Pannaga's next film, a comedy". Deccan Herald.

[6] Agarwal, Stuti (1 March 2017). "Bengaluru comedy groups go global". The Times of India.

[7] Ramachandran, Mythily (10 June 2020). "French Biryani trailer to be released on Thursday". Gulf News. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[8] Ramachandran, Mythily (22 July 2020). "British actor Sal Yusuf gets a taste of 'French Biriyani' in India". Gulf News.

[9] French Biriyani, PRK Productions, 24 July 2020, retrieved 3 November 2025