Arsher Ali

Arsher Ali
Born
Nottingham, England[1]
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.[2]

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 film industry and his continual fight against racial typecasting.[8][9]

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 [10]
2010 Four Lions Hassan Malik [9]
Pulse Adam Hussein Television film [11]
2012 All in Good Time Etash Tailor [12]
2013 Complicit Waleed Ahmed Television film [13]
2014 ALT Callum Television film [14]
2015 A Patch of Fog Troy Griffin [15]
Remainder Naz Vyus [16]
2016 The Darkest Universe Dr Max Robson [17]
2017 The Ritual Phil [18]
2018 To Provide All People Junior Doctor Television film [19]
Been So Long Jake [20]
2019 The Flood Nasrat [21]
2021 The Dig William Grimes [22]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2007 Trial & Retribution Radi Episode: "Curriculum Vitae" [23]
Britz Matloob Miniseries; 2 episodes [24]
2010 Wallander Jamal Alheed Episode: "Faceless Killers" [25]
2011 Silent Witness Zak Khan Series 14 regular; 8 episodes [26]
2011–2012 Beaver Falls Adil "A-Rab" Hussain Series regular; 12 episodes [27]
2013 The Guilty DS Vinesh Roy Miniseries; 3 episodes [28]
2014 The Missing Malik Suri Series 1 regular; 7 episodes [29]
2015 Arthur & George George Edalji Miniseries; 3 episodes [30]
Doctor Who Bennett Recurring role, 2 episodes [31]
2016 Line of Duty PC Hari Bains Series 3 regular; 4 episodes [32]
2017–2018 Ackley Bridge Samir Qureshi Series regular; 9 episodes [33]
2018 Hang Ups Ryan Mehta Recurring role; 2 episodes [34]
Informer Imran Aziz Series regular; 5 episodes [35]
2020 Cold Courage DCI Peter Chandra Series regular; 8 episodes [36]
2022 The Fear Index Hugo Quarry Miniseries; 4 episodes [37]
Avenue 5 Lucas Sato Series 2 regular; 7 episodes [38]
2022–2024 Funny Woman Dennis Mahindra Series regular; 10 episodes [39]
2023 Top Boy Isaac Episode: "If We Are Not Monsters" [40]
2023–2024 Everyone Else Burns Elder Samson Series regular; 11 episodes [41][42]
2026 Hijack Robert Lang Series 2 regular; 6 episodes [43]

Theatre credits

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
2008 The Taming of the Shrew Philip / Huntsman The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [44]
The Merchant of Venice Prince of Morocco The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [45]
The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes Charles II Wilton's Music Hall, London [46]
2009 What Fatima Did Mo Merchant Hampstead Theatre, London [47]
2011 A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [48]
Marat/Sade Jean-Paul Marat Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [49]

References

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  2. ^ "Arsher Ali". Advoice. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
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  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.
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  9. ^ a b Tate, Gabriel (13 February 2013). "The cast system: is racism still an issue for TV drama?". Time Out London. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
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