Riyaz Khan
Riyaz Khan is an Indian actor and bodybuilder. He predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films and television series, besides acting in a few Telugu and Kannada films, as well as two Hindi films. Riyaz debuted in Malayalam through the 1994 film Sukham Sukhakaram, directed by Balachandra Menon. Later, he went on to act in Tamil and Telugu films.

Early and personal life
Khan was born to Rasheed, a Malayalam film producer and Rasheeda Baanu at Fort Kochi, Kerala. He has a sister, Roshini who is married. Since his father was a movie producer and all the South Indian movies were then shot in Madras, now known Chennai, his family migrated there. He had his primary education from Chennai and pursued his bachelor's degree from United States. He married actress Uma Riyaz, who is the daughter of Tamil music director Kamesh and actress Kamala Kamesh. The couple has two sons, Shariq Hassan and Samarth Hassan.

Career

His notable films include Badri (2001), Baba (2002), Ramana (2002), Balettan (2003), Winner (2003), Runway (2004), Vesham (2004) Power of Womeni (2005) Ghajini (2005), Thirupathi (2006), Stalin (2006) and Pokkiri Raja (2010).

He acted in the serial Nandini, which was aired on Sun TV.

He is also a brand ambassador of a Chennai-based fitness studio called Inshape Health & Fitness.

Filmography

Malayalam

Tamil

Telugu

Kannada

Hindi

Television

References

External links

Riyaz Khan at MSI

Male actors from Kochi
Male actors in Telugu cinema
Indian male film actors
Male actors in Kannada cinema
Tamil male actors
Living people
1972 births
Male actors in Malayalam cinema
20th-century Indian male actors
21st-century Indian male actors
Male actors in Malayalam television