jashim was born in dhaka in 1950. he was a freedom fighter who fought in the liberation war of bangladesh which took place in 1971. after completing his bachelor's degree, he started his acting career in 1973 by playing a negative role in the film "dost dushman", a remake of the hindi film "sholay". he also played negative characters in "rongbaj", "raj dulari", "tufan", "jobab", "nag nagini", "bodla", "barud", "sundori", "koshai", "lalu mastan", "nababjada" and "meyerao manush". he debuted as a lead actor in the film "shobuj shathi", directed by delowar jahan jhontu. he went on to act in the films "poribar", "buker dhon", "shami keno ashami", "lal golap", "tiger" and "habildar".