Arsher Ali

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 2007 Maxwell Franklin Television film 2010 Four Lions Hassan Malik 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 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 YearTitleRoleVenue 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