Sahabzade Irrfan Ali Khan, also popularly known as Irrfan Khan, (Hindi: इरफ़ान ख़ान; born 7 January 1962) is an Indian actor in film, television and theatre . He received recognition for his roles in The Warrior (2001), Maqbool (2003), Haasil (2004), The Namesake (2006), A Mighty Heart (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Billu (2009) and New York (2009) , and New York, I Love You (2009), and Vodafone commercials . He has won two Filmfare Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Independent Spirit Award nomination . After graduating in 1987, Khan moved to Mumbai, where he acted in numerous television serials like 'Chanakya','Sara Jahan Hamara' 'Banegi Apni Baat' and 'Chandrakanta' (Doordarshan), 'Star Bestsellers' (Star Plus), Sparsh, etc . He was the main villain in a series called Darr (which aired on Star Plus), where he played the role of a psycho serial killer, opposite Kay Kay Menon . He also played the role of famous revolutionary Urdu poet and Marxist political activist of India Makhdoom Mohiuddin in Kahkashan produced by Ali Sardar Jafri . After many unsuccessful films, things changed when London-based director Asif Kapadia gave him the lead in The Warrior, an historical film completed in 11 weeks on the locals in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan . In 2001 The Warrior stormed in international film festivals making Irrfan Khan a known face, world over . In 2003 he acted in Indian born writer-director, Asvin Kumar's short film, Road to Ladakh. After the film received rave reviews at international festivals, the film is now being made into a full length feature, again starring Irrfan Khan. That same year he played the title role in the critically acclaimed Maqbool, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. He has two brothers, Imran Khan and Salman Khan and one sister Rukhsana Begum. They are in Jaipur doing their own business Imran is in IT field and Salman is into jewellery. .