WSyed Ishrat Abbas, better known by his stage name Darpan (Urdu: درپَن), was one of the original romantic heroes of the "golden age" of Pakistan's film industry.
WMoin Akhter, was a Pakistani television, film and stage artist, humorist, comedian, impersonator, host, writer, singer, director and producer who rose to fame in the era of Radio Pakistan along with his co-actors Anwar Maqsood and Bushra Ansari. He became an icon through his screen persona "Rosy" and is considered to be a one-of-a-kind parodist and the king of Urdu comedy. His career spanned more than 45 years, from childhood in the Radio Pakistan era of modern film making until a year before his death in 2011.
WAhmed Ali Akbar is a Pakistani actor, singer, TV host and former national level tennis player. He marked his television debut at the age of thirteen on PTV's drama Stop Watch. Ali made his stage debut in 2008 and received critical appraisal for his work. He guest starred in his film debut with 2013 film Siyaah and started his professional television career in 2014, since then he has starred in several television series.
WMohammad Ali was a Pakistani actor. He was known as Shahenshah-e-Jazbaat (Urdu: شہنشاہِ جذبات), meaning The Emperor of Emotions. A highly versatile actor, he performed in historical, biographical and patriotic roles; in costume and art movies. He has starred in over 250 movies playing both heroes and villains. He is among the 25 greatest actors of Asia according to a CNN survey.
WSajjad Ali is a Pakistani semi-classical, pop and rock singer, poet, actor, film director as well as a film producer from Karachi, Pakistan.
WBilal Ashraf is a Pakistani film actor and visual effects director. After studying visual effects from the Franklin Marshall College, he started his career as a visual effects director and then pursued his career in acting after making a brief appearance in the 2014 acclaimed thriller O21. Ashraf then starred as an army officer in another acclaimed war drama, Yalghaar in 2017.He is a prominent LGBT activist in Pakistan and openly supported its cause.
WMuhammad Atif Aslam is a Pakistani playback singer and actor. He has recorded numerous chart-topping songs in both Pakistan and India and is known for his vocal belting technique. He predominantly sings in Urdu and Hindi, but has also sung in Punjabi, Bengali and Pashto. With successful chart-topping songs, he is often regarded as one of the all-time best playback singers in the Indian and Pakistani music industries. In 2008, Aslam received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, the fourth-highest civilian honour award from the Pakistani government as well as numerous Lux Style Awards. Aslam made his acting debut in 2011 with the Urdu social drama film Bol. In 2019, he was awarded with a star in the Dubai Walk of Fame after his nomination for the "Best Singer in Pakistan". He was also featured in the Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars, published in December, 2020. Aslam has an extensively large following at home in Pakistan as well as in neighbouring India. He refers to his fans as "Aadeez".
WInayat Hussain Bhatti (Urdu: عِنایَت حُسَین بھٹّی ), (12 January 1928 – 31 May 1999) was a Pakistani film playback singer, film actor, producer, director, script writer, social worker, columnist, religious scholar and a promoter of the development of the Punjabi language and literature.
WOsman Khalid Butt is a Pakistani film, television and theatre actor, writer and choreographer. He is the recipient of several accolades, including two Hum Awards and has been nominated for the Lux Style Award on two occasions.
WNoor Mohammed Charlie (1911–1983), popularly known as Charlie was a Pakistani actor born on 1 July 1911 in Ranavav village, Porbandar, Saurashtra, India. Best known for his comedy roles, he was the first 'star' comedian and has been referred to as India's first comedy king. He acted with several top actresses of those days as a comic hero. Being a great fan of Charlie Chaplin, he took the name "Charlie" as his screen name following the release of his popular film The Indian Charlie (1933). He had a successful career in pre-partition India from 1925–1946. His shift to Pakistan following partition saw his career going down with less than 12 films. He shifted to the US to live with his son and returned later to Pakistan where he died in 1983.
WAdeel Chaudhry is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. He has worked in Hindi & Urdu films & television. Apart from acting, Adeel has also released two studio albums.
WSubhash Dutta was a Bangladeshi filmmaker, theater and film actor. He started his career as a commercial artist.
WRafiq Ghaznavi was a British Indian musician and actor, known for his contributions in Abdul Rashid Kardar's Heer Ranjha (1932) film, Mehboob Khan's Taqdeer (1943), film Ek Din Ka Sultan (1945) among others.<ref>Rafiq Ghaznavi - Singer, Actor and Music Director of the 1940s Retrieved 6 February 2018</ref. He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore.
WUzair Jaswal is a Pakistani singer-songwriter and actor.
WAhsan Khan is a Pakistani film and television actor, producer, host and performer. He began acting in 1998. He appeared in the films Nikah, Billi, Ghar Kab Aao Gay, Sultanat, Ishq Khuda, Dil Mera Dharkan Teri and later moved on to television. He hosted a quiz show Hayya Allal Falah on Hum TV in 2011, during Ramadan. Ahsan Khan is also hosting 2020's Ramadan transmission which is airing on PTV Home named Ramazan Pakistan.
WAlyy Khan is a British-Pakistani actor and host who has worked in Hollywood, Bollywood and Lollywood films and television series. He is known for his roles in the films A Mighty Heart (2007), Traitor (2008), Don 2 (2011), 3 Bahadur (2015), Actor in Law (2016) and Mogul Mowgli (2020), and also played a parallel lead in the telefilm Anjuman (2013). Khan has also appeared in several television series, including The Bill (2006), Strike Back (2011), Saat Pardon Mein (2012), Indian Summers (2015) and Pakeezah (2016). In 2012, Khan hosted the television reality show Foodistan for NDTV and Geo TV.
WAshiq Khan
WBilal Khan was a Pakistani television actor and model, known famously for some of his lead roles in major Pakistani drama serials. Khan previously acted in numerous Pakistani movies and the ATV serials such as Dehli kay Bankay and Pal Bhar Mein. His debut was marked after he starred in the 2002 Lollywood release Pehla Sajda.
WFawad Afzal Khan is a Pakistani actor, producer, screenwriter, model and singer. He has received several awards, including a Filmfare Award, three Lux Style Awards and six Hum Awards.
WMuhammad Qavi Khan is a Pakistani film and television actor. He has also worked in Radio Pakistan and on stage. Though now largely working in television, he has acted in over 200 films. The Government of Pakistan honoured Khan with the Pride of Performance in 1980 and Sitara-e-Imtiaz in 2012 for his contribution to the field of arts.
WMansoor Aslam Khan Niazi, known professionally as Sami Khan, is a Pakistani actor and model who appears in Pakistani films and television dramas. He started his career with film Salakhain and then moved to television.
WMohib Mirza is a Pakistani actor, theatre director, television host and comedian. He is known for his work in film and television industry of Pakistan for which he has been nominated for various awards.
WSheheryar Munawar Siddiqui is a Pakistani actor and film producer. He is notable for his role in Asim Raza's Parey Hut Love, which became Pakistan's highest grossing movie in the year 2019. He has also starred in male-centric serials such as Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay, Kahi Un Kahi, Zindagi Gulzar Hai and Aasmanon Pay Likha and Mere Dard Ko Jo Zuban Milay.
WWaheed Murad, also known as Chocolate Hero, was a Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer. Famous for his charming expressions, attractive personality, tender voice and unusual talent for acting, Waheed is considered as one of the most famous and influential actors of South Asia and has influenced the film industry in the subcontinent.
WAbdur Rahman was a Pakistani-Bangladeshi actor and film director. He acted in Bengali, Urdu and Pashto films in Dhaka, Karachi and Lahore from 1958 until the 1970s.
WOmair Rana is a Pakistani actor and theatre director.
WAli Rehman Khan is a Pakistani actor who appears in Urdu films, television series and theater plays. Khan has won two Hum Awards and has been nominated twice at the Lux Style Awards for his acting prowess.
WSyed Musa Abbas Raza, better known as Santosh Kumar, was a famous Pakistani film actor of 1950s and 1960s era. He belonged to a well-educated Urdu-speaking family from Lahore, British India. His brother Darpan was also a renowned film actor during the same period, while his other brother S.Suleiman was a film director.
WArmaghan Shahid, better known by his stage names Shaan Shahid and Shaan, is a Pakistani actor, producer, model, writer and film director. Shaan has established himself as one of the most popular leading actors of Pakistan. Shaan started his acting career in 1990 by making his debut in Javed Fazil's film Bulandi opposite Reema Khan. He has won many awards in Pakistan including one Pride of Performance, fifteen Nigar Awards, five Lux Style Awards, one Pakistan Media Award, ARY Film Award. He is considered the highest-paid film star in Pakistan.
WShafi Muhammad Shah PP was a Pakistani film and television actor. Popularly known as Shah-jee, he was born in Kandiaro, Naushahro Feroze District, Sindh.
WHameed Sheikh is an actor and producer from Pakistan who is known for roles in Khuda Kay Liye, Operation O21 and Moor.
WJawed Sheikh is a Pakistani actor, director and producer.
WAdnan Siddiqui is a Pakistani actor, producer and model who has worked in Lollywood and Hollywood and also made his debut in Bollywood with the Hindi film Mom (2017). He also has his own production house, Cereal Entertainment, churning out serials like Aadat and Ghughi. After PTV's classical drama Uroosa, he performed a side roll in a leading Pakistani drama serial Mere Paas Tum Ho.
WAgha Ali Abbas Qizilbash was a Pakistani actor who made his debut in 1947 and was mostly known and recognized in Pakistan for playing character actor or villain roles. Agha was honoured by the Pride of Performance awards, by the Government of Pakistan in 1989.
WAli Zafar is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, model, actor, producer, screenwriter and painter. Zafar started out on Pakistani TV before becoming a popular musician. He later also established a career in Bollywood and his success led many Pakistani actors to venture into Hindi films. He has received five Lux Style Awards and a Filmfare Award nomination.
WMunawar Zarif was a Pakistani film actor and comedian. His fans named him Shahenshah-e-Zarafat (Urdu: شہنشاہِ ﻇﺮﺍﻓﺖ), meaning The Emperor of Humor or the King of Humor. He was one of the most popular and highest paid actors of 1970s and is considered as one of the greatest comedians of South Asia.
WMian Mikaal Patras Zulfiqar, commonly known as Mikaal Zulfiqar, is a Pakistani actor and former model. He has appeared in a number of Pakistani television series. He has also acted in a few Indian films and is currently active in Pakistani films. He is one of the highest paid Pakistani actors. In 2015, he won the Best Actor (Popular) Award at Hum TV Awards due to his performance in television series Mohabat Subh Ka Sitara Hai.