Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan
Khan in 2017
Born	Sajid Ali Khan Pataudi (1970-08-16) 16 August 1970 (age 53) New Delhi, India
Education	Winchester College
Occupations	Actor producer
Years active	1991–present
Works	Full list
Title	Head of the Pataudi dynasty (2011–present)
Predecessor	Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Spouses	Amrita Singh ​ ​ (m. 1991; div. 2004)​ Kareena Kapoor ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	4; including Sara Ali Khan
Parents	Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (father) Sharmila Tagore (mother)
Relatives	Pataudi family Tagore family Mirazi Khel dynasty Kapoor family (by marriage)
Awards	Full list
Honours	Padma Shri (2010)

Saif Ali Khan (pronounced [ˈsæːf əˈli xaːn]; born Sajid Ali Khan Pataudi; 16 August 1970)^[1] is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Hindi films. Part of the Pataudi royal family, he is the son of actress Sharmila Tagore and cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. Khan has won several awards, including a National Film Award and seven Filmfare Awards, and received the Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award in 2010.^[2]

Khan made his acting debut in Parampara (1993), and had success in the multi-starrers Yeh Dillagi (1994), Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994), Kachche Dhaage (1999) and Hum Saath-Saath Hain (1999). In the 2000s, he gained praise and won multiple awards for his roles in the romantic comedies Dil Chahta Hai (2001) and Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), and had success as a solo male star in the romances Hum Tum (2004), Parineeta, Salaam Namaste (both 2005) and Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007).

Khan also earned critical acclaim for playing a manipulative businessman in Ek Hasina Thi (2004), an apprentice in the English film Being Cyrus (2006) and the Iago character in Omkara (2006). He had further commercial success in the action thrillers Race (2008) and Race 2 (2013), and the romantic comedies Love Aaj Kal (2009) and Cocktail (2012). Between another string of under-performing ventures, Khan was appreciated for headlining Netflix's first original Indian series Sacred Games (2018–2019) and had his highest-grossing release in the historical drama Tanhaji (2020).

Khan has been noted for his roles in a range of film genres—from crime dramas to action thrillers and comic romances. In addition to film acting, Khan is a frequent television presenter, stage show performer, and the owner of the production companies Illuminati Films and Black Knight Films.