| Riyaz Khan | |
| Other Names: | Riyazikka, Rizz Khan |
| Birth Date: | 1970 9, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Fort Kochi, Kerala, India |
| Years Active: | 1993–present |
| Height: | 5 ft 7 in |
| Spouse: | [1] |
| Children: | 2 [2] |
Riyaz Khan is an Indian actor and bodybuilder. He predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films and television series, besides acting in a few Telugu and Kannada films, as well as two Hindi films. Riyaz debuted in Malayalam through the 1994 film Sukham Sukhakaram, directed by Balachandra Menon.
Khan was born to Rasheed, a Malayalam film producer and Rasheeda Baanu at Fort Kochi, Kerala. He has a sister, Roshini who is married. Since his father was a movie producer and all the South Indian movies were then shot in Madras, now known Chennai, his family migrated there.
He did his primary education from Chennai and pursued his bachelor's degree from United States.[3]
In 1992, he married actress Uma Riyaz, who is the daughter of Tamil music director Kamesh and actress Kamala Kamesh. The couple has two sons including Shariq Hassan.
His notable films include Badri (2001), Baba (2002), Ramana (2002), Balettan (2003), Winner (2003), Runway (2004), Vesham (2004) Power of Womeni (2005) Ghajini (2005), Thirupathi (2006), Stalin (2006) and Pokkiri Raja (2010).
He acted in the serial Nandini, which was aired on Sun TV.
He is also a brand ambassador of a Chennai-based fitness studio called Inshape Health & Fitness.[4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Sukham Sukhakaram | ||
| 1996 | Nandhagopalante Kusruthikal | ||
| 2000 | Raakkilikal | ||
| 2001 | Ennum Sambavami Yuge Yuge | ||
| 2003 | Balettan | Bhadran | |
| 2004 | Symphony | Sathyanath | |
| Vajram | |||
| Jalolsavam | Dubai Jose / Cheenkanni Jose | ||
| Runway | Chinnadan Babu | ||
| Mayilattam | Ripper Vasu | ||
| Vesham | Deepak | ||
| 2005 | Five Fingers | ||
| Kochi Rajavu | Siva | ||
| Sarkar Dada | Abbas | ||
| Isra | Revanna | ||
| Hai | Vinu/Vinodkumar/Vishnu/Vishnuprasad | ||
| Pauran | Thomachan | ||
| 2006 | Highway Police | C.I. Jayachandran | |
| Lion | Harshan | ||
| Bada Dosth | C.I. Niranjan Das | ||
| Narakasuran | Supt. of Police Rajan | ||
| Yes Your Honour | Gopikrishnan | ||
| 2007 | Subhadram | ||
| Payum Puli | Isaac John | ||
| The Speed Track | Tinu Nalinakshan | ||
| Rakshakan | Vedimara Zakir | ||
| July 4 | Danny | ||
| Indrajith | Rajendran | ||
| 2008 | Shambu | Parthasaradhi | |
| 2009 | Duplicate | ACP Antony Rosarrio | |
| Thirunakkara Perumal | Jose | ||
| Rahasya Police | Kallan Keshu | ||
| 2010 | Pokkiri Raja | Maheendran | |
| The Thriller | Paramadayil Subhash | ||
| Avan | Dharman | ||
| Vandae Maatharam | Simultaneously shot in Tamil | ||
| 2011 | Campus Days | ||
| Snehaadaram | |||
| Pachuvum Kovalanum | |||
| Oru Nunakkadha | |||
| 2012 | Manthrikan | Giri | |
| Red Alert | |||
| The Hitlist | |||
| Casanovva | Joseph | ||
| Grandmaster | Jerome Jacob | ||
| Simhasanam | SP Vetrivel Maaran IPS | ||
| Scene Onnu Nammude Veedu | |||
| Mayamohini | |||
| Mr. Marumakan | ACP Madhuram Ramachandran | ||
| Karma Yodha | Sathan Sunny | ||
| 2013 | Nadodimannan | C.I. George TV | |
| Mumbai Police | Sniper Hitman | ||
| 2014 | Seconds | ||
| Villali Veeran | Giridhar Vishwanathan | ||
| Shadow Man | Surya | ||
| 2015 | Ilanjikkavu P.O. | ||
| TP 51 | |||
| Ithinumappuram | Karthikeyan | ||
| Sanjaydas | |||
| Two Countries | Kiran | ||
| 2016 | Pachakkallam | S.I. Madhuram | |
| Dhanayathra | |||
| Aneezya | |||
| Chinnadada | |||
| 2017 | Pakal Pole | ||
| 2018 | Nimisham | ||
| Monnam Niyamam | |||
| 2019 | Jack & Daniel | NRI guest at hotel (Cameo) | |
| 2022 | Aaraattu | Damodarji | |
| Mathamgi | Soorya Narayanan | ||
| 2024 | Once Upon a Time in Kochi | Sharp Shooter D'cruz | [5] |
| DNA | [6] | ||
| 1991 | Madhuranagarilo | |||
| 2003 | Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu | Kumar | ||
| Dongodu | Sub-Inspector | |||
| 2004 | Shiva Shankar | Hemadri | ||
| 2005 | Guru | Deva's suitor | ||
| Nayakudu | Venugopal | |||
| 2006 | Naayudamma | |||
| Stalin | Muddu Krishnayya's son | |||
| Rajababu | Goon | |||
| 2007 | Tulasi | Shankar | ||
| 2009 | Kaaraa Mazaaka | Mahendra | ||
| 2021 | WWW | Khan | ||
| 2023 | Ala Ila Ela |
| 2003 | Veera Kannadiga | Dhanraj | ||
| 2005 | Namma Basava | Jr Pampapathi | ||
| 2006 | Mohini 9886788888 | Vicky | ||
| 2010 | Bombat Car | |||
| 2023 | Sheela |
| 2001 | Abhay | Sulthan | Simultaneously shot with Aalavandhan |
| 2008 | Ghajini | Arjun Yadav | Remake of the 2005 film of the same name |
| Year | Title | Role | Channel | Language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Ramany vs Ramany | Suresh | Tamil | ||
| 1999–2001 | Kudumbam | Mouli | |||
| 2000 | Chithi | Anand | |||
| 2002 | Annamalai | Nallasivam | |||
| 2017–2018 | Nandini | Seiya Nayagi and Rathnavel Bhoopathi | Sun TV | ||
| 2017–2019 | Ranganayaki and Krishnamoorthi Bhoopathi | Udaya TV | Kannada | ||
| 2019–2022 | Magarasi | Sendhoora Pandian | Sun TV | ||
| 2021 | Kannana Kanne | Dharmadurai | |||
| 2022 | Swantham Sujatha | Rudran | Malayalam | ||
| Kanyadanam | SP Jagan | Surya TV | |||
| 2023 | Kumkumacheppu | Himself | Flowers TV | ||
| 2024 - Present | Iniya | Inspector Deenadayalan | Sun TV |