He made his acting debut in 2007, with appearance in Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's television series Ha/Na in 2007, where he had a recurring role.

[2] He then starred in the television series Serious Ekta Kotha Ache alongside Mosharraf Karim and Sohana Saba.

The film was a huge success commercially and his performance was highly praised by critics,[5] earning him a Best Actor nomination at the Meril Prothom Alo Awards.

[9] In 2015, he starred in Shihab Shaheen's romantic drama film Chuye Dile Mon, alongside Zakia Bari Momo.

[12] He also starred in the Indo-Bangladeshi joint venture Niyoti, which directed by Jakir Hossain Raju and was produced by Jaaz Multimedia and Eskay Movies.

In 2018, Arifin started the year with Jakir Hossain Raju's Bhalo Theko produced by 'Tiger Media' co-starring Tanha Tasnia Islam and Asif Imrose.

In 2019, Arifin started the year with Ranjan Ghosh's Ahaa Re co-starring Rituparna Sengupta which is completely an Indian Bengali film.

He also worked in Shapludu, a political thriller film directed by Golam Sohrab Dodul, where he portrayed the character of Arman.

He worked in a Chorki original movie Unish 20, which was directed by Mizanur Rahman Aryan and released on 13 February 2023.

He will also next starring in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's biopic Mujib: The Making of a Nation, Raihan Rafi's Noor, produced by Shapla Media and Noyeem Imtiaz Neyamul's Jam, which is about a traffic jam and produced by Dhallywood Cinema Megastar Manna's Kritanjoli Kothachitra.