[5] Murtaza Danish Husaini was born into a Muslim family.
[3] Danish graduated from Delhi University with degrees in economics and management.
[3] Husain's early career was in banking, but, dissatisfied, he turned to the performing arts when he was about 30 years old.
[3][1] He has performed in many feature films, including Dhobi Ghat (2010), Peepli Live (2010),[6] Newton (2017), and Soorma (2018).
He has also acted in televisions series, such as Taj Mahal 1989 (2020),[7] Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu (2021)[8] and Bard of Blood (2019).