[5][6] Feroz Khan is known for his roles in successful Hindi films, such as Arzoo (1965), Safar (1970), Upaasna (1971), Mela (1971), Apradh (1972), Khotte Sikkay (1974), Kaala Sona (1975), Dharmatma (1975), Nagin (1976), Qurbani (1980), Kachche Heere (1982), Janbaaz (1986), Dayavan (1988), Yalgaar (1992), Welcome (2007).

Describing himself as a "rebel", he was kicked out from three schools, and never went to college, despite clearing his Senior Cambridge examinations, as he moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) to pursue a film career.

With the film Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969), Khan won his first Filmfare award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

His other hit films were Safar, Khotey Sikkay, Geeta Mera Naam, Kaala Sona and Shankar Shambhu.

He appeared alongside his real-life brother Sanjay Khan in the hit films Upaasna (1971), Mela (1971) and Nagin (1976).

He became a successful producer and director in 1971 so as to improve his career opportunities as a leading man with his first directorial film Apradh, which was the first Indian movie showing auto racing in Germany; Mumtaaz was his co-star.

[22] In 1986, he directed and starred in Janbaaz, a box office hit,[24] which some consider to be one of his best movies, featured an all-star cast and possessed great songs and excellent cinematography.

He launched his son Fardeen Khan's career with the 1998 film Prem Aggan, which, however, was a box office bomb.

He was undergoing treatment at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai, but expressed his desire to visit his farmhouse in Bangalore.