Irshad Ali is an Indian actor in Malayalam films.
He has acted in numerous award-winning art-house films including those directed by acclaimed filmmakers such as Pavithran, T. V. Chandran, P. T. Kunju Muhammed, and K. R. Mohanan.
He debuted as an actor in Sibi Malayil's campus story Pranayavarnangal (Colours of Love, 1998) then appeared in Garshom (1999).
[2] His notable films include T. V. Chandran's Dany (2002), Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam (Lesson One: A Wail, 2003), Vilapangalkkappuram (2008) and Bhoomi Malayalam (The Mother Earth, 2009), P. T. Kunju Muhammed's Paradesi (Foreigner, 2007), Madhu Kaithapram's Madhya Venal (2009), Priyanandanan's Pulijanmam (Tiger Life, 2006) and Bhakthajanangalude Sradhakku (2011), and Dr. Biju's Veettilekkulla Vazhi (The Way Home, 2010).
[3] He was born to Puthenpura Nalakathu Abdu and Nafeesa, as fourth son among six children, at Kechery, Thrissur.