After pursuing a bachelor's degree in finance from the Pennsylvania State University and a master's degree in fine arts from the Pace University, Khan made his acting debut with the acclaimed drama Moor (2015) and received praise for playing the role of a lawyer in the television series Yaqeen Ka Safar (2017), and a pilot in the combat war film Parwaaz Hai Junoon (2018).

[4] After high school, Khan ended up attending Pennsylvania State University, where he also boxed for the college team, completing a Bachelor of Science in finance.

[6] The next few years were spent attending the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University, completing a Master of Fine Arts in acting.

[8] For the short film Flutter, Khan spent a month getting into the physiological state to play a young cancer patient, including losing 25 pounds and shaving his head and eyebrows.

He spent a month in a village in Balochistan, observing the behaviors of local Pashtuns to find the physicality of his character, and learning to speak Urdu in their dialect.