Sal Yusuf

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Sal Yusuf
Born
London, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Stand-up comedian
Years active1995–present

Sal Yusuf is a British actor and comedian who works in Indian films. [1]

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Career

Born in London to Cypriot immigrants, he moved to Bangalore, India, where he became a stand-up comedian and is also a part of the comedy group, The Improv. [2] [3] He was one of the first stand-up comedians in Bangalore. [2] After appearing in several commercials, theatre productions, and playing supporting roles in several Malayalam films, Sal Yusuf made his Hindi film debut with Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) portraying one of the antagonists. [4] He made his Kannada lead debut with French Biriyani alongside Danish Sait, who was also part of The Improv. [5] [6] In the film, he plays a French emigrant who comes to Bangalore. [5] [7] [8]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1995Sorry About Last NightArabian student English Uncredited
2012 Ustad Hotel Chef Malayalam Voice role
2013 Kili Poyi Drug addict
2014 Iyobinte Pusthakam Harrison
2015 Dheepan Barbecue guest French Uncredited
2017 Take Off TareekMalayalam
Comrade in America Karl Marx
Tiger Zinda Hai Al Amir Bagdawi Hindi
CandyFlip CokemanEnglish / Hindi
2020 India vs England John Kannada
Trance Foreign pastorMalayalam
French Biriyani SimonKannada
2022 Sardar General Yusuf (Pakistan Army)Tamil
2024 Ruslaan OzanHindi

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
2021 Sunflower Chairman of Sonu Singh's Company ZEE5
2022 Humble Politician Nograj Dimitri Voot Kannada-language web series

References

  1. ↑ salyusuf. "Sal Yusuf". Sal Yusuf. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 Revanna, Ananya (21 September 2015). "From darkness to light". Deccan Herald .
  3. ↑ Prasad, A. Harini (10 August 2018). "Black Dog Easy Evenings' India tour brings Papa CJ, Danish Sait and Cyrus Sahukar to Hyderabad". Indian Express .
  4. ↑ Bhatnagar, Rohit (21 January 2018). "Casting call from YRF felt like prank call to me, says TZH fame Sal Yusuf". Deccan Chronicle .
  5. 1 2 Sara Anien, Tini (12 April 2019). "Danish Sait in Pannaga's next film, a comedy". Deccan Herald .
  6. ↑ Agarwal, Stuti (1 March 2017). "Bengaluru comedy groups go global". The Times of India .
  7. ↑ Ramachandran, Mythily (10 June 2020). "French Biryani trailer to be released on Thursday". Gulf News . Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Ramachandran, Mythily (22 July 2020). "British actor Sal Yusuf gets a taste of 'French Biriyani' in India". Gulf News .
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