Riyaz Khan is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil cinema besides acting in a few Telugu and Kannada films, as well as one Hindi film. He debuted in the Malayalam film Sugham Sughakaram directed by Balachandra Menon. Later he went on to act in Tamil and Telugu films. After many years, he came back to the Malayalam film industry acting in Balettan starring Mohanlal. He is also a brand ambassador of a Chennai-based fitness studio called 'Inshape Health & Fitness'. His notable films include Badri (2001), Baba (2002), Ramana (2002), Balettan (2003), Winner (2003), Runway (2004), Ghajini (2005), Stalin (2006), and Thirupathi. He is born to Rasheed, a Malayalam movie producer and Rasheeda Baanu at Fort Kochi, Kerala. He Since his father was a movie producer and all the South Indian movies were then shot in Madras, now known Chennai, his family migrated there. He is married to actress Uma Riyaz who is the daughter of Tamil music director Kamesh and yesteryear actress Kamala Kamesh. The couple have two sons, Shariq Hassan and Shamshad.