Zayed Khan (born April 27 1980, India) is an Indian Bollywood actor.
Zayed Khan is a Pathan and a Muslim. His parents are Bollywood actor Sanjay Khan and Zarine Khan. He has three sisters: Suzanne Roshan, who is married to the Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan; Simone Khan; and Farah Khan, not to be confused with the eponymous Indian director and choreographer. His cousin Fardeen Khan and his uncle Feroz Khan are also wellknown Bollywood actors. His childhood friend is Esha Deol.He married his longtime girlfriend Malaika Parekh on November 20, 2005.
He studied at Welham Boys' School, Dehradun and the Kodaikanal International School, Kodaikanal. He also studied in the UK.His height is 5 ft 11 inches. He is 25 yrs old.
His dream of becoming an actor took its roots early on at the age of 8 years, when Zayed first gone on the sets of "Kaala Dhanda Gore Log". From then he wanted to become an actor in a very concrete whole hearted way.
Ultimately his dream came true and he debuted in the 2003 film "Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne" with actress Esha Deol. The film did not do well at the box office. However, he rose to fame with Farah Khan's "Main Hoon Na" (2004), where he co-starred with Shahrukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, and Amrita Rao. In "Main Hoon Na", he played a big-man-on-campus college student named Lucky.
His following release "Dus" (2005) also did well at the box office.His 2006 film release Rocky: The Rebel was a box office failure and latest release "Cash" which has a multi starcast also failed to do well at the box office.
In 2004, Khan went on an international touring stage show, "Rockstars", with Esha Deol, John Abraham, Shahid Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat, and Salman Khan.
He was nominated in Filmfare Best Supporting Actor category, for "Main Hoon Na" in 2005 and in "Zee Cine Award Best Male Debut" category for "Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne" in 2004.
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