He has two sisters his older sister, Aliya, is an architect and his younger sister, Sana, is a physician. His family returned to Lahore when he was 13. When Khan was young, his father was in pharmaceutical sales, which required the family to live in Athens, Dubai, Riyadh and Manchester during the Gulf War. His mother's family originated in Lucknow, British India (now Uttar Pradesh). His father was born in Patiala, British India (now Punjab, India), and moved to Pakistan at a young age after the 1947 partition. He lives in Lahore, and speaks Punjabi as his first language. Khan was born in Karachi on 29 November 1981 into a family of Pathan ancestry.
Khan played a lead role in the Pakistani television serial Humsafar (2011), and appeared in Sultana Siddiqui's family drama Zindagi Gulzar Hai (2012). He had his first success in the television period drama, Dastaan (2010), for which he received the Best Male Actor Award at the Pakistan Media Awards. Khan made his film debut with a supporting role in Shoaib Mansoor's sociodrama, Khuda Kay Liye (2007), one of Pakistan's highest-grossing films.
After about 250 performances, he left the band to pursue a film career. The band appeared on the finale of Pepsi Battle of the Bands in 2002 and Khan became known for its 2003 debut album, Irtiqa. Soon after he came into the scene, Khan was shortlisted to play the lead character in the movie, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" however, the role was later bagged by another Pakistani actor Riz Ahmad who won several accolades and global recognition. He formed an alternative rock band, Entity Paradigm, with the show's co-stars and began his music career as its lead singer. Khan began his acting career on the television sitcom, Jutt and Bond. Having received several awards including a Filmfare Award, three Lux Style Awards and six Hum Awards, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary actors hailing from Pakistan. Fawad Afzal Khan (born 29 November 1981) is a Pakistani actor, producer, screenwriter, model, judge and singer.