Shahab Ali is an Indian actor who has appeared in Bollywood films, web series, short films, and musical shows across the world. Some of his work includes Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan (2024), The Family Man Season 1 & 2 (2019-2021), Ek Thi Begum Season 2 (2021) and Kedarnath (2018) etc. He started doing theatre in college. After graduating from Delhi university, he worked as a journalist for a short while but he started missing the live action of theatre and thus applied to the National School of Drama in Delhi. While at the NSD he had the opportunity to work with Veteran theatre directors like "Mohan Maharishi", "Anuradha Kapur", "Abhilash Pillai", "Ovlyakuli Khodjakuli" and "Tripurari Sharma". He was also exposed to various traditional and contemporary art forms like kalaripayattu, chhau, kudiyattam, ankia natt, Bollywood dance, Aerial acts, and sword fighting.