Faisal Malik

Faisal Malik (born 1 September 1980) is an Indian actor, best known for his role of Prahladcha (or chacha) "Prahlad" Pandey in Amazon Prime Video's Panchayat,^[1] Fraud Saiyaan, Black Widows and Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur Part 2. Also in Ariyippu^[2] directed by Mahesh Narayanan, this will be his Malayalam debut.

Faisal Malik
Born	(1980-09-01) 1 September 1980 (age 44) Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present
Known for	Panchayat Gangs of Wassepur Part 2

Early life

Faisal Malik hails from Prayagraj and left the city to become an actor in Bollywood. He has worked as an assistant director, promo producer, reality show producer, and line producer.^[3]

Career

While Malik had a brief stint acting in the 2012 film Gangs of Wasseypur, he gained fame after his role as Prahlad in the web-series Panchayat.^[4]

He has co-produced web-series such as ‘Smoke’, ‘Revolver Rani’ and ‘Main aur Charles’.^[5]

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2012	Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2	Inspector Gopal Singh	[6]
2019	Fraud Saiyaan	Inspector	[3]
2020	Ariyippu	Dinesh Singh	Malayalam movie
2023	Mast Mein Rehne Ka	Baburam
2024	Dedh Bigha Zameen	Police Inspector
	Pad Gaye Pange	Bhaiya ji
	Jo Tera Hai Woh Mera Hai

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	Black Widows	Inspector Bholey		[citation needed]
2020-2025	Panchayat	Prahlad Pandey	Season 1,2,3 and 4	[3]
2024	Tribhuvan Mishra: CA Topper	Police Inspector Haider Ali	Season 1	[7]
2025	Swipe Crimes †	Professor		[8]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2023	Critics’ Choice Shorts and Series Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Panchayat	Won	[9]
2023	Hitlist OTT Awards	Best Supporting Actor - Male		Nominated	[citation needed]
				Nominated	[citation needed]
2023	Iconic Gold Awards	Best Supporting Actor of the Year		Nominated	[10]