Emraan Anwar Hashmi is an Indian film actor who appears in Hindi-language films. Over the course of his career, Hashmi has received three Filmfare Award nominations.

He worked as an assistant director on the horror film Raaz (2002) before beginning his acting career. By 2004, Hashmi had established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema, starring in the successful films Murder (2004), Zeher (2005), Aashiq Banaya Aapne (2005), and Gangster (2006).