Mosharraf Karim: The Character Actor Who Became Bangladeshi TV’s Most Dependable Star

Mosharraf Karim spent a decade and a half on stage with the theatre company Nattokendro before television ever gave him a second look — a grounding that shows in a career built almost entirely on precise, character-first performances rather than star-vehicle leading roles.

Born K. M. Mosharraf Hossain in Barisal on 22 August 1971, Karim made his television debut in the 1999 serial Atithi, directed by Ferdous Hassan, and spent the following years building a reputation through serials including Chander Nijer Kono Alo Nei, House Full, FnF, and Jhamela Unlimited — work that established him as one of Bangladeshi television’s most reliably watchable actors, equally capable in comedy and drama.

His film work has followed a similar path: substantial supporting and character roles rather than conventional stardom, in films including Rupkothar Golpo (2006), Daruchini Dip (2007), Third Person Singular Number (2009), and Jalaler Golpo (2015), for which he won an award at Portugal’s Avanca Film Festival in 2015. His highest-profile film credit came with Television (2013), in which he starred alongside Nusrat Imrose Tisha — the film became Bangladesh’s official selection for the Academy Awards’ Best Foreign Language Film category that year.

On the awards circuit, Karim has been a repeat winner at the Meril Prothom Alo Awards, taking Best Male TV Actor for Deyal Almari (2008), Jorda Jamal (2012), and Sei Rokom Cha Khor (2013) — three wins across three different years that reflect a career defined less by any single breakout role than by sustained, dependable output across two decades of Bangladeshi television and film.