Asif was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire and attended Salt Grammar School, Baildon. He now lives in South London. Before attending drama school he studied at The University of Bradford (BSc Electronic Imaging & Media Communications). Trained at The Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art (RADA) and is an award-winning actor. Theatre includes: Hamlet, The Cherry Orchard (Theatre Royal Windsor), Tartuffe (RSC/Birmingham Rep Theatre), A Kind Of People (Royal Court), When The Crows Visit (Kiln Theatre), Love, Bombs & Apples (The Kennedy Center, Washington DC), Tartuffe (Royal Shakespeare Company), Love, Bombs & Apples (San Francisco & UK Tour), A Passage To India (Simple8/Royal & Derngate/Park Theatre), Love, Bombs & Apples (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2017), The Hypocrite (RSC/HullTruck), Paradise of the Assassins (Tara Arts), Love, Bombs & Apples (Arcola & UK Tour 2016), Handbagged (UK Tour 2015, Kiln/Tricycle Theatre/Eleanor Lloyd Productions), Love, Bombs & Apples (Arcola Theatre 2015), Punjabi Boy (RichMix), Multitude
