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Ilyas Kashmiri, is a Pakistani film actor. He was born on December 25, 1925 in Muhalla Dara Shikoh near Rewali Cinema, in Lahore, Punjab, British India.

Ilyas started his film career from Bombay before Partition. In Bombay, the first film in which he appeared as a hero was Malika, directed and produced by Nazir. After partition he appeared as hero in his first Punjabi film Mundri in (1949).

Ilyas Kashmiri did all kinds of roles, from hero to comedian to character acting and also earned fame as a villain. According to film circles, he acted in over 600 Urdu and Punjabi films. Among his famous films are: Mukhra Chan Warga, Chacha Jee, Hath Jori, Banarsi Thag, Ustad Shagird, Ishq Per Zor Nahi, Pinjra, Hatim, Mahi Munda, Sabira, Yakay Wali, Laila Majnoon, Wada, Anjaam, Shuhrat, Sardar and Murad.

Ilyas Kashmiri died on December 12, 2007 in Lahore at 82 years of age.

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