Sharaf U Dheen hails from Aluva in Kerala, India. After his Higher Secondary education, he did online courses and worked as a car sales executive and later founded a tourism startup called Seasonz India Holidays before foraying into cinema. He married Beema in 2015. She hails from Changanassery. The couple have a daughter named Dua .He made his acting debut in Neram in 2013, directed by Alphonse Puthren. He also acted in Ohm Shanthi Oshaana (2014) directed by Jude Anthany Joseph. He received breakthrough with the Alphonse Putharen-directed romantic-comedy Premam in 2015. In the film he played the role of Girirajan Kozhi, a flirt. He acted along with Prithviraj Sukumaran in the film Pavada in 2016. He has also worked in Pretham, Carbon (2018) and Thobama (2018) which was produced by Alphonse Puthren. In 2019, he acted in his debut leading role in Neeyum Njanum.
