Badar Munir was born in 1940 in Swat. He starred in over 400 Pashto and Urdu films from 1970 to 2002. Before joining films, Bader Munir used to drive Rikshaw in Karachi streets then he got a job as Tea boy in Waheed Murad's office.

Munir was introduced by Waheed Murad to the film industry in 1970. His first movie was Yousaf Khan Sherbano, with Yasmin Khan as heroine.