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Ismail Bashey
Bombay, India
Ismail originally hails from Bombay, India where he began his acting career at a fairly young age, taking an active part in every school production from Shakespeare to Moliere. He…
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Ismail originally hails from Bombay, India where he began his acting career at a fairly young age, taking an active part in every school production from Shakespeare to Moliere. He began performing on stage professionally in Musical Theatre in productions such as Grease; They Are Playing our Song and Best of Broadway. He has trained extensively in jazz ballet under the guidance of Karla Singh and Shiamak Davar. He then moved to New York and began his acting career in the Big Apple. He trained at the Lee Strasberg theater Institute in New York for 3 years. During that time he was working on the local south Asian cable channels such as ITV and ATN as a TV host introducing Music videos and Bollywood tidbits. He then began the auditioning circuit around that time and landed some guest roles in independent features such as the Tic Code (starring Gregory Hines). He also began acting on the popular Zee TV drama Mausam that was filmed in New York and Bombay. He was recently seen in the independent feature film Wings of Hope for which he won Best Actor at the Cinevue International film festival.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
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2022
Ms. Marvel
TV show Flight Passenger (voice)
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2022
Zafar
Movie Zafar
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2022
The Virgin of Highland Park
Movie Dr. Davis
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2021
American Eid
Movie Altaf
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2021
The Illegal
Movie Mamujaan
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2019
The Village
TV show Abbas Azmoun
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2017
SEAL Team
TV show Salim Hakan
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2017
24: Legacy
TV show Saeed Hammad
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2015
Street
Movie Store Clerk
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2015
Rosewood
TV show Rishi Singh
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2014
Million Dollar Arm
Movie Emcee (uncredited)
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2014
Growing Up Fisher
TV show Olivier
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2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Movie Pak-Punjab Deli Customer
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2012
Elementary
TV show Quadir Durrani
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2012
Desperate Endeavors
Movie Ram
More credits
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2012
Scandal
TV show President Razani
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2011
Homeland
TV show Major Zulfikar
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2011
Unforgettable
TV show Aziz Malik (uncredited)
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2011
Aks
TV show
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2009
Ishq Junoon Deewangi
TV show Behram Omar
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2008
In Plain Sight
TV show Indian Man
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2006
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Movie Various (voice)
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2005
Sleeper Cell
TV show Suheil
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2005
Close to Home
TV show Bashar Alavi
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2004
Boston Legal
TV show Dr. Martin Lee
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2004
Messengers
Movie Arjen Bhasen
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2004
Ball and Chain
Movie Ashol
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2003
NCIS
TV show Nabi
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2002
CSI: Miami
TV show Restaurant Manager
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2002
The Guru
Movie Various Characters (voice, uncredited)
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2002
Rollerball
Movie Indian Sports Announcer
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2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV show Yossi Almaliakh
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2001
Alias
TV show Mr. Halbe
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2001
The Warrior
Movie The Warrior (voice)
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2001
Little Senegal
Movie Foreman
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2000
Mambo Café
Movie Cabbie #2
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1999
ABCD
Movie News Vendor
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1999
Third Watch
TV show Taxi Driver
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1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV show Dr. Dhar
