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Ismail Bashey
Actor

Ismail Bashey

25 Apr 1970Born
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Bombay, IndiaBirthplace

Biography

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.

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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.

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Filmography

  1. 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseFilm: Additional Voices (voice)
  2. 2022Ms. MarvelSeries: Flight Passenger (voice) (1 episode)
  3. 2022ZafarFilm: Zafar
  4. 2022The Virgin of Highland ParkFilm: Dr. Davis
  5. 2021American EidFilm: Altaf
  6. 2021The IllegalFilm: Mamujaan
  7. 2019The VillageSeries: Abbas Azmoun (1 episode)
  8. 2017SEAL TeamSeries: Salim Hakan (3 episodes)
  9. 201724: LegacySeries: Saeed Hammad (1 episode)
  10. 2015StreetFilm: Store Clerk
  11. 2015RosewoodSeries: Rishi Singh (1 episode)
  12. 2014Million Dollar ArmFilm: Emcee (uncredited)
  13. 2014Growing Up FisherSeries: Olivier (1 episode)
  14. 2013The Reluctant FundamentalistFilm: Pak-Punjab Deli Customer
  15. 2012ElementarySeries: Quadir Durrani (1 episode)
  16. 2012Desperate EndeavorsFilm: Ram
  17. 2012ScandalSeries: President Razani (1 episode)
  18. 2011HomelandSeries: Major Zulfikar (1 episode)
  19. 2011UnforgettableSeries: Aziz Malik (uncredited) (1 episode)
  20. 2011AksSeries (26 episodes)
  21. 2009Ishq Junoon DeewangiSeries: Behram Omar (21 episodes)
  22. 2008In Plain SightSeries: Indian Man (1 episode)
  23. 2006Looking for Comedy in the Muslim WorldFilm: Various (voice)
  24. 2005Sleeper CellSeries: Suheil (1 episode)
  25. 2005Close to HomeSeries: Bashar Alavi (1 episode)
  26. 2004Boston LegalSeries: Dr. Martin Lee (1 episode)
  27. 2004MessengersFilm: Arjen Bhasen
  28. 2004Ball and ChainFilm: Ashol
  29. 2003NCISSeries: Nabi (1 episode)
  30. 2002CSI: MiamiSeries: Restaurant Manager (1 episode)
  31. 2002The GuruFilm: Various Characters (voice, uncredited)
  32. 2002RollerballFilm: Indian Sports Announcer
  33. 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries: Yossi Almaliakh, Patel (1 episode)
  34. 2001AliasSeries: Mr. Halbe (1 episode)
  35. 2001The WarriorFilm: The Warrior (voice)
  36. 2001Little SenegalFilm: Foreman
  37. 2000Mambo CaféFilm: Cabbie #2
  38. 1999ABCDFilm: News Vendor
  39. 1999Third WatchSeries: Taxi Driver (1 episode)
  40. 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries: Dr. Dhar (1 episode)
  41. 1999The SopranosSeries: Dr. Mehta (1 episode)
  42. 1998The Tic CodeFilm: Indian Man
  43. 1996TwistedFilm: Extra
  44. 1990Law & OrderSeries: Harish Singh (1 episode)
  45. 1969Sesame StreetSeries: Orderly (1 episode)

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