Name
Ismail Bashey
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1970-04-25 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Bombay, India
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. 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.
Known For
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- 2004 Ball and Chain as Ashol
- 2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2012 Desperate Endeavors as Ram
- 2022 Zafar as Zafar
- 2006 Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World as Various (voice)
- 2001 The Warrior as The Warrior (voice)
- 2002 Rollerball as Indian Sports Announcer
- 2004 Messengers as Arjen Bhasen
- 2013 The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Pak-Punjab Deli Customer
- 2021 American Eid as Altaf
- 2022 The Virgin of Highland Park as Dr. Davis
- 2021 The Illegal as Mamujaan
- 2015 Street as Store Clerk
- 2014 Million Dollar Arm as Emcee (uncredited)
- 2002 The Guru as Various Characters (voice, uncredited)
- 2001 Little Senegal as Foreman
- 2000 Mambo Café as Cabbie #2
- 1999 ABCD as News Vendor
- 1998 The Tic Code as Indian Man
- 1996 Twisted as Extra
- 2003 NCIS ( 1 episode ) as Nabi
- 2015 Rosewood ( 1 episode ) as Rishi Singh
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Harish Singh
- 1999 The Sopranos ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Mehta
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Dhar
- 2022 Ms. Marvel ( 1 episode ) as Flight Passenger (voice)
- 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as Yossi Almaliakh
- 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as Patel
- 2012 Elementary ( 1 episode ) as Quadir Durrani
- 2012 Scandal ( 1 episode ) as President Razani
- 2011 Aks ( 26 episodes )
- 2009 Ishq Junoon Deewangi ( 21 episodes ) as Behram Omar
- 1999 Third Watch ( 1 episode ) as Taxi Driver
- 2014 Growing Up Fisher ( 1 episode ) as Olivier
- 2011 Homeland ( 1 episode ) as Major Zulfikar
- 2019 The Village ( 1 episode ) as Abbas Azmoun
- 2017 SEAL Team ( 3 episodes ) as Salim Hakan
- 2017 24: Legacy ( 1 episode ) as Saeed Hammad
- 2011 Unforgettable ( 1 episode ) as Aziz Malik (uncredited)
- 2008 In Plain Sight ( 1 episode ) as Indian Man
- 2002 CSI: Miami ( 1 episode ) as Restaurant Manager
- 2004 Boston Legal ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Martin Lee
- 2005 Sleeper Cell ( 1 episode ) as Suheil
- 2001 Alias ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Halbe
- 2005 Close to Home ( 1 episode ) as Bashar Alavi
- 1969 Sesame Street ( 1 episode ) as Orderly
