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Ali Badshah
Actor, Writer
Ali Badshah is a Canadian actor, writer, producer, director and comedian. Badshah is the male lead in the Oscar-nominated feature film drama The Breadwinner (film), executive produced by Angelina Jolie. He has written and starred in five televised comedy specials for CBC, CTV, The Comedy Network, MTV and ABC2 Australia. An observational comedian whose work often draws on his experiences growing up in and around Toronto, Badshah has also written and performed for Video on Trial and was an associate producer for MuchMusic. Badshah created, executive produced, wrote, and starred in CBC's first web comedy series Bloody Immigrants. An alumnus of both The Second City and Yuk Yuk's, he was on the front page of the Toronto Star as one of the Top Ten People in the country – the only actor/comedian to ever appear on their list – and was featured on the Comedy Network's 'Nubian Disciples Special', with Russell Peters and Dave Chappelle, as part of the "next generation of great Canadian comics."
Filmography
| 2023 | Bakugan 3.0 (TV Series) · as V |
| 2023 | Accused (US) (TV Series) · as Scott Golenberg |
| 2022 | Tehranto · as Fred Moridi |
| 2022 | This Place · as Habib |
| 2021 | Ghosts (US) (TV Series) · as Terry |
| 2021 | Y: The Last Man (TV Series) · as Vijay Singh |
| 2020 | Doomsday Brothers (TV Series) · as Vijay |
| 2020 | Feel the Beat · as Royalton Dad #1 |
| 2019 | Departure (TV Series) · as Paramedic |
| 2019 | Shazam! · as Interviewee |
| 2019 | Hudson & Rex (TV Series) · as Theo Schwab (as Ali Rizvi) |
| 2017 | The Breadwinner · as Nurullah / Talib Security Man (voice) |
| 2017 | Workin' Moms (TV Series) · as Louis |
| 2016 | Kim's Convenience (TV Series) · as Terry |
| 2015 | Between (TV Series) · as Jeremy |
| 2014 | Odd Squad (TV Series) · as Captain Butterbeard |
| 2014 | Max & Shred (TV Series) · as Substitute Teacher |
| 2012 | Aladdin and the Death Lamp · as Abdel |
| 2012 | I, Martin Short, Goes Home · as Rap Referee |
| 2011 | Moon Point · as Mukhtar |
| 2010 | The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (TV Series) · as Timmy Tippy Toes |
| 2009 | The Listener (TV Series) · as Eight Ball (as Ali Rizvi Badshah) |
| 2009 | Finding ODO · as Bobbi |
| 2006 | Billable Hours (TV Series) · as Computer Tech |
| 2003 | 72 Hours: True Crime (TV Series) · as Shashi Sharma Jr. |
| 2003 | Missing (2003) (TV Series) · as Bill The Barista |