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Ismail Bashey
Actor
Born April 25, 1970 (54 years)
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
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse · as Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2022 | Shantaram (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2022 | Ms. Marvel (TV Series) · as Flight Passenger (voice) |
| 2022 | The Virgin of Highland Park · as Dr. Davis |
| 2021 | American Eid · as Altaf |
| 2021 | Launchpad (TV Series) · as Altaf |
| 2021 | The Illegal · as Mamujaan |
| 2019 | The Village (2019) (TV Series) · as Abbas Azmoun |
| 2017 | SEAL Team (TV Series) · as Salim Hakan |
| 2016 | 24: Legacy (TV Series) · as Saeed Hammad |
| 2015 | Street · as Store Clerk |
| 2015 | Rosewood (TV Series) · as Rishi Singh |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary (TV Series) · as Ahmet Avci |
| 2014 | Million Dollar Arm · as Emcee |
| 2014 | Growing Up Fisher (TV Series) · as Olivier |
| 2012 | The Reluctant Fundamentalist · as Pak-Punjab Deli Customer |
| 2012 | Elementary (TV Series) · as Quadir Durrani |
| 2012 | Desperate Endeavors · as Ram |
| 2012 | Scandal (2012) (TV Series) · as President Razani |
| 2011 | Homeland (TV Series) · as Major Zulfikar |
| 2011 | Unforgettable (TV Series) · as Aziz Malik |
| 2008 | In Plain Sight (TV Series) · as Indian Man |
| 2005 | Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World · as Various (voice) |
| 2005 | Sleeper Cell (TV Series) · as Suheil |
| 2005 | Close to Home (TV Series) · as Bashar Alavi |
| 2004 | Boston Legal (TV Series) · as Dr. Martin Lee |
| 2004 | Messengers · as Arjen Bhasen |
| 2004 | Ball & Chain · as Ashol |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Nabi |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Political Strategist Ahmed Fatah |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami (TV Series) · as Restaurant Manager |
| 2002 | The Guru · as Various Characters |
| 2002 | Rollerball · as Indian Sports Announcer |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Patel |
| 2001 | Alias (TV Series) · as Mr. Halbe |
| 2001 | The Warrior · as The Warrior (voice) |
| 2001 | Wings of Hope · as Ravi Khanna |
| 2000 | Little Senegal · as Foreman |
| 2000 | Mambo Café · as Cabbie #2 |
| 1999 | ABCD · as News Vendor |
| 1999 | Third Watch (TV Series) · as Taxi Driver |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Dr. Dhar |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1999 | The Sopranos (TV Series) · as Dr. Mehta |
| 1998 | The Tic Code · as Indian Man |
| 1996 | Twisted · as Extra |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Harish Singh |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Orderly |