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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 25, 1970
Place of Birth
Bombay, India
Also Known As
- Ishmail Bashey
Ismail Bashey
0.5 Popularity
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
8.3
Additional Voices (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
6.4
Flight Passenger (voice)
Ms. Marvel
2022
0.0
Zafar
Zafar
2022
6.0
Dr. Davis
The Virgin of Highland Park
2022
7.1
Altaf
American Eid
2021
10.0
Mamujaan
The Illegal
2021
7.5
Abbas Azmoun
The Village
2019
8.0
Salim Hakan
SEAL Team
2017
6.1
Saeed Hammad
24: Legacy
2017
6.6
Store Clerk
Street
2015
Credits
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Additional Voices (voice)
2023
8.3
Ms. Marvel
as Flight Passenger (voice)
2022
6.4
Zafar
as Zafar
2022
0.0
The Virgin of Highland Park
as Dr. Davis
2022
6.0
American Eid
as Altaf
2021
7.1
The Illegal
as Mamujaan
2021
10.0
The Village
as Abbas Azmoun
2019
7.5
SEAL Team
as Salim Hakan
2017
8.0
24: Legacy
as Saeed Hammad
2017
6.1
Street
as Store Clerk
2015
6.6
Rosewood
as Rishi Singh
2015
6.5
Million Dollar Arm
as Emcee (uncredited)
2014
6.7
Growing Up Fisher
as Olivier
2014
6.5
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Pak-Punjab Deli Customer
2013
6.6
Elementary
as Quadir Durrani
2012
7.6
🎬
Desperate Endeavors
as Ram
2012
0.0
Scandal
as President Razani
2012
7.2
Homeland
as Major Zulfikar
2011
7.6
Unforgettable
as Aziz Malik (uncredited)
2011
7.2
Aks
2011
10.0
Ishq Junoon Deewangi
as Behram Omar
2009
10.0
In Plain Sight
as Indian Man
2008
7.1
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
as Various (voice)
2006
5.3
Sleeper Cell
as Suheil
2005
7.5
Close to Home
as Bashar Alavi
2005
5.9
Boston Legal
as Dr. Martin Lee
2004
7.9
Messengers
as Arjen Bhasen
2004
5.3
Ball and Chain
as Ashol
2004
6.0
NCIS
as Nabi
2003
7.6
CSI: Miami
as Restaurant Manager
2002
7.7
The Guru
as Various Characters (voice, uncredited)
2002
5.3
Rollerball
as Indian Sports Announcer
2002
4.0
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Yossi Almaliakh
2001
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Patel
2001
7.6
Alias
as Mr. Halbe
2001
6.8
The Warrior
as The Warrior (voice)
2001
6.3
Little Senegal
as Foreman
2001
6.1
Mambo Café
as Cabbie #2
2000
4.9
ABCD
as News Vendor
1999
6.0
Third Watch
as Taxi Driver
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Dhar
1999
7.9
The Sopranos
as Dr. Mehta
1999
8.6
The Tic Code
as Indian Man
1998
5.8
Twisted
as Extra
1996
3.1
Law & Order
as Harish Singh
1990
7.4
Sesame Street
as Orderly
1969
7.1