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