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