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