Ismail Bashey
Born
25 April 1970 (55)
Place of Birth
Bombay, India
Also known as
Ishmail 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 ...
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 (20)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
Zafar
2022
The Virgin of Highland Park
2022
American Eid
2021
The Illegal
2021
Street
2015
Million Dollar Arm
2014
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
Desperate Endeavors
2012
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006
Messengers
2004
Ball and Chain
2004
The Guru
2002
Rollerball
2002
The Warrior
2001
Little Senegal
2001
Mambo Café
2000
ABCD
1999
The Tic Code
1998
Twisted
1996