Ismail Bashey
Acting
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.
Born: April 25, 1970
Place of Birth: Bombay, India
Known For
Filmography
as Additional Voices (voice)
as Flight Passenger (voice)
as Zafar
as Dr. Davis
as Altaf
as Mamujaan
as Abbas Azmoun
as Salim Hakan
as Saeed Hammad
as Store Clerk
as Rishi Singh
as Emcee (uncredited)
as Olivier
as Pak-Punjab Deli Customer
as Quadir Durrani
as President Razani
as Major Zulfikar
as Aziz Malik (uncredited)
as Behram Omar
as Indian Man
as Various (voice)
as Suheil
as Bashar Alavi
as Dr. Martin Lee
as Arjen Bhasen
as Ashol
as Nabi
as Restaurant Manager
as Various Characters (voice, uncredited)
as Indian Sports Announcer
as Yossi Almaliakh
as Patel
as Mr. Halbe
as The Warrior (voice)
as Foreman
as Cabbie #2
as News Vendor
as Taxi Driver
as Dr. Dhar
as Dr. Mehta
as Indian Man
as Extra
as Harish Singh
as Orderly