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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

NCIS

Law & Order

Sesame Street

The Sopranos

Homeland

CSI: Miami

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

All Movies (20)

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023 · as Additional Voices (voice)
• Zafar2022 · as Zafar
• The Virgin of Highland Park2022 · as Dr. Davis
• American Eid2021 · as Altaf
• The Illegal2021 · as Mamujaan
• Street2015 · as Store Clerk
• Million Dollar Arm2014 · as Emcee (uncredited)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist2013 · as Pak-Punjab Deli Customer
• Desperate Endeavors2012 · as Ram
• Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World2006 · as Various (voice)
• Messengers2004 · as Arjen Bhasen
• Ball and Chain2004 · as Ashol
• The Guru2002 · as Various Characters (voice, uncredited)
• Rollerball2002 · as Indian Sports Announcer
• The Warrior2001 · as The Warrior (voice)
• Little Senegal2001 · as Foreman
• Mambo Café2000 · as Cabbie #2
• ABCD1999 · as News Vendor
• The Tic Code1998 · as Indian Man
• Twisted1996 · as Extra

All TV Shows (26)

• Ms. Marvel2022 · as Flight Passenger (voice)
• The Village2019 · as Abbas Azmoun
• SEAL Team2017 · as Salim Hakan
• 24: Legacy2017 · as Saeed Hammad
• Rosewood2015 · as Rishi Singh
• Growing Up Fisher2014 · as Olivier
• Elementary2012 · as Quadir Durrani
• Scandal2012 · as President Razani
• Homeland2011 · as Major Zulfikar
• Unforgettable2011 · as Aziz Malik (uncredited)
• Aks2011
• Ishq Junoon Deewangi2009 · as Behram Omar
• In Plain Sight2008 · as Indian Man
• Sleeper Cell2005 · as Suheil
• Close to Home2005 · as Bashar Alavi
• Boston Legal2004 · as Dr. Martin Lee
• NCIS2003 · as Nabi
• CSI: Miami2002 · as Restaurant Manager
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Yossi Almaliakh
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Patel
• Alias2001 · as Mr. Halbe
• Third Watch1999 · as Taxi Driver
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Dr. Dhar
• The Sopranos1999 · as Dr. Mehta
• Law & Order1990 · as Harish Singh
• Sesame Street1969 · as Orderly