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.

Most Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dr. Dhar

Law & Order

as Harish Singh

NCIS

as Nabi

Homeland

as Major Zulfikar

The Sopranos

as Dr. Mehta

Elementary

as Quadir Durrani

CSI: Miami

as Restaurant Manager

Sesame Street

as Orderly

SEAL Team

as Salim Hakan

Scandal

as President Razani

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Yossi Almaliakh

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Patel

Boston Legal

as Dr. Martin Lee

Unforgettable

as Aziz Malik (uncredited)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

as Additional Voices (voice)

Third Watch

as Taxi Driver

Ms. Marvel

as Flight Passenger (voice)

Rosewood

as Rishi Singh

In Plain Sight

as Indian Man

24: Legacy

as Saeed Hammad