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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Character:Additional Voices (voice)
Release Date:31/05/2023
Zafar
Character:Zafar
Release Date:02/03/2022
The Virgin of Highland Park
Character:Dr. Davis
Release Date:29/01/2022
American Eid
Character:Altaf
Release Date:28/05/2021
The Illegal
Character:Mamujaan
Release Date:23/03/2021
Street
Character:Store Clerk
Release Date:30/10/2015
Million Dollar Arm
Character:Emcee (uncredited)
Release Date:09/05/2014
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Character:Pak-Punjab Deli Customer
Release Date:24/04/2013
Desperate Endeavors
Character:Ram
Release Date:07/09/2012
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Character:Various (voice)
Release Date:20/01/2006
Messengers
Character:Arjen Bhasen
Release Date:27/06/2004
Ball and Chain
Character:Ashol
Release Date:14/05/2004
The Guru
Character:Various Characters (voice, uncredited)
Release Date:21/08/2002
Rollerball
Character:Indian Sports Announcer
Release Date:08/02/2002
The Warrior
Character:The Warrior (voice)
Release Date:23/09/2001
Little Senegal
Character:Foreman
Release Date:18/04/2001
Mambo Café
Character:Cabbie #2
Release Date:21/04/2000
ABCD
Character:News Vendor
Release Date:06/11/1999
The Tic Code
Character:Indian Man
Release Date:01/06/1998
Twisted
Character:Extra
Release Date:14/11/1996
Television Appearances
Ms. Marvel
Character:Flight Passenger (voice)
The Village
Character:Abbas Azmoun
SEAL Team
Character:Salim Hakan
24: Legacy
Character:Saeed Hammad
Rosewood
Character:Rishi Singh
Growing Up Fisher
Character:Olivier
Elementary
Character:Quadir Durrani
Scandal
Character:President Razani
Homeland
Character:Major Zulfikar
Unforgettable
Character:Aziz Malik (uncredited)
Aks
Character:
Ishq Junoon Deewangi
Character:Behram Omar
In Plain Sight
Character:Indian Man
Sleeper Cell
Character:Suheil
Close to Home
Character:Bashar Alavi
Boston Legal
Character:Dr. Martin Lee
NCIS
Character:Nabi
CSI: Miami
Character:Restaurant Manager
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character:Yossi Almaliakh
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character:Patel
Alias
Character:Mr. Halbe
Third Watch
Character:Taxi Driver
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Dr. Dhar
The Sopranos
Character:Dr. Mehta
Law & Order
Character:Harish Singh
Sesame Street
Character:Orderly
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