Ali Badshah
Born
Syed Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah

Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]

Ali Badshah (full name Syed Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah) is a Canadian actor, writer, producer, and director. Badshah is the male lead in the Oscar-nominated feature film drama The Breadwinner.[2] He has written and starred in five televised comedy specials for CBC,[3] CTV,[4] The Comedy Network, MTV and ABC2 Australia.[5] An observational comedian whose work often draws on his experiences growing up in and around Toronto,[6][7] Badshah has also written and performed for Video on Trial and was an associate producer for MuchMusic.[1] Badshah created, executive produced, wrote, and starred in CBC's first web comedy series Bloody Immigrants.[8] An alumnus of both The Second City and Yuk Yuk's, he was on the front page of the Toronto Star as one of the Top Ten People in the country – the only actor/comedian to ever appear on their list – and was featured on the Comedy Network's 'Nubian Disciples Special', with Russell Peters and Dave Chappelle, as part of the "next generation of great Canadian comics."[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Keung, Nicholas (4 January 2009). "New wave of minority comedians gets attention". Toronto Star.
  2. ↑ Macnab, Geoffrey (23 May 2018). "The Breadwinner film review: Uplifting animation despite bleak premise". The Independent. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival". CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival. CBC.
  4. ↑ "Ali Rizvi Badshah". Comedy Now!. 2011. CTV.
  5. ↑ "We Ain't Terrorists". We Ain't Terrorists. 2011. ABC2.
  6. ↑ DeMara, Bruce (21 May 2009). "Standing up for who they are". Toronto Star.
  7. ↑ Keung, Nicholas (21 October 2008). "Accent comedy show preserves its cultural richness". Toronto Star.
  8. ↑ MacDonald, Jim (2 July 2008). "Bloody Immigrants land at CBC". Playback.
  9. ↑ Robinson (host), Kenny. "Nubian Disciples". Nubian Disciples. The Comedy Network.
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