Ali Badshah
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| Born | Sayyid Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah Al-Hussaini |
Ali Badshah (born Sayyid Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah Al-Hussaini) is a Canadian actor, writer, comedian, producer, and director. Badshah played Nurullah in the Irish animated film The Breadwinner.[2]
Career
[edit]Working as a comedian, Badshah has written and acted in comedy skits for CBC,[3] CTV,[4] The Comedy Network, MTV, and ABC2 Australia.[5]
His style of comedy is observational and likely originated from his experiences growing up and living in Toronto.[6][7]
Badshah wrote and performed for Video on Trial and was an associate producer for MuchMusic.[1]
He created the sketch series Bloody Immigrants for CBC.[8] Ali was also featured on the Comedy Network's 'Nubian Disciples Special.'[citation needed]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Keung, Nicholas (4 January 2009). "New wave of minority comedians gets attention". Toronto Star.
- ↑ Macnab, Geoffrey (23 May 2018). "The Breadwinner film review: Uplifting animation despite bleak premise". The Independent. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018.
- ↑ "CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival". CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival. CBC.
- ↑ "Ali Rizvi Badshah". Comedy Now!. 2011. CTV.
- ↑ "We Ain't Terrorists". We Ain't Terrorists. 2011. ABC2.
- ↑ DeMara, Bruce (21 May 2009). "Standing up for who they are". Toronto Star.
- ↑ Keung, Nicholas (21 October 2008). "Accent comedy show preserves its cultural richness". Toronto Star.
- ↑ MacDonald, Jim (2 July 2008). "Bloody Immigrants land at CBC". Playback.
External links
[edit]- Ali Badshah at IMDb
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