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Canadian actor, writer, producer, director, and comedian
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Ali Badshah
BornSyed Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ali Badshah (born Syed Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah) is a Canadian actor, writer, comedian, producer, and director. Badshah played Nurullah in the Irish animated film The Breadwinner.

Career

Working as a comedian, Badshah has written and acted in comedy skits for CBC, CTV, The Comedy Network, MTV, and ABC2 Australia.

His style of comedy is observational and likely originated from his experiences growing up and living in Toronto.

Badshah wrote and performed for Video on Trial and was an associate producer for MuchMusic.

He created the sketch series Bloody Immigrants for CBC. Ali was also featured on the Comedy Network's 'Nubian Disciples Special.'

References

  1. ^ 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.

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