1970-04-25 ( 54 years old ) in Bombay, India
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.
Movies
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023-05-31
Zafar
2022-03-02
American Eid
2021-05-28
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013-04-24
Desperate Endeavors
2012-09-07
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006-01-20
Messengers
2004-06-27
Ball and Chain
2004-05-14
Rollerball
2002-02-08
The Warrior
2001-09-23
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