Ali Badshah

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]

Ali Badshah
Born
Syed Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah

Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
NationalityCanadian

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.
  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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