Abubakr Ali is an Egyptian-born American actor. [1] [2] On television, he played Officer Samir Bashir in Law & Order: Organized Crime . [3] He also played the lead in the 2022 film Anything's Possible . [1]
Ali was born in Egypt and raised in Pasadena, California. [3] He is a Muslim. [4] According to an interview he did for Wonderland , Ali and his family moved to the United States in 2000; his father died in 2017. [1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Someday Soon | Dancer | Short film | 
| 2014 | Doradus | Demitri Christon | |
| 2018 | Irish Goodbye | Nizar | |
| 2022 | Anything's Possible | Khal | |
| 2025 | A House of Dynamite | Lieutenant Dan Buck | |
| TBA | Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother | Post-production | 
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Dig | Goat herder | 1 episode | 
| 2020 | Tommy | Gamal Hadiri | |
| Katy Keene | Raj Patel | 6 episodes | |
| Little Voice | Dr. Nadeen | 1 episode | |
| 2021 | The Walking Dead: World Beyond | Dev | 3 episodes | 
| Our Ladies of Brooklyn | Rahim | 1 episode | |
| 2020–2023 | Power Book II: Ghost | Sebastian 'Bash' Kamal-Stern | 4 episodes | 
| 2024 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Officer Samir Bashir | 5 episodes | 
| This Really Happened | Boy | TV movie |