Abubakr Ali

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]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Someday Soon	Dancer	Short film
2014	Doradus	Demitri Christon
2018	Irish Goodbye	Nizar
2022	Anything's Possible	Khal
TBA	Untitled Kathryn Bigelow film		Post-production

Television

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

References

1. "ABUBAKR ALI: The Egyptian Arab American actor discusses becoming the first Arab Muslim to lead a comic book adaptation and landing a role in Billy Porter's Anything's Possible". Wonderland. July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
2. Ramirez, Juan A. (July 12, 2022). "Abubakr Ali Gets a Boost From Whale-Watching and Eid Fashions". The New York Times. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
3. Ford, Elisabeth (April 19, 2024). "All About Organized Crime's Ill-Fated Detective, Samir Bashir, Played by Abubakr Ali". NBC.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
4. Petski, Denise (September 29, 2022). "'Grendel' Star Abubakr Ali Responds To Netflix Series Cancellation & What It Means For Muslim Representation: "There Is A Space & Need For Stories Like This"". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

External links

• Abubakr Ali at IMDb