Ali Badshah

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Ali Badshah
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Syed Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah

Toronto, Ontario, Canada [1]

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. [2]

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Career

Working as a comedian, Badshah has written and acted in comedy skits for CBC, [3] CTV, [4] The Comedy Network, MTV, and ABC2 Australia. [5]

His style of comedy is observational and likely originated from his experiences growing up and living in Toronto. [6] [7]

Badshah wrote and performed for Video on Trial and was an associate producer for MuchMusic. [1]

He created the sketch series Bloody Immigrants for CBC. [8] Ali was also featured on the Comedy Network's 'Nubian Disciples Special.'

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