Ali Badshah

Ali Badshah
Born	Sayyid Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah Al-Hussaini Toronto, Ontario, Canada [1]

Ali Badshah (born Sayyid Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah Al-Hussaini) is a Canadian actor, writer, comedian, producer, and director. Badshah played Nurullah in the Irish animated film The Breadwinner. ^[2]

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.'^{[ citation needed ]}

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. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018.
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 .

External links

• Ali Badshah at IMDb