Hamza Haq

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Hamza Haq
Born (1990-10-27) October 27, 1990 (age 33)
CitizenshipCanadian
Education Carleton University (BA)
OccupationActor

Hamza Haq (born October 27, 1990) is a Canadian actor, best known for his leading role of Bashir Hamed in the medical drama television series Transplant , [1] which earned him three consecutive Canadian Screen Awards (2021, 2022, 2023). [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Hamza Haq was born to Pakistani parents in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, before immigrating to Canada when he was nine years old, where he became a Canadian citizen. His father worked for an airline while his mother was an organic chemist. [5] He learned English from a school in the Filipino embassy in Saudi Arabia before switching to an American school. He later attended Bell High School in Ottawa, Ontario. [6] Haq graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Arts in film studies with a minor in Law. [5]

Career

Haq started his career with roles on various television series, before taking on roles in feature films. As an actor, his work has included the television series Quantico and limited series The Indian Detective . [7] He was also the host for the children's television series Look Kool. [5]

At the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, he received a nomination for Best Performance in a Guest Role in a Drama Series for an appearance on This Life , [5] and in 2019 he received the Star award from the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival. [8]

In 2020, he assumed the lead role in the television series Transplant , and had a supporting role in Philippe Falardeau's film My Salinger Year .

In his year-end review of television in 2020, critic John Doyle of The Globe and Mail named Haq as having given one of the year's best performances in Canadian television. [9] The industry trade magazine Playback also named Haq as Canadian television's breakout star of 2020. [10]

Haq won the award for Best Actor in a Drama Series for Transplant at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021 [4] and at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. [11] In 2023, he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Performer in Drama Series. [2]

Following the end of Transplant, Haq was announced as playing Tommy Hawley, a man suspected of involvement in a criminal smuggling ring, in the forthcoming Crave crime drama series Underbelly. [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Rulers of DarknessHeyman
2014 Girl House Techie #1
2017 Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 Khalid
The Glass Castle InternUncredited
Mother! Refugee
2018 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan Journalist #2
2019 Run This Town Detective Sharma
Long Shot MSNBC AnchorUncredited
2020 My Salinger Year Karl
2021 Crisis Supermarket Manager
2022 Delia's Gone Larry
Viking Gary
2023 The Queen of My Dreams Hassan
With Love and a Major Organ George

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013A Sister's RevengeRestaurant WorkerTelevision film
2014 The Best Laid Plans RajEpisode: "Going Brogue"
Being Human Vampire #1Episode: "Ramona the Pest"
19-2 OrderlyEpisode: "Winter"
2015, 2016 Quantico Tech / Analyst2 episodes
2015–2016 The Art of More Uzay Almasi14 episodes
2015–2016Look KoolHamza24 episodes
2015, 2017At Your FeetHamza / Sweet Guy2 episodes
2016 This Life Raza Ali10 episodes
The Perfect StalkerAmirTelevision film
2017Mistakes Were MadeJohn4 episodes
The Bold Type TrevorEpisode: "The End of the Beginning"
Designated Survivor Peter JanEpisode: "Family Ties"
The Indian Detective Gopal / Amal Chandekar4 episodes
2018 The Detectives Al Lalani Jr.Episode: "Burning Season"
In Contempt Hakeem5 episodes
No Escape RoomTylerTelevision film
2019 The 410 Jass3 episodes
Jett Fred Mooney
2020–2024 Transplant Dr. Bashir HamedSeries lead
2023–presentCrashing EidSameerSeries lead

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