Ali Rizvi Badshah

Ali Badshah (full name Syed Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah) is a Canadian actor, writer, producer, and director. Badshah is the male lead in the Oscar-nominated feature film drama The Breadwinner. He has written and starred in five televised comedy specials for CBC, CTV, The Comedy Network, MTV and ABC2 Australia. An observational comedian whose work often draws on his experiences growing up in and around Toronto, Badshah has also written and performed for Video on Trial and was an associate producer for MuchMusic. Badshah created, executive produced, wrote, and starred in CBC's first web comedy series Bloody Immigrants. An alumnus of both The Second City and Yuk Yuk's, he was on the front page of the Toronto Star as one of the Top Ten People in the country – the only actor/comedian to ever appear on their list – and was featured on the Comedy Network's 'Nubian Disciples Special', with Russell Peters and Dave Chappelle, as part of the "next generation of great Canadian comics." References External links Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Film producers from Ontario Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian stand-up comedians Canadian male actors of Indian descent Canadian male actors of Pakistani descent Comedians from Toronto Film directors from Toronto Living people Male actors from Toronto Writers from Toronto Canadian male television writers Canadian male comedians 21st-century Canadian comedians 21st-century Canadian screenwriters Asian-Canadian filmmakers