Biography
Ismail originally hails from Bombay, India where he began his acting career at a fairly young age, taking an active part in every school production from Shakespeare to Moliere. He began performing on stage professionally in Musical Theatre in productions such as Grease; They Are Playing our Song and Best of Broadway. He has trained extensively in jazz ballet under the guidance of Karla Singh and Shiamak Davar. He then moved to New York and began his acting career in the Big Apple. He trained at the Lee Strasberg theater Institute in New York for 3 years. During that time he was working on the local south Asian cable channels such as ITV and ATN as a TV host introducing Music videos and Bollywood tidbits. He then began the auditioning circuit around that time and landed some guest roles in independent features such as the Tic Code (starring Gregory Hines). He also began acting on the popular Zee TV drama Mausam that was filmed in New York and Bombay. He was recently seen in the independent feature film Wings of Hope for which he won Best Actor at the Cinevue International film festival.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Character: Additional Voices (voice)
MOVIE • 2023
Ms. Marvel
Character: Flight Passenger (voice)
TV • 2022
Zafar
Character: Zafar
MOVIE • 2022
The Virgin of Highland Park
Character: Dr. Davis
MOVIE • 2022
American Eid
Character: Altaf
MOVIE • 2021
The Illegal
Character: Mamujaan
MOVIE • 2021
The Village
Character: Abbas Azmoun
TV • 2019
SEAL Team
Character: Salim Hakan
TV • 2017
24: Legacy
Character: Saeed Hammad
TV • 2017
Street
Character: Store Clerk
MOVIE • 2015
Rosewood
Character: Rishi Singh
TV • 2015
Million Dollar Arm
Character: Emcee (uncredited)
MOVIE • 2014
Growing Up Fisher
Character: Olivier
TV • 2014
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Character: Pak-Punjab Deli Customer
MOVIE • 2013
Elementary
Character: Quadir Durrani
TV • 2012
Desperate Endeavors
Character: Ram
MOVIE • 2012
Scandal
Character: President Razani
TV • 2012
Homeland
Character: Major Zulfikar
TV • 2011
Unforgettable
Character: Aziz Malik (uncredited)
TV • 2011
Aks
Character:
TV • 2011