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Ali Badshah
Born
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]

Career

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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.
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