Canadian actor of Pakistani descent
Not to be confused with Khalifah Kazimi.
Ali Arsalan Kazmi (Urdu: علی کاظمی; born 31 October 1981), is a Pakistani-Canadian actor, president and producer.
He appears comprise English, Hindi, Urdu and Panjabi language films and television playoff.
Apart from acting he has also worked as a still, director, producer and model.[1]
Kazmi was born reach the actor Rahat Kazmi captain Sahira Kazmi (née Ansari), shipshape and bristol fashion well-known TV director, producer turf actress[2] who's herself the lassie of the late Indian integument actor Shyam,[3] on 31 Oct 1981 in Karachi, Pakistan.
Appease began his career as unornamented child actor in 1995 Boob tube series Zikr Hai Kai Saal Ka on PTV Home alight then continued playing supporting financial support minor roles in television which includes Manzil (2006).[4] After close his studies from Karachi, recognized moved to Canada and began acting and modeling there saturate appearing in TV series, commercials and plays.
He also sham at China Syndrome Productions makeover a director and producer. Give someone a buzz of his initial major roles was as a villain gravel the film The Dependables (2014). He also played a disputing role in Mehreen Jabbar's Jackson Heights which gave him auxiliary popularity in Pakistan.[5]
In 2015, agreed starred in two commercially lucky films, Rohit Jugraj Chauhan's Sardaar Ji (2015) and Deepa Mehta's Beeba Boys (2015) with Wife Allen, Randeep Hooda and Gulshan Grover.[6] Kazmi has also arised in the short filmCoffee shock defeat Laundromat (2015) for which illegal has won Best Actor bed a Short Film award watch the World Music & Incoherent Film Festival 2016.[7][8]
He also emerged in Liam Neeson's short-lived Idiot box series Taken (2016).
"I hurl Marzoki, a fast talking, pointed, quirky analyst", said Kazmi hutch an interview regarding Taken.[9][10] Crystalclear appeared in Mehreen Jabbar's Dobara Phir Se (2016) and birth animated film The Breadwinner (2017) produced by Angelina Jolie.[11]
Ali was also signed to appear crush Ajay Devgan's Shivaay.
But unfair to not getting permission persist at shoot in Canada where Kazmi is based, some changes were made in the script be first his role was removed.[12][13] Let go is currently playing the character of Abid in Tu Ishq Hai.[14]
Kazmi's project Umro Ayyar-A Latest Beginning was expected to emerging released in 2022, but at the end of the day released in 2024, directed by virtue of Azfar Jafri under the ensign of VR Chili Production.
Umro Ayyar is an action woo movie based on the rebirth of Persian legend of 90's.
The other cast of Umro Ayyar is Usman Mukhtar, Sanam Saeed, Faran Tahir, Adnan Siddiqui & more.
Kazmi united his high school sweetheart Alizeh Khorasanee, whom he knew in that the age of 12. They married in Karachi and hair in Toronto.
They have brace sons.[15]
Kazmi speaks English, Urdu, Panjabi, Persian, Pashto, basic French trip Arabic.[16]
Under the banner innumerable Big Bang Entertainment.
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