Zaib Shaikh: Difference between revisions
-Category:Canadian Muslims; -Category:Canadian people of Pakistani descent using HotCat No mention that he is Muslim |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 41: | Line 41: | ||
[[Category:Sheridan College alumni]] |
[[Category:Sheridan College alumni]] |
||
[[Category:University of British Columbia alumni]] |
[[Category:University of British Columbia alumni]] |
||
[[Category:Canadian |
[[Category:Canadian male actors of Pakistani descent]] |
||
Revision as of 03:55, 27 November 2017
Zaib Shaikh | |
|---|---|
 Shaikh in 2012 | |
| Born | May 25, 1974 |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Spouse | Kirstine Stewart |
Zaib Shaikh (born 1974) is the City of Toronto Film Commissioner and Director of Entertainment Industries. He has also been a Canadian actor, writer and director. His roles included Amaar Rashid, an imam in the CBC Television sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie, and Jayesh in Metropia, an evening soap opera broadcast on Omni Television.
Career
Shaikh has appeared in Metropia and Little Mosque on the Prairie, and as Vancouver city councillor Shakil Khan in Da Vinci's City Hall. He is co-founder of the Whistler Theatre Project, and also writer and director of the CBC adaptation of Othello.[1] He appeared as Nadir Khan in Deepa Mehta's film adaptation of Midnight's Children. He guest starred as Professor Mahmoud Bahmanyaron in an episode of Murdoch Mysteries which aired March 18, 2013.
Personal life
Shaikh was born in Toronto at St. Michael's Hospital and is of Pakistani descent.[2] He studied theatre at the University of Toronto Mississauga[3] and has a Bachelor of Arts from the Sheridan College Institute of Advanced Learning.[4] While at the University of Toronto, Shaikh was a copy editor for the campus newspaper, The Medium. He has a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of British Columbia.[5]
Shaikh is married to the former managing director of Twitter Canada, Kirstine Stewart.[6]
On May 29, 2014, Shaikh was named the film commissioner and director of entertainment industries for the City of Toronto.[7]
References
- ^ See IMDB
- ^ "My Toronto: Zaib Shaikh". National Post.
- ^ "Zaib Shaikh". University of Toronto Magazine.
- ^ "Zaib Shaikh" (PDF). Sheridan Institute Alumni Magazine.
- ^ "Zaib Shaikh". Lavin Agency.
- ^ ". TechCrunch, April 29, 2013.
- ^ "Toronto picks Zaib Shaikh, of Little Mosque fame, as film commissioner". The Globe and Mail, May 29, 2014.
External links
- Zaib Shaikh at IMDb
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
 | This article about a Canadian television actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |