Ismail Bashey
Actor · Born April 25, 1970 (56) · Bombay, India
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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 25, 1970 (56)
- Bombay, India
- Actor
- 30 on MovieCove · 45 credits in all
What are Ismail Bashey's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Ram in Desperate Endeavors (2012)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ismail Bashey's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (10).
Subscription and free streaming for Ismail Bashey's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
45 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Ms. Marvel(2022)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Zafar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
The Virgin of Highland Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
American Eid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Illegal(2021)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
The Village (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
SEAL Team(2017)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
24: Legacy(2016)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Street(2015)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Rosewood(2015)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Million Dollar Arm(2014)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Growing Up Fisher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Elementary(2012)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Desperate Endeavors(2012)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Scandal(2012)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Homeland(2011)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Unforgettable(2011)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Aks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Ishq Junoon Deewangi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
In Plain Sight(2008)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Sleeper Cell(2005)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Close to Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Boston Legal(2004)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Messengers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Ball and Chain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
NCIS(2003)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
CSI: Miami(2002)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
The Guru(2002)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Rollerball(2002)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Alias(2001)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
The Warrior (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Little Senegal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Mambo Café (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
ABCD (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Third Watch(1999)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
The Sopranos(1999)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
The Tic Code(1998)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Twisted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Sesame Street(1969)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 66th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 45 titles from 1969 to 2023; peak year 2001.
Biggest box office
The Tic Code (1998)
Highest rated
The Illegal (2021)
Most popular right now
Street (2015)
Film career
Peak 2001 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2001Screen debut· The Warrior
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Ismail Bashey's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 10; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up15
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
14 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved7
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser14
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 56/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.