Native name علی کاظمی Parents Rahat Kazmi, Sahira Kazmi | Years active 1995–present Siblings Nida Kazmi | |
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Full Name Ali Arsalan Kazmi Occupation Actor, director, producer Spouse(s) Alizeh Khorasanee (m. 2007) Movies Shivaay, Dobara Phir Se, Beeba Boys, Sardaar Ji, The Dependables Similar Rahat Kazmi, Mehreen Jabbar, Adeel Hussain, Hareem Farooq, Tooba Siddiqui | ||
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Ali Kazmi (Urdu: علی کاظمی; born 31 October 1981) is a Canadian actor of Pakistani descent. He appears in English, Hindi and Urdu language films and TV series. Apart from acting he has also worked as a host, director, producer and model.
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Early life and career
Kazmi was born to Rahat Kazmi and Sahira Kazmi on 31 October 1981 in Karachi, Pakistan. He began his career as a child actor in 1995 TV series Zikr Hai Kai Saal Ka on PTV Home and then continued playing supporting or minor roles in television which includes Manzil (2006). After completing his studies from Karachi, he moved to Canada and began acting and modeling there by appearing in TV series, commercials and plays. He also worked at China Syndrome Productions as a director and producer. One of his initial major roles was as a villain in the film The Dependables (2014). He also played a negative role in Mehreen Jabbar's Jackson Heights which gave him more popularity in Pakistan.
In 2015, he starred in two commercially successful films, Rohit Jugraj Chauhan's Sardaar Ji (2015) and Deepa Mehta's Beeba Boys (2015) with Sarah Allen, Randeep Hooda and Gulshan Grover. Kazmi has also appeared in the short film Coffee at Laundromat (2015) for which he has won Best Actor in a Short Film award at the World Music & Independent Film Festival 2016.
He will also appear in Liam Neeson's TV series Taken (2016). "I play Marzoki, a fast talking, sharp, quirky analyst", said Kazmi in an interview regarding Taken. He is scheduled to appear in two upcoming films, Mehreen Jabbar's Dobara Phir Se (2016) and the animated film The Breadwinner (2017) produced by Angelina Jolie.
Ali was also signed to appear in Ajay Devgan's Shivaay. But due to not getting permission to shot in Canada where Kazmi is based, some changes were made in the script and his role was removed.
Personal life
Kazmi married his high school sweetheart Alizeh Khorasanee, whom he knew since the age of 12. They got married in Karachi and settled in Toronto. In 2014, their son was born.
