Ali Kazmi

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ali Kazmi

• Ali Kazmi grew up in a family of actors.

  

• In 1987, he played a younger version of his father’s character in the Pakistani television series ‘Dhoop Kinare,’ which aired on PTV Home. This experience sparked his desire to become an actor.

• Whenever his parents could not find a child actor for a film they were producing or working on, they would cast Ali Kazmi in the role.

• When he was 2 years old, his mother directed the music video of Pakistani playback singer Nayyara Noor’s song ‘Watan Ki Mitti Gawah Rehna.’ One morning, she woke him and his father and told them she needed them in the video.

• In the mid-1990s, Ali fell in love with his high school classmate Alizeh Khorasanee, whom he had known since he was 12. They first met on a playground at a school in Karachi.

• He was very young when he started modelling.

  

• Ali planned to move to Canada for Alizeh in September 2001, but due to the 9/11 attacks, he could not. He, however, moved to Canada after marrying Alizeh in Pakistan in 2007. There, he enrolled in the Toronto Film School, and at the same time, he auditioned for many projects.

  

• During his early days in Canada, Ali worked odd jobs to make extra money. After working as a salesman at Hollister for a year, he joined a company that advertised products at malls using young actors like him.

• Ali later auditioned for a theatrical production ‘The Indian Wants the Bronx’ (2009). He got selected after being told he was too young for the role of an old man named Gupta; the play marked a turning point in his career.

• Ali has appeared in some Canadian television series such as CBC Television’s ‘The Border’ (2008) and ‘InSecurity’ (2011).

  

• He has also worked in American television series like USA Network’s ‘Covert Affairs’ (2010) and Syfy’s ‘Alphas’ (2011).

  

• Apart from television series, he has worked in some Canadian films such as ‘Beat the World’ (2011), ‘The Dependables’ (2014), ‘Beeba Boys’ (2015), and ‘The Queen of My Dreams’ (2023).

  

• He has also appeared in some English-language short films like ‘Cold’ (2013), ‘Americanistan’ (2014), and ‘Coffee at Laundromart’ (2016).

  

• Ali has not only worked as an actor, but also as a director, producer, and writer at China Syndrome Productions Inc. and Echo Lake Entertainment. He has directed a music show named ‘Mosaic Soundz,’ where Canadian and international artists come to collaborate on new music.

  

• Ali has lent his voice to characters in video games such as ‘Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist’ (2013) and ‘Far Cry 4’ (2014). He has worked as a voice-over artist for films like ‘The Breadwinner’ (2017).

  

• Ali has received praise for his performances in Pakistani television series like Urdu 1’s ‘Jackson Heights’ (2014), Hum TV’s ‘Sehra Main Safar’ (2015), and ARY Digital’s ‘Badnaam’ (2017).

  

• He has also worked in theatrical productions such as Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (2022) and ‘Behind the Moon’ (2023).

 

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• He consumes alcohol occasionally.

  

• Ali is a triathlete and has earned a blue belt in taekwondo.