Bashir Salahuddin Biography
Bashir Salahuddin is an American actor, writer, and comedian. Salahuddin produced the half-hour comedy series Brothers in Atlanta along with Diallo Riddle. However, due to some reason, the series got canceled back in 2016. Similarly, he appeared as the male lead, in Hulu pilot comedy, Crushed.
Bashir Salahuddin Age | Family
Bashir was born on 30 June 1976 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. In conclusion, He is 42 years old. Bashir has a brother named Sultan. Not much is known about his parents and other family members names. He was born and raised on the south side of Chicago as one of eight kids
Bashir Salahuddin Education
He attended Whitney M. Young High School on Chicago’s west side. Bashir graduated from Harvard, class of ’98, and created Paper Planes. He met fellow writer and friend Diallo Riddle there. Both have a passion for artistic collaboration, which began during their time at Harvard.
Together, they created their production company, named Paper Planes, as a branding effort to describe their intelligent, collective comedic personality. They viewed the paper plane as a cool, iconic symbol of both writing (the paper) and slight rebelliousness (throwing a paper plane in school).
Bashir worked as a paralegal in Chicago after graduation but saved his money so that he could move to work in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles. In January 2016, it was confirmed that the half-hour comedy series “Brothers in Atlanta”, (based on a 2013 pilot) that HBO had commissioned from Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle, had been canceled.
Salahuddin was cast as the male lead, siblings Will and Celia (Regina Hall), in a Hulu pilot comedy, Crushed.
Bashir Salahuddin Wife
Bashir is married to his high school sweetheart Diallo Riddle. Together they started their production company Paper Planes.
Bashir Salahuddin Comedy Central
South Side, because Comedy Central had the good sense to greenlight the series created by Diallo Riddle, creator and executive producer of “Officer Goodnight” along with Bashir Salahuddin, creator and executive producer of “Allen Gayle.”
Salahuddin and Riddle star in the series, alongside Sultan Salahuddin and Chandra Russell. First season guest stars include Lil Rel Howery, Nathaniel “Earthquake” Stroman, Jeff Tweedy, Lisa Raye McCoy, Kel Mitchell and Ed Lover.
Bashir Salahuddin Movies | TV Shows
Films
Snatched (2017) as Morgan Russell
Gringo (2018) as Stu
A Simple Favor (2018) as Detective Summervile
Top Gun: Maverick (2020)
Television
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Looking (2015) series regular (season 2), 6 episodes
Looking: The Movie (2016)
GLOW as Keith Bang (2017–2018), 14 episodes
The Last O.G. (2018)
Bashir Salahuddin Awards
Year |
Award |
Category |
Nominated work |
Result |
2011 | 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series (shared with the others) |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon |
Nominated |
2012 | 64th Writers Guild of America Awards | Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series (shared with the others) |
Nominated |
|
2017 | 69th Writers Guild of America Awards | Comedy/Variety – Sketch Series (shared with the others) |
Maya & Marty |
Nominated |
2018 | 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (shared with the others) |
GLOW |
Nominated |
Bashir Salahuddin Net Worth
Salahuddin’s estimated net worth is around $1 million. As a multitalented writer, Salahuddin who has played his hands-on article writing and screenwriting, his estimated salary is more than $80,000 annually.
Bashir Salahuddin Height
Bashir’s height is currently unknown.
Bashir Salahuddin Comedy Central
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Bashir Salahuddin Glow
Salahuddin portrays Keith Bang in the Tv series Glow. GLOW is an American comedy web television series created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch. The series revolves around a fictionalization of the characters and gimmicks of the 1980s syndicated women’s professional wrestling circuit, the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (or GLOW) founded by David McLane. Rich Sommer also has a recurring role in the series as Mark Eagan, and Marc Evan Jackson as Gary.
Bashir Salahuddin Grey’s Anatomy
Bashir Salahuddin played Tucker-Jones in the season two Grey’s Anatomy episode Bring the Pain.