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Hamza Haq

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Hamza Haq
A behavioral research team observes and attempts to replicate the experiences of the first manned mission to Mars.
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Viking (2022)
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Named one of Canada's Rising Stars by The Hollywood Reporter in 2017, Hamza Haq stars as Bashir "Bash" Hamed in CTV medical drama TRANSPLANT for which he earned a 2021 Canadian Screen Award win for Best Lead Actor. The series, a 2021 Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Drama series which centers around an ER doctor who fled his native Syria to come to Canada where he must overcome numerous obstacles to resume a career in the high stakes world of emergency medicine.

In 2018, Hamza appeared alongside William Shatner and Russell Peters as twins Amal and Gopal in the CTV mini-series INDIAN DETECTIVE, and earned critical acclaim with a 2018 Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Guest Performance for his role as Raza Ali in the CBC drama THIS LIFE. Other notable credits include recurring roles on the Cinemax series JETT opposite Carla Gugino, QUANTICO starring Priyanka Chopra, and THE ART OF MORE with Denis Quaid and Kate Bosworth. Additional television credits include DESIGNATED SURVIVOR, THE BOLD TYPE, BEING HUMAN, and BEST LAID PLANS. He hosted two seasons of the International Emmy® Award nominated children's series LOOK KOOL and plays Jassie the CBC Gem digital original drama THE 410.

On the big screen, he appears opposite Margaret Qualley in the MY SALINGER YEAR which opened the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020, and in the upcoming DELIA'S GONE with Marisa Tomei and Stephan James. He also holds supporting roles in BON COP BAD COP 2 with Colm Feore, THE DEATH AND LIFE OF JOHN F. DONOVAN directed by Xavier Dolan, Darren Aronofsky's MOTHER! and RUN THIS TOWN.

In 2020, Hamza was honoured as Playback's Breakout Star of the Year, and was a recipient of RBC'stop 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards. He spoke at TEDxTORONTO Fall digital event series 'Uncharted' using his public platform to speak on issues important to him, including refugees' rights, racial injustice, and combating stereotypes, and has partnered with the Canada Media Fund's MADE/NOUS initiative as ambassador for Islamic History Month in October, as well as their 'Seek More' campaign in Spring 2021. He is loyal advocate for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which brings awareness to and support to those fleeing violence and persecution, and has helped raise funds for their Cash Assistance Program providing refugees with money that enables them to fulfill their needs in a dignified manner and contribute to the local economy.

Raised in Ottawa, Hamza is youngest of four siblings born in Saudi Arabia to Pakistani parents and has called Canada home since he was nine years old. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies with a minor in Law from Carleton University.
BornOctober 27, 1990
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Hamza Haq 2022 Canadian Screen Award Portrait Shoot in Montreal, October 2022
Hamza Haq with his Canadian Screen Award at the CSA Studio July 2021
Bell Media Upfront 2022
Berlinale 2020
Hamza Haq
Hamza Haq in Transplant (2020)
Hamza Haq in The Indian Detective (2017)
Toronto, September 2021
Hamza Haq
Hamza Haq, Jacob Reardon, and Mariana Mazza in Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 (2017)
2018 Canadian Screen Awards Gala #2 Honouring Excellence in Creative Fiction
Hamza Haq at Blue Ice Pictures Event at TIFF 2017

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Hamza Haq in Transplant (2020)
Transplant
7.9
TV Series
  • Bashir Hamed
  • Bashir « Bash » Hamed
Russell Peters in The Indian Detective (2017)
The Indian Detective
6.5
TV Mini Series
  • Gopal Chandekar
  • Amal Chandekar
Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley in My Salinger Year (2020)
My Salinger Year
6.5
  • Karl
  • 2020
Look Kool (2015)
Look Kool
7.3
TV Series
  • Hamza (host)
  • Hamza

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Actor

  • With Love and a Major Organ
    • Completed
  • Me, My Mom & Sharmila
    • Pre-production
  • Hamza Haq in Transplant (2020)
    Transplant
  • Viking (2022)
    Viking
  • Marisa Tomei and Stephan James in Delia's Gone (2022)
    Delia's Gone
  • Gary Oldman, Evangeline Lilly, and Armie Hammer in Crisis (2021)
    Crisis
  • Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley in My Salinger Year (2020)
    My Salinger Year
  • The Outer Worlds (2019)
    The Outer Worlds
    • (voice)
  • Carla Gugino in Jett (2019)
    Jett
  • Supinder Wraich in The 410 (2019)
    The 410
  • Bradley Borgen ~ The Actor Who Could Not Cry (2019)
    Bradley Borgen ~ The Actor Who Could Not Cry
  • Damian Lewis, Nina Dobrev, Mena Massoud, and Ben Platt in Run This Town (2019)
    Run This Town
  • Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen in Long Shot (2019)
    Long Shot
    • (uncredited)
  • Neil Elman and Jeni Ross in No Escape Room (2018)
    No Escape Room
  • Kit Harington in The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2018)
    The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
  • In Contempt (2018)
    In Contempt
    • (as Hamza Ul-Haq)
  • The Detectives (2018)
    The Detectives

Writer

  • Look Kool (2015)
    Look Kool

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Hamza Haq
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Hamza Haq
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Transplant: Season 1
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Transplant: Season 1
Transplant
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Transplant

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    • October 27, 1990
    • Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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    Is of Pakistani heritage but grew up in Saudi Arabia and moved to Canada at the age of 9.

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