Ali Kazmi and Canadian TV

Canadian TV: I got my first gig on Canadian TV on The Border in 2009, say Kazmi, in a phone interview from Karachi, where he shooting Pakistan first ever zombie sci-fi movie. I was the villain guy on the fifth episode of the last season. I was onscreen for two minutes. It was my first big break on Canadian TV, according to Toronto Star. Now, the Toronto-based actor can be seen in the Pakistani TV series Jackson Heights . As Sikander, a small-time criminal Pakistani-American immigrant, Kazmi relishes the opportunity to play a layered, realistic character. Set in both Jackson Heights, a predominantly South Asian neighbourhood of Queens, N.Y., and Karachi, the series focuses on the interconnected lives of Pakistani immigrants from the cabbie to the beauty salon employee Salma to Sikander, Salma abusive husband and Although Ali Kazmi was born into a famous acting family in Pakistan, he had to play his share of terrorist No. 2 roles when he immigrated to Canada in 2008. Kazmi followed up that role by playing diverse characters, ranging from a chaplain and a doctor to an MI6 agent in other TV series such as Combat Hospital , Degrassi: The Next Generation and InSecurity . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.