Bashir Salahuddin
Biography
Bashir Salahuddin is an American actor, writer, and comedian raised on Chicago's South Side. After studying pre-med at Harvard and acting in campus productions, he decided to pursue acting and trained at the Hangar Theater. He formed a writing partnership with Diallo Riddle, and after moving to Los Angeles they made web videos that caught David Alan Grier's attention, leading to writing jobs on Chocolate News and later Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where they spent four years. Salahuddin and Riddle went on to create the comedy series South Side and Sherman's Showcase, both of which premiered in 2019. As an actor he has appeared in Superstore, GLOW, Snatched (2017), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). He was also cast in The 24th, a film about the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment and the Houston Riot of 1917.
50years old
Turns 51 on June 30in 232 days
- Born Chicago
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 9 years2016 to 2025
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Behind the camera
Salahuddin and Riddle created Sherman's Showcase, an IFC parody and homage to shows like Soul Train and American Bandstand that premiered in July 2019.
A change of course
After arriving in Los Angeles in the early 2000s, Salahuddin took jobs as a waiter and as a PA at Warner Brothers. He and Riddle then started creating their own web videos because they were not getting the work they wanted.
Big break
After Salahuddin and Riddle did not get the work they wanted, they started making web videos. David Alan Grier saw those videos and brought the pair onto his show Chocolate News as writers in 2008.
Early training
Salahuddin studied pre-medical at Harvard University and graduated in 1998. During his junior year there, he made up his mind to become an actor and went to the Hangar Theater's training program.
Bashir Salahuddin movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
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Paul Feig directed two of these films. Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Paul Feig
Also two films together1 more actor
- Joshua SatineAnother Simple Favor (2025) and A Simple Favor (2018)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.