Hamza Haq

Hamza Haq is a Canadian actor who was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and moved to Canada as a child, later studying film at Carleton University. He began with parts on television series such as Quantico and The Indian Detective, and he hosted the children's show Look Kool. A guest appearance on This Life earned him a nomination at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, and the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival gave him its Star award a year later. In 2020 he became the lead of the medical series Transplant, playing Bashir Hamed, and he had a supporting part in Philippe Falardeau's film My Salinger Year (2020). His work on Transplant brought him Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and Playback called him Canadian television's breakout star of 2020. He was later announced for the Crave crime drama The Borderline.