Zaib Shaikh

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| caption = Shaikh in 2012

| office = Consul General of Canada in Los Angeles

| term_start = December 3, 2018{{cite web |title=Get to know our new Consul General, Zaib Shaikh, now on his 2nd day on the job |url=https://www.facebook.com/CanadainLosAngeles/posts/get-to-know-our-new-consul-general-zaib-shaikh-now-on-his-2nd-day-on-the-job/2231078557140697/ |website=Facebook |publisher=Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles |access-date=December 19, 2018 |language=en}}

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| preceded = James Villeneuve

| primeminister = Justin Trudeau
Mark Carney

| office2 = Toronto Film Commissioner and Director of Entertainment Industries

| term_start2 = 2014

| term_end2 = 2018

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|05|25}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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| residence = Los Angeles, California, United States

| education = {{plainlist|*University of Toronto Mississauga

| occupation = Actor, writer, director, diplomat

| known_for = Star of Little Mosque on the Prairie

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| spouse = {{marriage|Kirstine Stewart|May 2011}}

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Zaib Shaikh (born May 25, 1974) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He was named Canada's Consul General in Los Angeles, California in October 2018.[https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/10/12/joe-comartin-zaib-shaikh-consul-general_a_23559086/ "Ex-NDP MP Joe Comartin, Former 'Little Mosque' Star Zaib Shaikh Tapped For Diplomatic Posts"]. Canadian Press, October 12, 2018.

Career

Shaikh has appeared in Metropia and Little Mosque on the Prairie, and as Vancouver city councillor Shakil Khan in Da Vinci's City Hall. He is co-founder of the Whistler Theatre Project, and also writer and director of the CBC adaptation of Othello.See IMDB He appeared as Nadir Khan in Deepa Mehta's film adaptation of Midnight's Children. He guest starred as Professor Mahmoud Bahmanyaron in an episode of Murdoch Mysteries which aired March 18, 2013.

Personal life

Shaikh was born in Toronto, Ontario, and is of Pakistani descent.{{cite web|title=My toronto : Zaib Shaikh|work=National Post|url=http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2008/02/25/my-toronto-zaib-shaikh.aspx}} He studied theatre at the Mississauga campus of the University of Toronto{{cite web|title=Zaib Shaikh|work=University of Toronto Magazine|url=http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/summer-2007/zaib-shaikh-little-mosque-on-prairie-whistler-theatre-project/}} and has a Bachelor of Arts from Sheridan College.{{cite web|title=Zaib Shaikh|work=Sheridan Institute Alumni Magazine|url=http://www1.sheridaninstitute.ca/services/alumni2/documents/ovation2009.pdf}} While at UTM, Shaikh was a copy editor for the campus newspaper, The Medium. He has a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Toronto.{{cite web|title=Zaib Shaikh|work=Lavin Agency|url=http://www.thelavinagency.com/speaker-zaib-shaikh.html}}

Since 2011, Shaikh has been married to Kirstine Stewart, former managing director of Twitter Canada.

On May 29, 2014, Shaikh was named the film commissioner and director of entertainment industries for the City of Toronto.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/toronto-picks-zaib-shaikh-of-little-mosque-fame-as-film-commissioner/article18911457/ "Toronto picks Zaib Shaikh, of Little Mosque fame, as film commissioner"]. The Globe and Mail, May 29, 2014.

Filmography

=Film=

Year	Title	Role	Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
1998	Shepherd	Cook
2007	Hello Faye	Shiraz	Short film
2012	Midnight's Children	Nadir Khan

=Television=

Year	Title	Role	Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
2004	Doc	Salesman	Episode: "Leader of the Band"
2004–2005	Metropia	Jayesh
2005–2006	Da Vinci's City Hall	Councillor Shakil Khan	7 episodes
2006	The Dead Zone	Hit Man	Episode: "Lotto Fever"
2007–2012	Little Mosque on the Prairie	Amaar Rashid	91 episodes
2013	Murdoch Mysteries	Professor Mahmoud Bahmanyar	Episode: "Twisted Sisters"

References

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{{cite web

| title = Shinan: CBC chieftess Kirstine Stewart and actor Zaib Shaikh go public with nuptials

| first = Shinan

| last = Govani

| url = https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/shinan-cbc-chieftess-kirstine-stewart-and-actor-zaib-shaikh-go-public

| website = National Post

| date = 27 August 2011

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{{cite web

| title = Twitter Hires CBC's Kirstine Stewart As Managing Director (And First Team Member) For Twitter Canada

| first = Anthony

| last = Ha

| url = https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/29/twitter-hires-cbcs-kristine-stewart-as-managing-director-and-first-team-member-for-twitter-canada

| website = TechCrunch

| date = 29 April 2013

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130803070736/http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/29/twitter-hires-cbcs-kristine-stewart-as-managing-director-and-first-team-member-for-twitter-canada

| archive-date = 3 August 2013

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