Hamza Haq
Born (1990-10-27) October 27, 1990
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
CitizenshipCanadian
EducationCarleton University (BA)
OccupationActor

Hamza Haq (born October 27, 1990) is a Canadian actor, best known for his leading role in the television series Transplant.[1]

Early life

Hamza Haq was born to Pakistani parents in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, before immigrating to Canada when he was nine years old, where he became a Canadian citizen. His father worked for an airline while his mother was an organic chemist.[2] He learned English from a school in the Filipino embassy in Saudi Arabia before switching to an American school. He later attended Bell High School in Ottawa, Ontario.[3] Haq graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Arts in film studies with a minor in Law.[2]

Career

Haq started his career with roles on various television series, before taking on roles in feature films. As an actor, his work has included the television series Quantico and limited series The Indian Detective.[4] He was also the host for the children's television series Look Kool.[2]

At the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, he received a nomination for Best Performance in a Guest Role in a Drama Series for an appearance on This Life,[2] and in 2019 he received the Star award from the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival.[5]

In 2020, he assumed the lead role in the television series Transplant, and had a supporting role in Philippe Falardeau's film My Salinger Year.

In his year-end review of television in 2020, critic John Doyle of The Globe and Mail named Haq as having given one of the year's best performances in Canadian television.[6] The industry trade magazine Playback also named Haq as Canadian television's breakout star of 2020.[7]

Haq won the award for Best Actor in a Drama Series for Transplant at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021[8] and at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Rulers of Darkness Heyman
2014 Girl House Techie #1
2017 Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 Khalid
The Glass Castle Intern Uncredited
Mother! Refugee
2018 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan Journalist #2
2019 Run This Town Detective Sharma
Long Shot MSNBC Anchor Uncredited
2020 My Salinger Year Karl
2021 Crisis Supermarket Manager
2022 Delia's Gone Larry
Viking Gary
2023 The Queen of My Dreams Hassan
With Love and a Major Organ George
2023 Crashing Eid Sameer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 A Sister's Revenge Restaurant Worker Television film
2014 The Best Laid Plans Raj Episode: "Going Brogue"
Being Human Vampire #1 Episode: "Ramona the Pest"
19-2 Orderly Episode: "Winter"
2015, 2016 Quantico Tech / Analyst 2 episodes
2015–2016 The Art of More Uzay Almasi 14 episodes
2015–2016 Look Kool Hamza 24 episodes
2015, 2017 At Your Feet Hamza / Sweet Guy 2 episodes
2016 This Life Raza Ali 10 episodes
The Perfect Stalker Amir Television film
2017 Mistakes Were Made John 4 episodes
The Bold Type Trevor Episode: "The End of the Beginning"
Designated Survivor Peter Jan Episode: "Family Ties"
The Indian Detective Gopal / Amal Chandekar 4 episodes
2018 The Detectives Al Lalani Jr. Episode: "Burning Season"
In Contempt Hakeem 5 episodes
No Escape Room Tyler Television film
2019 The 410 Jass 3 episodes
Jett Fred Mooney
2020–present Transplant Dr. Bashir Hamed Series lead
2023–present Crashing Eid Sameer Series lead

References

  1. ↑ Aparita Bhandari (February 24, 2020). "Canadian actor Hamza Haq, star of CTV's Transplant, on his immigrant parents, studying neuroscience and playing a doctor on TV". The Globe and Mail.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hatzitolios, Chloe (26 February 2020). "What you need to know about 'Transplant' star Hamza Haq". etalk.
  3. ↑ Etan Vlessing (September 8, 2017). "Canada's Rising Stars: 15 Breakouts Making an Impact in Hollywood". The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. ↑ "Russell Peters talks 'The Indian Detective' and why he'll never host the Junos again". Toronto Sun. November 22, 2017.
  5. ↑ Ashley Newport (August 1, 2019). "Major Film Festival Officially Kicking Off in Mississauga". InSauga.
  6. ↑ John Doyle, "Great Canadian TV performances of 2020". The Globe and Mail, December 15, 2020.
  7. ↑ Jordan Pinto, "Breakout Star of the Year 2020: Hamza Haq; The star of CTV's Transplant has emerged as one of Canadian television's leading lights, garnering international acclaim and shifting the way Muslims have historically been portrayed on screen.". Playback, December 17, 2020.
  8. ↑ Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
  9. ↑ Adina Bresge, "'Scarborough' top film winner at Canadian Screen Awards". CP24, April 10, 2022.
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