Zaib Shaikh’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Canadian actor
Is Actor 
Television actor 
From Canada 
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gender male
Birth 25 May 1974, Toronto, Canada
Age: 46 years
Star sign Gemini
Education
University of British Columbia
Sheridan College
University of Toronto

Zaib Shaikh (born May 25, 1974) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He was named Canada’s next Consul General in Los Angeles, California in October 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. 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. He studied theatre at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) and has a Bachelor of Arts from Sheridan College. 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.

Shaikh is married to the former managing director of Twitter Canada, Kirstine Stewart.

On May 29, 2014, Shaikh was named the film commissioner and director of entertainment industries for the City of Toronto.

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