Bashir Salahuddin is an American actor, writer, and comedian. Salahuddin was born and raised in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. His father is originally from Panama and had moved to Chicago with his family when he was a child. His mother grew up on the West Side of Chicago. They met when they both were students at Southern Illinois University and converted to Islam in the early 1970s. His parents divorced in the early 2000s. Salahuddin grew up with three brothers and two sisters and has two younger siblings from his father's second marriage. Salahuddin's father worked as an airplane mechanic for Midway Airlines at Chicago Midway International Airport. As family members of an airline employee, the family was able to fly on many stand-by trips across the U.S. He credits his father with instilling in him what he refers to as the "immigrant work ethic".
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Biography from IMDb.
- June 30, 1976 (50)
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Actor, also writer
- 35 on MovieCove · 45 credits in all
What are Bashir Salahuddin's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 8
Light 2 · Serious 4 · Dark 3
Grounded 3 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 3
Steady 3 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 4 of 7 analyzed roles.
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- Threshold guardianas Officer Goodnight in South Side (2019)
- Tricksteras Sherman McDaniels in Sherman's Showcase (2019)
- Allyas Big Joe in The 24th (2020)
- Allyas Le Bret in Cyrano (2021)
- Allyas CWO4 Bernie 'Hondo' Coleman in Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
- Allyas Boris Fillmore in Miller's Girl (2024)
- Heroas Jontavious 'John' Rodgers in Three Colors: Pan-African (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Bashir Salahuddin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 31 of their 35 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Bashir Salahuddin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
45 credits, 35 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Widow's Bay(2026)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Another Simple Favor(2025)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Back in Action(2025)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
How to Die Alone(2024)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Fallout(2024)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Miller's Girl(2024)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Family Switch(2023)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Top Gun: Maverick(2022)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Dropout(2022)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Cyrano(2021)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
The 24th(2020)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Marriage Story(2019)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Sherman's Showcase(2019)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
South Side(2019)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Sophie's Quinceanera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Single Parents(2018)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
A Simple Favor(2018)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Gringo(2018)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
GLOW(2017)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Snatched(2017)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Looking(2016)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Superstore(2015)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Black-ish(2014)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
The Maya Rudolph Show(2014)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Looking(2014)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
The Mindy Project(2012)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Nailed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Kitchen Confidential (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Bones(2005)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Grey's Anatomy(2005)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
American Dad!(2005)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Arrested Development(2003)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Miss Match (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Threat Matrix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Oliver Beene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force(2000)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Curb Your Enthusiasm(2000)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Drew Carey Show(1995)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all showsBullet Catch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Ruthie Joins a Death Cult (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
What Freedom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 45 titles, 42 of them dated from 1995 to 2026; peak year 2025.
Film career
Peak 2025 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2014Screen debut· Looking
- 2016First film· Looking: The Movie
- 2017Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· GLOW
- 2022Career best· Top Gun: Maverick
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
6 major nominations and no wins, 2011–2020.
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Sketch Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Bashir Salahuddin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 15; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up17
- 50th to 74th9
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
12 of their 35 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved9
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser12
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Bashir Salahuddin's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Bashir Salahuddin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bashir Salahuddin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Diallo Riddle shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Diallo RiddleShared titles: Sherman's Showcase (2019), South Side (2019), The Maya Rudolph Show (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Diallo Riddle
- Nefetari SpencerShared titles: Sherman's Showcase (2019), South Side (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Nefetari Spencer
Producers
- Jason ClothShared titles: Cyrano (2021), A Simple Favor (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jason Cloth
