Bashir Salahuddin (born July 6, 1976) 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 US. Salahuddin and all of his
siblings were able to go to college. He credits his father with
instilling in him what he refers to as the "immigrant work
ethic".Salahuddin was a pre-medical student at Harvard University,
graduating in 1998. He did a lot of theatre at Harvard, including at
the Hasty Pudding. He also met and became friends with Diallo Riddle,
who would become his writing partner. In his junior year at Harvard,
Salahuddin decided he wanted to be an actor and attended the Hangar
Theatre's training program.
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 US. Salahuddin and all of his
siblings were able to go to college. He credits his father with
instilling in him what he refers to as the "immigrant work
ethic".Salahuddin was a pre-medical student at Harvard University,
graduating in 1998. He did a lot of theatre at Harvard, including at
the Hasty Pudding. He also met and became friends with Diallo Riddle,
who would become his writing partner. In his junior year at Harvard,
Salahuddin decided he wanted to be an actor and attended the Hangar
Theatre's training program.
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