Bashir Salahuddin
Primetime Emmy Award nominator Bashir Salahuddin came to the limelight for his role in the 2017 comedy film Snatched. His other notable works include Maya & Marty, GLOW, and Looking. He is also involved in article writing and has written a significant article for The Harvard Crimson titled The Cycles of Protest.
Salahuddin is married to actress Chandra Russell, and the couple is together for many years.
Early Life
The writer and actor Bashir Salahuddin was born on June 30, 1976, in Chicago, Illinois, US. He belongs of American nationality and regarding his ethnicity; he is a Black American. He spent most of his early childhood days in his hometown Chicago with his seven siblings.
He graduated from Whitney M. Young High School on Chicago's west side. At the time, he met fellow writer Diallo Riddle. They together started their production company Paper Planes.
Educational Details
Following his graduation, Salahuddin went on to work as a paralegal in Chicago. And then he moved to work in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles. He became the title song vocalist for the 2003 comedy film The Hebrew Hammer.
Variety article included Bashir Salahuddin's name in 10 TV Scribes to Watch. In 1998 he became a government concentrator in Pforzheimer House and also a former chair for the Harvard Black Men's Forum. He wrote a significant article under the title The Cycles of Protest for The Harvard Crimson.
Produced the comedy series Brothers in Atlanta
Salahuddin produced the half-hour comedy series Brothers in Atlanta along with Diallo Riddle. However, due to some reason, the series got canceled back in 2016. Similarly, he appeared as the male lead, in the Hulu pilot comedy, Crushed.
In the same year, Salahuddin appeared in the television variety show Maya & Marty, which aired on May 31, on NBC. The following year, he played the recurring character of Keith Bang, in the comedy TV series GLOW.
In an interview with AfterBuzz TV talking about GLOW.
Played the role of Morgan Russell
Bashir Salahuddin, later on, went on to play the role of Morgan Russell, an officer at the U.S. State Department, in the comedy film Snatched. He appeared in the movie along with Amy Schumer,
Goldie Hawn, Joan Cusack, Ike Barinholtz, Wanda Sykes, and Christopher Meloni. The movie became a huge hit at the box office grossing $60 million worldwide on a $42 million budget.
Net Worth
According to some online sources, Bashir Salahuddin’s estimated net worth is around $1 million.
As a multitalented writer, Salahuddin who has played his hands in article writing and screenwriting, his estimated salary is more than $80,000 annually.
Relationship Status
Bashir Salahuddin is a married man. He tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend actress Chandra Russell and is living a blissful married life.
Most recently, the couple made their red carpet appearance attending the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild at The Shrine Auditorium on January 21m 2018, in LA, California.