Illustrated portrait of Bashir SalahuddinFLM.RED

BASHIR
SALAHUDDIN

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From Chicago comedy to the flight line

The American actor and writer brings experience in television comedy to a wide-ranging screen career.

Writing and performing across formats

Bashir Salahuddin is an American actor, writer and comedian who grew up on Chicago’s South Side. His work encompasses writing, producing and performing.

With creative partners including Diallo Riddle, Salahuddin helped create South Side and Sherman’s Showcase. The former is a Chicago-set workplace comedy; the latter draws on the format of a music variety show.

His writing experience also includes Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, while his acting work includes the series GLOW. These projects show different sides of his work in comedy.

In Top Gun: Maverick, Salahuddin played Bernie “Hondo” Coleman, a colleague of Maverick. The role brought him into the world of a large-scale aviation film.

The films below are those currently available on FLM.RED, not a complete list of his work.

Selected work

2009

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Writer

2017

GLOW

Keith Bang

2019

South Side

Co-creator and actor

2019

Sherman’s Showcase

Co-creator and performer

2022

Top Gun: Maverick

Bernie “Hondo” Coleman

Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.

Films in FLM.RED

Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.

Sources & image notes

Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.