Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Writer
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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.
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.
Writer
Keith Bang
Co-creator and actor
Co-creator and performer
Bernie “Hondo” Coleman
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
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