Husein Madhavji - Actor, Writer, Host

Husein (Huse) Madhavji is a versatile actor in film, television and stage. After roles on ABC's "Combat Hospital" and a 4-season run on HBO Canada's comedy "Call Me Fitz”, Husein took on the challenging part of Dr. Shahir Hamza, a brilliant neurosurgeon with Asperger's syndrome on CTV's hit drama, "Saving Hope” for 5 seasons. He is also an award-winning writer and producer. His short film, "The Time Traveler" that he created with director RT Thorne, garnered attention and won best short film at the Canadian Film Fest and a received a best foreign film nomination at the San Francisco Black Film Festival. Guest appearances include the Emmy award winning season of Schitt’s Creek (CBC/Netflix), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (CBS, Paramount+) and Lethal Weapon (Fox). He can also be seen in the acclaimed film Donkeyhead (Netflix) as well as the voices of Ramu in the Disney animated series, Mira, Royal Detective and as Mr. Malik in PBS’s Emmy Award winning series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. He will next be seen in the  Bell Media series The Spencer Sisters debuting early 2023.

Husein made his theatre debut in 2018 in Toronto, in the Factory Theatre production of Men In White and starred in Yasmina Reza’s Art at the Soulpepper Theatre Company. 

Prior to acting, Husein was a successful broadcaster last seen as a correspondent for Etalk and hosting Star! Canada's Entertainment Channel (now E! Canada) where he hosted their flagship show “Star! Daily” and “Canada’s New Year’s Eve Bash. It was there he interviewed some of the most famous and celebrated people in the world as well as covering President Barak Obama’s election win in Grant Park, Chicago. 

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