Saudi Arabia
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, before immigrating to
Canada
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when he was nine years old, where he became a
Canadian
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citizen. His father worked for an airline while his mother was an organic chemist. He learned English from a school in the Filipino embassy in Saudi Arabia before switching to an American school. He later attended Bell High School in Ottawa, Ontario. Haq graduated from
Carleton University
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with a Bachelor of Arts in film studies with a minor in Law.
Career
Haq started his career with roles on various television series, before taking on roles in feature films. As an actor, his work has included the television series '' Quantico'' and limited series ''
The Indian Detective
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This Life
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'', and in 2019 he received the Star award from the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival.
In 2020, he assumed the lead role in the television series '' Transplant'', and had a supporting role in
Philippe Falardeau
Philippe Falardeau (born February 1, 1968 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.
Early life
Falardeau was born and raised in Hull, Quebec. He later studied political science at the University of Ottawa, before travellin ...
's film ''
My Salinger Year
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''.
In his year-end review of television in 2020, critic John Doyle of ''
The Globe and Mail
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'' named Haq as having given one of the year's best performances in Canadian television. The industry trade magazine '' Playback'' also named Haq as Canadian television's breakout star of 2020.
Haq won the award for Best Actor in a Drama Series for ''Transplant'' at the
9th Canadian Screen Awards
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in 2021 and at the
10th Canadian Screen Awards
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