Husein Madhavji

Husein "Huse" Madhavji (pronounced Ma-dav-gee; born July 19) is a Canadian actor and television personality. He is best known for his role as Dr. Shahir Hamza on the medical drama Saving Hope and as the former face of Star! Canada’s Entertainment Channel.

Early life

Madhavji grew up in London, Ontario in an Indian Gujarati family who were Ismailis. He graduated from the radio and television arts program at Ryerson University

Career Madhavji moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba to take on his first on-air position as an anchor/reporter for A-Channel. Later he moved to Northern California and was a live feature reporter for a short-lived show called Good Evening Sacramento before moving over to Good Day Sacramento for KMAX-TV. After a couple of years working in the United States, Madhavji returned to Canada to host Star!'s national show Star! Daily in Toronto along with Dina Pugliese, including Canada’s New Year’s Eve Bash. In 2007 CTV Globemedia acquired CHUM, and replaced Star! Daily with their own daily entertainment show etalk, where Madhavji became a reporter. He continued to front various specials on Star! and joined CP24, a round-the-clock local news channel in Toronto as their entertainment specialist until CTV decided to stop all production on Star! due to the economic downturn in Canada.

Madhavji continues to host various live events including AKF's "The World Partnership Walk" in Toronto and "Miss India Canada".

Acting

Madhavji took an interest in theatre in high school, performing in various musicals and plays, but he was influenced towards broadcasting by his parents since they thought it was more stable than a career in theatre. However, he continued to pursue acting. He landed a few roles as a reporter in the feature films The Many Trials of Jane Doe and Gone, But Not Forgotten. While hosting at Star! in Toronto, Madhavji acted on stage in the South Asian comedy 30 Dates. After securing a film/TV agent, Madhavji was cast in the CBC pilot Throwing Stones. When Madhavji’s hosting career at Star! ended in 2008, he went on tour with the cast of 30 Dates, and appeared in the CTV/CBS cop drama The Bridge, then as a recurring character Ruptal 1 in the HBO Canada/Direct-TV comedy Call Me Fitz opposite Jason Priestley. Madhavji was seen in the crime thriller Cold Blooded, Combat Hospital and the second season of Call Me Fitz.

From 2012 to 2017 Madhavji appeared on the supernatural medical drama Saving Hope as Dr. Shahir Hamza.

Filmography YearTitleRoleNotes 2002 The Many Trials of One Jane Doe Media Reporter TV movie 2005 Gone But Not Forgotten Reporter (uncredited) TV movie 2009 Throwing Stones Yasminder ‘The Rock’ Ramham TV movie 2009 The Border Reporter Episode: 3.9 “Dying Art” 2010 The Bridge Aziz Episode: 1.10 “The Blame Game” 2010-2013 Call Me Fitz Ruptal 1 39 episodes; Main role (Seasons 1-4) 2011 The Listener Landlord Episode: 2.10 “Desperate Hours” 2011 Combat Hospital Lt. Col. Max Pakash 8 episodes; Recurring (season 1) 2011 Neutered Richard Short 2012 Cold Blooded Dr. Gill Film 2012-2013 Off2Kali Comedy Various Characters 4 episodes; Guest role (season 1) 2012-2017 Saving Hope Dr. Shahir Hamza 71 episodes; Main role (Seasons 1-5) 2013 Splinter Cell: Blacklist Jadid (voice) Video game 2013 Cracked Dave Harrison Episode: 2.5 “The Hold Out” 2013 Just a Prayer Aleem Short 2015 The Time Traveler Unknown Short 2017 Breakdown Jared Short 2017 Lethal Weapon Dr. Paulo Weller Episode: 2.2 “Dancing in September” 2017 How to Buy a Baby Dr. Evans 5 episodes; Recurring (season 1) 2017 Wisdom of the Crowd Vikram Singh Episode: 1.8 “Denial of Service” 2018 The Detail Hickman Rashi Episode: 1.1 “Pilot” 2018 Silencer Arman Kasem Short 2018 Have It All Rick Short 2019 Power of Termination Dean Short (Post-Production) 2020 Utopia Falls Mentor Watts series regular 2020 Schitt's Creek guest role 2021 Donkeyhead Rup 2022 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Elder Gamal Episode: 1.6 " Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach" 2023 The Spencer Sisters Alastair Dhumal Supporting role