Zaib Shaikh (born 1974) is a Canadian actor, writer and director, best known for his roles as Amaar Rashid, an imam in the CBC Television sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie, and Jayesh in Metropia, an evening soap opera broadcast on Omni Television.

Biography

Shaikh was born in Toronto at St. Michael's Hospital and is of Pakistani descent. He studied theatre at the University of Toronto Mississauga and has a Bachelor of Arts from the Sheridan College Institute of Advanced Learning. While at the University of Toronto, Shaikh was a copy editor for the campus newspaper, The Medium. He has a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of British Columbia.

Shaikh is married to the managing director of Twitter Canada, Kirstine Stewart.

On May 29, 2014, Shaikh was named the film commissioner and director of entertainment industries for the City of Toronto.