[1] His acting career began with a small role in the Bhanwar TV series, and several TV advertisements, leading to his film debut, Split Wide Open (1999) and the telefilm Doordarshan Srinagar.

[6] In 2010, Bashir's directorial debut Harud premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.

The film stars Reza Naji and Shahnawaz Bhat and takes place in Kashmir.

[8] He had a recurring role in Netflix's first Indian Original series - Sacred Games.

In 2019, he reprised his role in the second season of Sacred Games and appeared in another Amazon Prime series, Inside Edge.