[2][3][4] Hamza Haq was born to Pakistani parents in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, before immigrating to Canada when he was nine years old, where he became a Canadian citizen.
[6] Haq graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Arts in film studies with a minor in Law.
[5] At the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, he received a nomination for Best Performance in a Guest Role in a Drama Series for an appearance on This Life,[5] and in 2019 he received the Star award from the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival.
[9] The industry trade magazine Playback also named Haq as Canadian television's breakout star of 2020.
[2] Following the end of Transplant, Haq was announced as playing Tommy Hawley, a man suspected of involvement in a criminal smuggling ring, in the forthcoming Crave crime drama series Underbelly.