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9/2/11
Idrees just booked a role with Hometeam Entertainment as Dr. Hill, the college professor in Episode 8 of the series "Fail" written by James Bland.  Will keep you posted when shooting of the series begins.


8/27/11
Idrees performs the role of Mr. Alfolabi in the upcoming stage play, Change For A Diamond directed by Sam Johnson, at the NAACP Theater Awards held at Tobey Theater in downtown LA.  Don't miss it! Contact NAACP Beverly Hills/Hollywood for more details.  


8/17/11
Idrees is in preproduction playing the role of Daniel the jazz musician in the upcoming movie, Collateral Damage directed by David Teddy.


8/13/11
Idrees just booked the role of Sam the con man in the high speed drama movie, The Bum Hustle.  Will keep you posted when shooting of the role begins.


7/16/11
Idrees is thrilled to be on the set playing the  role of CIA captain, in the CIA crime drama Agent Steele, written and directed by Andrew Bachelor.


7/8/11
Idrees just finished a table read in Studio City, CA starring as a CIA captain in the film, Agent Steele, written and directed by Andrew Bachelor and produced by Bella Fisher.


6/27/11
Idrees is excited about landing a principal role as a CIA captain in the upcoming movie, Agent Steele, written and directed by Andrew Bachelor and produced by Bella Fisher.  Will keep you posted when shooting of the film begins.


4/17/11
Idrees is excited to be in the shooting of an online industrial commercial for NMS Properties.  The online commercial is located on his Website Movie Page or at: 
                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unP9FjRd9J4


3/13/11
Don't miss Idrees as Reverend Davis in the film, Desire’s Surprise to run on Facebook beginning in April.  Will keep you posted on the date.


10/17/10
Idrees is thrilled to be on the set of his first episode in the TV pilot Funny Business, as Rodger the electronics man along with performing icons "Kid & Play" that will be announced soon on TV One.  Will keep  you posted on the air time.


                                                           
9/16/10
Idrees just finished a table read along with performing icons "Kid & Play" as Rodger the electronics man at the Rush Hour Studios for the new TV pilot, Funny Business in Hollywood.



9/13/10
Idrees is excited in just landing a role in the TV pilot, Funny Business as Rodger the electronics man starring along with performing icons "Kid & Play." Will keep you posted when the shooting of the film begins.





5/16/10
Check out Idrees in the lead role at a screening  of the dramatic film Take Me Out as Pharis Depree at The Ice House Theater in Chicago.





2/16/09
Check out Idrees co-starring at the screening of the movie Banana Leaves at the Pan African Film Festival held at Culver City Plaza in Culver City, California.




10/26/08
Idrees just booked a commercial for Big Lots in the Christmas Wonderland scene due out this Christmas holiday season.


8/17/08
Idrees just booked a role to star in the play, Club Rum Boogie as Frank, a hugely successful drug lord in the 30’s in Los Angeles directed by Jerry Jones.


7/26/08
Check out Idrees starring as Sam, the porter in the movie, The Porter directed by Vincent Singleton now running at The Hollywood Film Festival.


6/23/08
Don't miss Idrees as he plays the leading role as Aidan Cane in the movie, The Forgotten West directed by Vincent Singleton that won The Chase Legacy Film Challenge for best short film airing on BET on June 25th.  
                                                                                                                                       
4/25/08
Check out Idrees at the Sony Theater in New York as Aiden Caine featured in the movie, The Porter directed by Vincent Singleton that won The Chase Legacy Film Challenge for best short film.

6/17/07
Idrees is happy in making his debut at The Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago in the stage play The Heritage as the prison guard directed by Ed Sobel.


3/16/07
Idrees is on the set in Chicago in a role as a reporter in the filming of the movie Death Of A President directed by Gabriel Range.


2/16/07
Idrees stars in a run at the New Branch Theater in Chicago as Sargent Waters in the play A Soldier's Story directed by Calvin Gibbs. Performances will run from 2/16 - 3/13.


1/20/07
Idrees just finished on the set of a four week shoot in Chicago starring as Reverend Davis, a minister who is torn between his faith and his mistress in the movie, Desire's Surprise Directed by Bryan Willis.
                                                                   
10/27/06
Idrees just booked a commercial to play a doctor for the Advocate Health Care in Chicago.  
                                                          
7/13/06
Idrees just booked a role, co-starring as a ghost whose son is haunted by his questionable past in the movie Banana Leaves directed by Lanre Sarumi in Chicago. 
    
7/9/06
Don't miss Idrees starring as Aiden Caine in the leading role in a screening of The Forgotten West at The Black Harvest Film Festival located in the Rodger and Ebert Theatre in Chicago from 8/3 - 8/30.
                                                                                                                   
7/01/06    
See Idrees stars in another screening of The Forgotten West directed by Vincent Singleton at the Golden Lion Film Festival in Swaziland, Africa.
                                        
6/26/06 
See Idrees as Aidan Caine in the movie, The Forgotton West directed by Vincent Singleton running at the Buffalo Soldier Museum in Dallas, Texas.


5/12/06
Don’t miss Idrees as Aidan Cane in the featured  movie The Forgotten West directed by Vincent Singleton  at The Independent Black Film Festival in Atlanta.


4/19/06
Idrees just booked the lead role in the movie  Damaged Goods directed by M. J. Allen in Chicago.


2/23/06
Don’t miss Idrees starring as Moses, a psychotic killer with multi-personality, who must weigh the facts of a murder gone bad in the hit play Invitation to a Stranger directed by Safia Bernard at the Dusable Museum Theater in Chicago. Performances will run from 2/23 - 2/28.


1/14/06
Don't miss Idrees starring as a minister in the play, Blues for Mr. Charlie at ETA Theater in Chicago. Performances ran from 1/14 - 2/21.

                                                               
12/16/05
Idrees was just on the set filmed in a commercial for the Horseshoe Casino in Merriville, Ind.


11/22/05
Check out Idrees performing a voiceover as a West African storyteller on the podcast series 365 Days written by Susan Lori Parks and directed by Wendy Whiteside in Chicago.
                                                            
9/16/05
Come to see Idrees starring as Cinque, a slave in the play Amistad at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago directed by Okoro Harold Johnson.  Performances will run from 9/18 - 9/25.

                                                           
7/26/05
Idrees is on the set in the filming of Smoke Screen as the husband directed by Alvin Daniels in Chicago.


4/20/05
Idrees is on the set in the filming of the movie Take Me Out as the husband, Pharris Dupree who weighs duty and family as he struggles to find himself.  Directed by Joe Shanks in Chicago.


2/19/05
Idrees was just filmed in the movie Carrot Top as John the musician, directed by Paula Estrada Jones in Chicago.


5/14/04
Idrees was shown in the movie Roll Bounce directed by Malcom D. Lee, featuring Eve, Chi McBride, Michael Epps, Charley Murphy, Kalita Smith and Lil Bow Wow in Chicago.
    
                                          
2/14/04
Idrees was shown in the movie Barber Shop 2: Back In Business in Chicago and directed by Kevin Sullivan. Starring Ice Cube, Cedric The Entertainer and Harry Lennox.
                        

5/10/03
Idrees is playing the role as Ivan in the hit play Relationship Games directed by Safia Bernard in Chicago at The Dusable Musuem. Performance will run from 5/10 - 5/13.