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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1965-11-21 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Omdurman, Sudan

Alexander Siddig

Biography:

Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi (born November 21, 1965) is a Sudanese-born English actor, also known as Siddig El Fadil and his stage name Alexander Siddig.

He is known for playing Dr. Julian Bashir in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and for his performances as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai in Syriana (2005) and as Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani in Kingdom of Heaven (2005). He has also guest starred on 24 as Hamri Al-Assad. Siddig co-starred in the award-winning film Cairo Time (2009) as Tareq Khalifa.

Known For

Acting

2024

Fallen as Dr. Howson

2023

Deliver Us as Cardinal Russo

2022

Shantaram as Khader Khan

2021

Star Wars: The Bad Batch as Senator Avi Singh (voice)
Foundation as Advocate Xylas

2020

Skylines as General Radford
Star Trek: Lower Decks as Dr. Julian Bashir (voice)

2019

21 Bridges as Adi
The Spy as Ahmed Suidani

2018

2017

Submergence as Dr. Shadid
The Kennedys: After Camelot as Aristotle Onassis

2016

City of Tiny Lights as Al-Dabaran

2015

Tut as Amun

2014

Gotham as Ra's al Ghul
Cosmos as Isaac Newton (voice)

2013

The Fifth Estate as Dr. Tarek Haliseh
Atlantis as Minos
Wild Arabia as Himself - Narrator
Peaky Blinders as Ruben Oliver

2012

Inescapable as Adib
True Love as Ismail

2011

Game of Thrones as Doran Martell

2010

4.3.2.1 as Mr. Jauo-Pinto
Miral as Jamal
Strike Back as Zahir Sharq

2009

Cairo Time as Tareq Khalifa
Spy(ies) as Malik

2008

Doomsday as Prime Minister John Hatcher
The Boundary as Ahmed Ali
Merlin as Kanen

2007

The Last Legion as Theodorus Andronikos
A Lost Man as Fouad Saleh
Primeval as Philip Burton

2006

The Nativity Story as The Angel Gabriel

2005

Syriana as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai

2004

The Hamburg Cell as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

2003

2002

Spooks as Ibhn Khaldun

2001

24 as Hamri Al-Assad
Waking the Dead as Dr. Mohammed

2000

Vertical Limit as Kareem Nazir

1999

Family Guy as London Silly Nannies Player (voice)

1996

1995

1993

1992

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia as Prince Feisal (as Siddig El-Fadil)

1989

1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation as Doctor Julian Bashir

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