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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1977-01-01 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

Schwaz, Tyrol, Austria

Neil Malik Abdullah

Biography:

Born in Austria, raised in Germany, of Arabic-Turkish roots: Neil Malik Abdullah is in every aspect an inimitable actor.

The talented actor is fluent in English, Arabic, and German and started his career with training at the "Schule für Schauspiel Hamburg" in Germany. He also took classes at HB Studio in New York, The Sanford Meisner Center in Los Angeles. He also took classes in Method Acting with Stephanie Feury.

The committed actor worked in international projects such as "The Hamburg Cell" and "GSG9-The Special Unit". In 2008, Neil Malik Abdullah proved to be a comedic success at the Arab-American Comedy Festival in New York performing in multiple skits. In the feature film "Chiko," produced by Fatih Akin's production company Corazón International, Neil's audition inspired the director to add his character to the script, which later went on to win the German movie award "Lola" for best script. In 2013 the feature film "Kaddisch for a friend" with Neil in a supporting role was also a winner at the German movie award. In "A most wanted man" he was in a further international production next to Willem Dafoe and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

To his many-sidedness artistic he also have a variety of physical skills. Neil is proficient in multiple disciplines like boxing and Japanese stick fighting ("BO"). As a Stuntfighter he can prove his body control in action sequences in front of the camera.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Neil Mali Abdullah

Known For

Acting

2024

Emma - Der Usedom-Krimi as Hendrik Meiser

2022

Mutter, Kutter, Kind as Dr. Elyas Fayad
Wendland as Henning Mrazek

2020

2019

2018

Only God Can Judge Me as Dr. Nail David Abdullah

2017

2016

Frauen as Armend

2015

Die Kanzlei as Demir Bakhash

2014

A Most Wanted Man as Abdullah's Bodyguard

2012

MEK 8 as Ibrahim Attalay

2011

Alive and Ticking as Busfahrer

2009

SOKO Stuttgart as Antonio Schmidt

2007

2006

Der Kriminalist as Türsteher

2001

SOKO Leipzig as Coman al Zayed

1999

The Peppercorns as Dragan
Volle Kanne as Self

1996

1995

Unser Charly as Omar

1994

1970

Scene of the Crime as Ahmed Aksu

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Napkin English as Thomas