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Sayed Badreya

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Egyptian-born filmmaker and actor Sayed Badreya realized a childhood dream by winning roles in major Hollywood films such as The Insider, Three Kings, and Independence Day. Growing up in poverty in Port Said, Sayed Badreya's dreams of movie stardom looked as bleak as the prospect of peace in the Middle East... See full bio »

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2013 Boiling Pot (filming)
Anwar Seif
 
2013 The C Gate
Iraqi Messenger
 
2013 Movie 43
Large Man (segment "Truth or Dare")
 
2012 Factory of Lies (short)
Kareem
 
2012 Just Like a Woman
Tarek
 
2012 The Dictator
Omar
 
2012 Window Lies (short)
 
2012 The Three Stooges
Orderly
 
2011 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Video Game)
Rameses/Yemeni Citizens/Bedouin Riders (voice)
 
2011/I Cargo
Sayed
 
2011 Chicago Mirage (short)
Moustafa
 
2011 This Narrow Place
Aziz
 
2011 Tied to a Chair
Kamal
 
2010 Family Prayers (aka Karim & Suha) (short)
Hussein
 
2010/II When Life Gives You Lemons (short)
Sayed
 
2010 Baram & Hamza
Uncle Anwar
 
2010/I The Space Between
Imam
 
2009 Easy Money (TV series)
Chuck Habib
– Bella Roma (2009) … Chuck Habib
 
2009 Lost (TV series)
Sayid's Father
– He's Our You (2009) … Sayid's Father
 
2009 Backyard
El Sultán
 
2008 AmericanEast
Mustafa Marzoke
 
2008 You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Hamdi
 
2008 Iron Man
Abu Bakaar
 
2008 Prisoners (short)
Kamal
 
2006 The Path to 9/11 (TV movie)
Massoud Assassin
 
2006 Numb3rs (TV series)
Sayed Malik
– All's Fair (2006) … Sayed Malik
 
2006 The Unit (TV series)
Afghan Commander
– First Responders (2006) … Afghan Commander
 
2005 Socom U.S. Navy Seals: Fireteam Bravo (Video Game)
Additional Morocco AO Voices (voice)
 
2005 Socom 3: U.S. Navy Seals (Video Game)
Additional Morocco AO Voices (voice)
 
2005 Mush (short)
Mush's Father
 
2004 Soul Plane
Middle Eastern Passenger
 
2004 The West Wing (TV series)
Fatah Official #2
– Gaza (2004) … Fatah Official #2
 
2004 Homeland Security (TV movie)
Jamaitja
 
2003 Stuck on You
Assisting Surgeon
 
2003 T for Terrorist (short)
Sayed/Terrorist
 
2002 The Practice (TV series)
Adman Fajiz
– Bad to Worse (2002) … Adman Fajiz
 
2001 Shallow Hal
Doctor Sayed
 
2001 Alias (TV series)
Vendor
– A Broken Heart (2001) … Vendor
 
2001 The Princess & the Marine (TV movie)
Chauffeur
 
1999 The Insider
Hezbollah Head Gunman
 
1999 Three Kings
Iraqi Tank Major
 
1999 Deterrence
Omari
 
1998 The Nanny (TV series)
Guard
– Not Without My Nanny (1998) … Guard
 
1996 Kingpin
Fatima
 
1996 Independence Day
Arab Pilot
 
1995 Mirage
Sayed (as Elsayed Badrya)
 
1994 Stargate
Arabic Interpreter
 
1994 Seinfeld (TV series)
Foreign Man
– The Dinner Party (1994) … Foreign Man
 
1993 The November Men
Lahoud (as Elsayed Badrya)
 
1991 Intimate Stranger (TV movie)
Clerk
 
1988 The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (TV movie)
'Skull & Crossbones' (as Elsayed Badreya)
 
1987 Hotshot
 
Show ShowProducer (7 titles)
2012 Window Lies (short) (executive producer)
 
2011 Chicago Mirage (short) (producer)
 
2006 It's Not Just You, Tommy Chu! (short) (executive producer)
 
2005 Mush (short) (producer)
 
2003 T for Terrorist (short) (producer)
 
2002/I The Interrogation (short) (co-producer)
 
2002 Saving Egyptian Film Classics (documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (4 titles)
2012 The Dictator (technical advisors - uncredited)
 
2006 The Path to 9/11 (TV movie) (dialect coach: arabic, Morocco/Hollywood, technical advisor: middle east, Morocco/Hollywood)
 
1996 Executive Decision (technical advisor: Arabia)
 
1988 Lucky Stiff (craft service - as El Sayed Badrya)
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
2012 Window Lies (short)
 
2011 Chicago Mirage (short) (story)
 
2008 AmericanEast (story / writer)
 
2002 Saving Egyptian Film Classics (documentary)
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
2011 Chicago Mirage (short)
 
2002 Saving Egyptian Film Classics (documentary)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
2003 Casting Calls (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

Elsayed Badreya | El Sayed Badrya | Elsayed Badrya

Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)