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Nadim Sawalha

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Nadim Sawalha in Captain Abu Raed (2007)
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Nadim Sawalha was born on 9 September 1933 in Madaba, Jordan. He is an actor, known for The Living Daylights (1987), Captain Abu Raed (2007) and The Avengers (1998). He has been married to Roberta Lane since 1961. They have three children.
BornSeptember 9, 1933
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Pamela Abbott and Nadim Sawalha in The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Charlton Heston and Nadim Sawalha in The Awakening (1980)
Alan Cox, Nicholas Rowe, and Nadim Sawalha in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Eriq Ebouaney, Stefan Kalipha, and Nadim Sawalha in The Nativity Story (2006)
Lubna Azabal, Salim Daw, Nadim Sawalha, Kais Nashif, Yaniv Biton, and Maisa Abd Elhadi in Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
Lubna Azabal, Nadim Sawalha, Kais Nashif, Yaniv Biton, and Maisa Abd Elhadi in Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
Nadim Sawalha in Captain Abu Raed (2007)

Known for

Timothy Dalton and Maryam d'Abo in The Living Daylights (1987)
The Living Daylights
6.7
  • Tangier Chief of Security
  • 1987
Captain Abu Raed (2007)
Captain Abu Raed
7.3
  • Abu Raed
  • 2007
Sean Connery, Ralph Fiennes, and Uma Thurman in The Avengers (1998)
The Avengers
3.8
  • World Council of Ministers
  • 1998
The Nativity Story (2006)
The Nativity Story
6.8
  • Melchior
  • 2006

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  • Lubna Azabal, Salim Daw, Nadim Sawalha, Kais Nashif, Yaniv Biton, and Maisa Abd Elhadi in Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
    Tel Aviv on Fire
  • A Tale of Two Cities: Aleppo and London
  • Stana Katic and Raza Jaffrey in The Rendezvous (2016)
    The Rendezvous
  • Histoires de l'âge d'or islamique (2013)
    Histoires de l'âge d'or islamique
  • Romola Garai, Dominic West, and Ben Whishaw in The Hour (2011)
    The Hour
  • Postcode
  • Where the Keys Cross (2010)
    Where the Keys Cross
  • West Is West (2010)
    West Is West
  • Journey to Mecca (2009)
    Journey to Mecca
  • House of Saddam (2008)
    House of Saddam
  • Robin Hood (2006)
    Robin Hood
  • Captain Abu Raed (2007)
    Captain Abu Raed
  • Whatever Lola Wants (2007)
    Whatever Lola Wants
  • Diana: Last Days of a Princess (2007)
    Diana: Last Days of a Princess
  • Colin Blumenau, Nula Conwell, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Jon Iles, Gary Olsen, Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jeff Stewart, and Mark Wingett in The Bill (1984)
    The Bill
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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Cleopatra (1999)
Trailer 1:34
Cleopatra (1999)
Cleopatra
Trailer 3:18
Cleopatra

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    • September 9, 1933
    • Madaba, Jordan
    • 1961 - present (3 children)
  • Other works
    (January 1991-July 1991; September 1991-January 1992) He acted in the Royal National Theatre season at the Laurence Olivier Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre, and Lyttelton Theatre all in London, England in Tony Harrison's play, "The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus;" Kenneth Grahame and Alan Bennett's play, "The Wind in the Willows;" David Hare's play, "Racing Demon," "Murmuring Judges;" Franz Kafka's play, "The Trial;" Friedrich Durrenmatt's play, "The Visit," (Theatre De Complicite production); Christopher Hampton's play, "White Chameleon;" Alan Ayckbourn's play, "Invisible Play;" Dario Fo's play, "Accidental Death of An Anarchist;" David Edgar's play, "The Shape of the Table;" "Fever;" Eugene O'Neill's play, "Long Day's Journey Into Night;" Moliere's play, "The Miser;" William Shakespeare's play, "Richard III;" Mikhail Bulgakov's play, "White Snow;" John Webster's play, "The White Devil;" Eduardo De Filippo's play, "Napoli Milionaria;" Bertolt Brecht's play, "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui;" "Grand Kabuki" (Shochiku Company production); "At Our Table;" Mustapha Matura's play, "The Coup;" Alan Bennett's play, "The Madness of King George III;" Edward Bond's play, "The Sea;" "The Little Clay Cart;" and Ferderico Garcia Lorca's play, "Blood Wedding;" with Mark Addy, Keith Allen, Tony Armatrading, Robin Bailey, David Bamber, Gillian Barge, Desmond Barrit, Norman Beaton, Stephen Bent, Steven Berkoff, Paul Bhattacharjee, Steven Boxer, Elizabeth Bradley, Richard Briers, Jasper Britton, Eleanor Bron, Michael Bryant, Suzanne Burden, Richenda Carey, Tom Chadbon, Emma Chambers, Ben Chapman, Ron Cook, Trevor Cooper, Lorcan Cranitch, Alan Cumming, Myriam Cyr, Judi Dench, Stephen Dillane, Linda Dobell, Kate Duchene, Robert Eddison, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Tenniel Evans, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Oliver Ford Davies, Rupert Frazer, Brian Glover, Stella Gonet, Cathryn Harrison, Nigel Hawthorne, Clare Higgins, Kathryn Hunter, Harold Innocent, Saeed Jaffrey, Oscar James, Peter Jeffrey, Stratford Johns, Karl Johnson, Darlene Johnson, Charles Kay, Jeffery Kissoon, Adam Kotz, Peter Laird, Barbara Leigh Hunt, Mark Lewis, Mark Lockyer, John Matshikiza, Simon McBurney, Helen McCrory, Sean McGinley, Ian McKellen, Bill Moody, Paul Moriaty, John Nettleton, Joseph O'Conor, Richard Pasco, Robert Patterson, Patrick Pearson, Bruce Purchase, Denis Quilley, Griff Rhys Jones, Terence Rigby, Sally Rogers, David Ross, Barrie Rutter, Prunella Scales, Adrian Scarborough, Cyril Shaps, Wallace Shawn, Jack Shephard, Antony Sher, Josette Simon, Malcolm Sinclair, Claire Skinner, Dinah Stabb, Ken Stott, Mark Strong, Tamasaburo, Julian Wadham, Timothy West, Benjamin Whitrow, Peter Wight, Tom Wilkinson, and Andrew Woodall in the company.

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    Father of Julia Sawalha and Nadia Sawalha.

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