Sammy Sheik
- Actor
- Composer
- Additional Crew
Sammy Sheik was born in Alexandria, Egypt. His passion for acting drove
him to leave home shortly after high school and move to New York to
study theatre. He soon landed his first film role in the Albert Brooks'
satire comedy "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World", playing
Al-Jazeera executive "Mukhtar Al-Mujib." Sheik followed this with
memorable roles in both film and television including recurring roles
on Homeland, 24, United States of Tara and roles on Nikita, The Unit,
NCIS and Lost, among others. Sheik's film credits include Attack On
Darfur, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Charlie Wilson's War among
others. In 2012, ten years after leaving Egypt, Sheik finally returned
to work on a series called "Hekayat Banat", which heralds the beginning
of his rising international career. In addition to his acting career,
in 2010 Sheik was appointed goodwill ambassador to the Middle East for
Y-Peer, a youth education network, pioneered by the United Nations
Population Fund. Sheik travels the world on behalf of the organization
which is active in more than 36 countries.
