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Tyrant

  • TV Series
  • 2014–20162014–2016
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 1h
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Adam Rayner, Ashraf Barhom, and Moran Atias in Tyrant (2014)
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An unassuming American family is drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation.An unassuming American family is drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation.An unassuming American family is drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation.
IMDb RATING
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23K
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POPULARITY
2,725
34
    • Howard Gordon
    • Gideon Raff
    • Craig Wright
  • Stars
    • Adam Rayner
    • Jennifer Finnigan
    • Ashraf Barhom
    • Howard Gordon
    • Gideon Raff
    • Craig Wright
  • Stars
    • Adam Rayner
    • Jennifer Finnigan
    • Ashraf Barhom
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    • 114User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys

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    Jennifer Finnigan, Adam Rayner, Cameron Gharaee, and Noah Silver in Tyrant (2014)
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    Adam Rayner
    Adam Rayner
    • Barry Al-Fayeed
    Jennifer Finnigan
    Jennifer Finnigan
    • Molly Al-Fayeed
    Ashraf Barhom
    Ashraf Barhom
    • Jamal Al-Fayeed
    Moran Atias
    Moran Atias
    • Leila Al-Fayeed
    Noah Silver
    Noah Silver
    • Sammy Al-Fayeed
    Alexander Karim
    Alexander Karim
    • Ihab Rashid
    Cameron Gharaee
    Cameron Gharaee
    • Ahmed Al-Fayeed
    Alice Krige
    Alice Krige
    • Amira Al-Fayeed
    Melia Kreiling
    Melia Kreiling
    • Daliyah Al-Yazbek
    Sibylla Deen
    Sibylla Deen
    • Nusrat Al-Fayeed
    Fares Fares
    Fares Fares
    • Fauzi Nadal
    Olivia Popica
    Olivia Popica
    • Halima
    Anne Winters
    Anne Winters
    • Emma Al-Fayeed
    Raad Rawi
    Raad Rawi
    • General Tariq Al-Fayeed
    Adam El Hagar
    Adam El Hagar
    • Siddiq
    Mehdi Dehbi
    Mehdi Dehbi
    • Abdul
    Salim Daw
    Salim Daw
    • Yussef
    Chris Noth
    Chris Noth
    • General William Cogswell
      • Howard Gordon
      • Gideon Raff
      • Craig Wright
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    • Trivia
      Dialogue in season 2 suggests that Abbudin is fictionally located between Syria and Lebanon.
    • Connections
      Featured in The IMDb Show: Take 5 With Moran Atias (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Tyrant Main Title Theme
      Performed by Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna

    User reviews114

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    9/10
    An Excellent Show About the Tightrope of Power
    With a stunning and fascinating portrayal of a middle-eastern power structure, FX has outdone themselves yet again.

    What does it mean to have true power, and can you ignore power when you are born into it? The central conflict of this show thrusts it's main characters back into the fray of just such a situation. It portrays power as both freedom and a prison. The Al-Fayeed family, rulers of a fictional middle-eastern country are no different from any other modern Monarchy except that it is still in defacto power and uses brutal tactics to stay there.

    Assad, Khadaffi, Saddam, Bush...

    These names conjure Dynasty's and dictatorships, and for thousands of years the power struggles within their individual kingdoms were largely ignored by western powers, or swept quietly under a convenient media rug. But for Barry Al-Fayeed, the violence and politics of his family have been left behind. He has no desire to rule anything then his pediatric practice.

    As the younger son of a brutal dictator, Barry took advantage of his families wealth to leave the country behind, and hasn't seen home in twenty years. His wife and children are somewhat ignorant of their husbands and fathers old world, knowing only that they are 'sort of' royalty and that grandad is rich. Their ignorance is typical of the average American family, not stupid, but simply devoid of the truth of the day to day in tyrannical regimes in many parts of the world. When his brothers son is due to be married, Barry is called home, and the cycle begins again.

    But the truth is, Barry's legacy is one of bullets and blood, of violence and ruthlessness, of intimidation and manipulation. What makes a tyrant? This show promises to show just how far one man will go to secure his family, his country, and his power.
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    • Is Abbudin a real country? If not, where is this filmed?
    • What type of religion is used in Abuddin?
    • Who has died on the show so far?

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    • Release date
      • June 24, 2014 (United States)
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      • Arabic
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      • Morocco
    • Production companies
      • Teakwood Lane Productions
      • Keshet Broadcasting
      • FX Productions
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