Mido Hamada
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Mido Hamada | |
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Born | 1971 (age 49–50) |
Citizenship | Germany Egypt |
Alma mater | Oxford School of Drama |
Mido Hamada (Egyptian Arabic: ميدو حمادة ; born 1971) is a German-Egyptian actor in film, theatre and television.
Early life[]
He was born in Cairo, Egypt to an Egyptian family that moved to Germany, where he studied at the American Embassy School. He attended the Oxford School of Drama
Career[]
His roles include Ahmed Shah Massoud in the television mini-series The Path to 9/11 and smaller roles in the British television film Hannibal and the series Feel the Force. In 2004, he played in the film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. In the 2011 film Unknown, Hamada played a Saudi sheikh involved in an assassination attempt at a Berlin hotel and in funding biotechnological research.
Hamada has also appeared in the Fox series 24 as Samir Mehran, a rogue intelligence agent from the fictional Middle Eastern country of Kamistan who assassinates its president Omar Hassan (Anil Kapoor). He served as the season's arch-villain for most of its episodes.
He appeared again in a Fox series on Terra Nova, where he portrayed Guzman, one of the colony security personnel and a trusted colleague to Commander Nathaniel Taylor.
In 2012, Hamada had a role in the Showtime series Homeland, playing a key member of a terrorist cell planning an attack on the United States. In The Situation, he played Zaid, an Iraqi photographer. He portrayed "The Butcher" in the film American Sniper.[1] He also lent his voice for the video game Disney Infinity 3.0.[2]
In 2019, Hamada played congressman Daniel Maloof in the fourth season of Veronica Mars produced by Hulu. [3] He has a role in the upcoming science fiction series Foundation.
Personal life[]
Hamada is fluent in German, English and Arabic. He now lives in London.
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Soldier | |
2005 | Red Mercury | Translator | |
2006 | The Situation | Zaid | |
2011 | Unknown | Prince Shada | |
2014 | American Sniper | The Butcher | |
2019 | Guddiyan Patole | Kash |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Believe Nothing | Captain | 1 Episode |
2004 | Spooks | Butterfly (Uncredited | |
2005 | Transit | Ruben | Television Movie |
The English Harem | Sassan Sahar | ||
2006 | Hannibal | Mago | |
Assault on Waco | Special Agent Alsakka | ||
Feel the Force | Mr. Fuentes | 1 Episode | |
The Path to 9/11 | Massoud | 2 Episodes | |
2007 | Judge John Deed | Mullah Al Sakka | |
State of Mind | Taj Kalid, MD | 8 Episodes | |
2057 | N/A | 1 Episode | |
2010 | NCIS | Prince Abdalla Ibn Alwaan | |
Holby City | Donald Bass | ||
24 | Samir Mehran | 10 Episodes | |
2011 | Terra Nova | Guzman | 2 Episodes |
2012 | Homeland | M.M | 3 Episodes |
Whispers of Desert | Halid | Television Movie | |
2013 | The Forbidden Woman | Khalid | |
Red Widow | Agent Khalil | N/A | |
2014 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Fincen Agent Kazimi | 1 Episode |
Hawaii Five-O | Amir Khan | ||
Legends | Prince Abboud | 2 Episodes | |
2015 | The Dovekeepers | Eleazar Ben Ya'ir | |
2017 | Niches Con Platanito | Himself | 1 Episode |
Emerald City | Eamonn | 9 Episodes | |
2018 | Counterpart | Cyrus | Series Regular |
2019 | Veronica Mars | Daniel Maloof | 6 Episodes |
Video games[]
Year | Title | Role |
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2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Additional Voices |
References[]
- ^ Movies (2014-11-11). "'American Sniper' Review: War Plays Out Like a Video Game in Clint Eastwood's Navy SEAL Biopic". Thewrap.com. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
- ^ Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 3.0. Scene: Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.
- ^ https://www.bustle.com/p/who-plays-daniel-maloof-in-veronica-mars-season-4-mido-hamada-is-already-action-star-18224806
External links[]
- Mido Hamada on Facebook
- Mido Hamada at IMDb
- 1971 births
- Egyptian male film actors
- Living people
- People from Cairo
- Egyptian male television actors
- Egyptian male stage actors
- Egyptian emigrants to Germany
- German male actors
- Egyptian actor stubs