Sayeed Shahidi

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Sayeed Shahidi (born February 14, 2003 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is an American actor who mainly appears as a child actor and model .

Life

Sayeed Shahidi was the second child on February 14, 2003, after his sister Yara and before an even younger brother, the Afro-American Keri-Salter Shahidi , who also works as a model and actress, and the Iranian-born photographer and cameraman Afshin Shahidi in Minneapolis, the most populous city in the US state of Minnesota, was born. At a young age his parents used him as a model on television or in print advertising campaigns and made his first notable film appearance in 2004, when he starred alongside Jill Czarnowski , Lynn Hermanson , Nicole Randall Johnson and Harry in the short film Till Death Karp , Tava Smiley and Stephen Snedden participated. Subsequently, he was often used at the side of his older sister Yara and his mother in commercials of well-known brands and companies (including for Bank of America , Walmart , Payless ShoeSource or The ADT Corporation ) and came off from 2008 or specifically 2009 to increased use in film and television. While in 2008 he played a minor role on the ABC series Samantha Who? was seen, he was seen in a supporting role as Bill in In the Motherhood , another ABC sitcom in which he starred alongside his sister, the following year . He was involved in six of the only seven episodes. He also starred in the 2009 pilot Bless This Mess , directed by James Widdoes ; however, the series was never taken over by a broadcaster and therefore no longer produced.

In 2010, Sayeed Shaidi appeared in an episode of Ehe ist… and 100 Questions , as well as a role in the feature film Unthinkable - The Price of Truth directed by Gregor Jordan . In the film he not only worked alongside actors such as Samuel L. Jackson , Carrie-Anne Moss or Michael Sheen , but also alongside his older sister. In the German-language dubbed version of the film, the voice of the German actor and dubbing actor Cedric Eich is lent to him. He was also seen in four episodes of the NBC series The Event from 2010 to 2011 in the role of David Martinez and in 2011 also took on a recurring character for three episodes as Charlie James in Desperate Housewives . In the German dubbed version, Ben Hadad lent him the voice. In addition to guest appearances in each episode of Pair of Kings - The King Brothers and Happy Endings , he also had a supporting role as Dakota in Gil Junger's television film Rip City in 2011, alongside his older sister Yara . From 2012 he came to work in the drama The Last Fall by Matthew A. Cherry and in the lead role with Lance Gross , as well as, again at the side of her sister, in the thriller Alex Cross under director Rob Cohen , when he was Damon Cross , the son of Main character, mimed. His sister, who also played his sister in the film, also took part.

In addition to a speaking role in an episode of Doc McStuffins, toy doctor and an appearance in an episode of Dr. House , he was cast together with his older sister in Byron Allen's series The First Family , where the two also play siblings in the series. While Yara is said to have been used in 23 different episodes between 2012 and 2013, according to the Internet Movie Database , Sayeed is said to have been used in 22 episodes. After he was only seen in one episode of the CBS campaign series Intelligence in 2014 , he was booked again for longer-term engagements from 2015. For example, as a recurring character of Will Bishop in six episodes of the fourth season of Switched at Birth . He also appeared as a guest actor in an episode of Michael Seitzman's Code Black . In 2015 he was also seen in a pancake commercial for the restaurant chain IHOP together with his older sister Yara and his mother Keri . 2016 began with a number of film appearances and one of the lead roles on the ABC television series Uncle Buck .

Sayeed Shaidi's film appearances this year include the role of Finn in the short film The Sand Box by Jennifer Kramer in Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie by Funny or Die about the US presidential candidate Donald Trump . It was also used in an episode of The Mysterious Cookbook , a series by Amazon Studios based on the book of the same name by Cindy Callaghan , in 2016 . Laurin Lechenmayr lent him the German voice .

Filmography

Film appearances (also short appearances)
  • 2004: Till Death
  • 2009: Bless This Mess (pilot)
  • 2010: Unthinkable - The Price of Truth ( Unthinkable )
  • 2011: Rip City
  • 2011: The Last Fall
  • 2012: Alex Cross
  • 2016: The Sand Box (short film)
  • 2016: Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
Series appearances (also guest and short appearances)

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personal data
SURNAME Shahidi, Sayeed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 2003
PLACE OF BIRTH Minneapolis , Minnesota , United States