Waleed Zuaiter
Waleed F. Zuaiter (born January 19, 1971 in Sacramento , California ) is an American actor of Palestinian descent.
life and career
Waleed Zuaiter was born in the California capital Sacramento , but spent his childhood in Kuwait . After school, he studied philosophy and theater at George Washington University and graduated from both. After graduation, he first appeared on theatrical stages in Washington, DC and New York City in plays such as Betrayed , The American Pilot, and Mother Courage alongside Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline , before moving to Los Angeles to pursue his career.
Zuaiter has been in film and television since 2000. He had guest appearances on series such as The Unit - A Question of Honor , Numbers - The Logic of Crime , Blue Bloods - Crime Scene New York and Lie to Me . In 2011 he played the role of the terrorist Afsal Hamid in the first season of the television series Homeland . Then followed u. a. Series appearances in House of Cards , Good Wife and The Blacklist . In 2018 he appeared as Samir Abboud in a supporting role in the Netflix series Altered Carbon - The Immortality Program.
His film appearances include a. Veronica decides to die , men who stare at goats and Omar . The latter was nominated for an Oscar in 2014 in the category of Best Foreign Language Film . He himself played a central supporting role and was also involved in the film as a producer.
In 2016, Zuaiter was seen as terrorist Kamran Barkawi in London Has Fallen . This was followed by other film appearances in Between Two Lives and Billionaire Boys Club . In 2018 he took on a supporting role in the Netflix series Altered Carbon - The Immortality Program. In 2019 he portrayed the Syrian general Amin al-Hafiz in the miniseries The Spy .
Filmography (selection)
- 2000: Eat Me!
- 2003: Justice
- 2007: A Summer in New York - The Visitor (The Visitor)
- 2007: Numbers - The Logic of Crime ( Numb3rs , TV series, episode 4x05)
- 2007: The Unit ( The Unit , TV series, episode 3x06)
- 2009: Lie to Me (TV series, episode 1x07)
- 2009: Veronica decides to die (Veronica Decides to Die)
- 2009: The Men Who Stare at Goats (The Men Who Stare at Goats)
- 2010: Sex and the City 2
- 2010: Navy CIS: LA (TV series, episode 2x02)
- 2010: Blue Bloods - Crime Scene New York ( Blue Bloods , TV series, episode 1x05)
- 2011: Homeland (TV series, episode 1x05)
- 2011: Good Wife ( The Good Wife , TV series, episode 3x07)
- 2011: Elevator - The enemy in my elevator (Elevator)
- 2012: Common Law (TV series, episode 1x11)
- 2013: Omar
- 2013–2014: Revolution (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2014: The Blacklist (TV series, episode 2x07)
- 2015: House of Cards (TV series, episode 3x04)
- 2016: London Has Fallen
- 2016: Madam Secretary (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2016: Century Women (20th Century Women)
- 2017: Chicago Justice (TV series, episode 1x03)
- 2017: Prison Break (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2017: Between Two Lives (The Mountain Between Us)
- 2018: Altered Carbon - The Immortality Program ( Altered Carbon , TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2018: Billionaire Boys Club
- 2018: Here and Now - The best day of my life (Here and Now)
- 2018: Colony (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2019: Saint Judy
- 2019: The Spy (mini-series, 4 episodes)
Web links
- Waleed Zuaiter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Waleed Zuaiter in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oscar Winners 2015: The Complete List - 86th Academy Awards . In: Oscar.com .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Zuaiter, Waleed |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zuaiter, Waleed F. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th January 1971 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sacramento , California , USA |