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Alexander Siddig

Acting

Born November 21, 1965 · Omdurman, Sudan

Also known as Siddig El Fadil · الکساندر صدیق

Biography

Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi (born November 21, 1965) is a Sudanese-born English actor, also known as Siddig El Fadil and his stage name Alexander Siddig. He is known for playing Dr. Julian Bashir in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and for his performances as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai in Syriana (2005) and as Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani in Kingdom of Heaven (2005). He has also guest starred on 24 as Hamri Al-Assad. Siddig co-starred in the award-winning film Cairo Time (2009) as Tareq Khalifa.

Filmography46 titles

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

2014as Isaac Newton (voice)

Peaky Blinders

2013as Ruben Oliver

Game of Thrones

2011as Doran Martell

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987as Doctor Julian Bashir

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

2021as Senator Avi Singh (voice)

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Shaitana

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993as Julian Bashir

Merlin

2008as Kanen

24

2001as Hamri Al-Assad

Foundation

2021as Dr. Ebling Mis

Star Trek: Lower Decks

2020as Dr. Julian Bashir (voice)

Spooks

2002as Ibhn Khaldun

Gotham

2014as Ra's al Ghul

Shantaram

2022as Khader Khan

The Spy

2019as Ahmed Suidani

Strike Back

2010as Zahir Sharq

Primeval

2007as Philip Burton

Family Guy

1999as London Silly Nannies Player (voice)

Tut

2015as Amun

Waking the Dead

2001as Dr. Mohammed

Wild Arabia

as Himself - Narrator

Kingdom of Heaven

2005as Nasir

What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

2018as Self

The Nativity Story

2006as The Angel Gabriel

21 Bridges

2019as Adi

Fallen

2024as Dr. Howson

Atlantis

2013as Minos

Syriana

2005as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

1992as Prince Feisal (as Siddig El-Fadil)

Reign of Fire

2002as Ajay

Beam Me Up, Sulu

2025as Self

The Fifth Estate

2013as Dr. Tarek Haliseh

Vertical Limit

2000as Kareem Nazir

May in the Summer

2013as Ziad

Clash of the Titans

2010as Hermes

Cairo Time

2009as Tareq Khalifa

Doomsday

2008as Prime Minister John Hatcher

Miral

2010as Jamal

The Last Legion

2007as Theodorus Andronikos

Deliver Us

2023as Cardinal Russo

Skylines

2020as General Radford

Submergence

2017as Dr. Shadid

4.3.2.1.

2010as Mr. Jauo-Pinto

Spy(ies)

2009as Malik

The Kennedys: After Camelot

as Aristotle Onassis

Inescapable

2012as Adib