Alexander Siddig

Alexander Siddig

Known for
Acting
Born
November 21, 1965 (age 60)
Birthplace
Omdurman, Sudan

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.

Known For

Filmography

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Jude and the Jinn

Jude and the Jinn

Movie · as Jinn

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Words from the Oven

Words from the Oven

Movie

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Joseph of Egypt

Joseph of Egypt

TV · as Jacob · 8 eps

2025
Beam Me Up, Sulu poster

Beam Me Up, Sulu

Movie · as Self

2024
Fallen poster

Fallen

TV · as Clifford Howson · 8 eps

2023
Deliver Us poster

Deliver Us

Movie · as Cardinal Russo

2022
Shantaram poster

Shantaram

TV · as Khader Khan · 12 eps

2022
The Terminal List poster

The Terminal List

TV · as Maajid Kifayat · 1 ep

2021
Star Wars: The Bad Batch poster

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

TV · as Senator Avi Singh (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Foundation poster

Foundation

TV · as Advocate Xylas, Dr. Ebling Mis · 1 ep

2020
Skylines poster

Skylines

Movie · as General Radford

2020
Star Trek Day poster

Star Trek Day

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks poster

Star Trek: Lower Decks

TV · as Dr. Julian Bashir (voice) · 1 ep

2019
21 Bridges poster

21 Bridges

Movie · as Adi

2019
The Spy poster

The Spy

TV · as Ahmed Suidani · 6 eps

2018
Submergence poster

Submergence

Movie · as Dr. Shadid

2018
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine poster

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

Movie · as Self

2017
The Kennedys: After Camelot poster

The Kennedys: After Camelot

TV · as Aristotle Onassis · 2 eps

2016
Recon

Recon

Movie

2016
City of Tiny Lights poster

City of Tiny Lights

Movie · as Al-Dabaran

2015
Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special

Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special

Movie · as Self

2015
Tut poster

Tut

TV · as Amun · 3 eps

2014
May in the Summer poster

May in the Summer

Movie · as Ziad

2014
Gotham poster

Gotham

TV · as Ra's al Ghul · 11 eps

2014
Cosmos poster

Cosmos

TV · as Isaac Newton (voice) · 1 ep

2013
The Fifth Estate poster

The Fifth Estate

Movie · as Dr. Tarek Haliseh

2013
Atlantis poster

Atlantis

TV · as Minos · 13 eps

2013
Wild Arabia poster

Wild Arabia

TV · as Himself - Narrator · 3 eps

2013
Peaky Blinders poster

Peaky Blinders

TV · as Ruben Oliver · 6 eps

2012
Inescapable poster

Inescapable

Movie · as Adib

2012
True Love poster

True Love

TV · as Ismail · 1 ep

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Doran Martell · 20 eps

2010
4.3.2.1 poster

4.3.2.1

Movie · as Mr. Jauo-Pinto

2010
Clash of the Titans poster

Clash of the Titans

Movie · as Hermes

2010
Miral poster

Miral

Movie · as Jamal

2010
Strike Back poster

Strike Back

TV · as Zahir Sharq · 2 eps

2009
Cairo Time poster

Cairo Time

Movie · as Tareq Khalifa

2009
Spy(ies) poster

Spy(ies)

Movie · as Malik

2008
Doomsday poster

Doomsday

Movie · as Prime Minister John Hatcher

2008
Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday' poster

Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday'

Movie · as self

2008
The Boundary poster

The Boundary

Movie · as Ahmed Ali

2008
Merlin poster

Merlin

TV · as Kanen · 1 ep

2007
The Last Legion poster

The Last Legion

Movie · as Theodorus Andronikos

2007
A Lost Man poster

A Lost Man

Movie · as Fouad Saleh

2007
Primeval poster

Primeval

TV · as Philip Burton · 13 eps

2006
The Nativity Story poster

The Nativity Story

Movie · as The Angel Gabriel

2006
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare poster

Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare

Movie · as Hannibal

2006
The Path to Redemption poster

The Path to Redemption

Movie · as Self

2005
Syriana poster

Syriana

Movie · as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai

2005
Kingdom of Heaven poster

Kingdom of Heaven

Movie · as Nasir

2005
Collectormania 7 poster

Collectormania 7

Movie · as Self

2004
The Hamburg Cell poster

The Hamburg Cell

Movie · as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

2003
Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends poster

Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends

Movie · as Self

2003
Deep Space Nine: Ending an Era poster

Deep Space Nine: Ending an Era

Movie · as Self

2002
Reign of Fire poster

Reign of Fire

Movie · as Ajay

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Ibhn Khaldun · 1 ep

2001
24 poster

24

TV · as Hamri Al-Assad · 7 eps

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Dr. Mohammed · 2 eps

2000
Vertical Limit poster

Vertical Limit

Movie · as Kareem Nazir

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as London Silly Nannies Player (voice) · 1 ep

1996
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations

The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations

Movie · as Self

1995
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior poster

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior

Movie · as Julian Bashir

1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes poster

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

Movie · as Himself

1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine poster

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

TV · as Julian Bashir · 173 eps

1992
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia poster

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

Movie · as Prince Feisal (as Siddig El-Fadil)

1992
The Big Battalions poster

The Big Battalions

TV · as Yousef · 5 eps

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Shaitana · 1 ep

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV · as Doctor Julian Bashir · 1 ep