Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/1/1957
Place of Birth
Port Said, Egypt
Also Known As
سيد بدرية
Sayed Badreya
Biography
Egyptian-born film-maker and actor Sayed Badreya realized a childhood dream by winning roles in major Hollywood films such as The Insider, Three Kings, and Independence Day. Growing up in poverty in Port Said, Sayed Badreya's dreams of movie stardom looked as bleak as the prospect of peace in the Middle East. From the Six Day War in '67 through the Yom Kippur War in '73, his only escape from the world he knew was the movie theater, where films transported him to a magical land. But it was here that he determined he was destined to be a part of that magic. After attending New York University ...
Known For
Iron Man
as Abu Bakaar
Independence Day
as Arab Pilot
The Dictator
as Omar
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
as Hamdi
Backyard
as El Sultán
True Lies
as Arab Terrorist (uncredited)
Vanguard
as Abati
Stargate
as Arabic Interpreter
Soul Plane
as Middle Eastern Passenger
Kingpin
as Fatima
Movie 43
as Large Man (segment "Truth or Dare")
Hotshot
as Mohamed
Shallow Hal
as Doctor Sayed
Mirage
as Sayed
The Insider
as Hezbollah Head Gunman
Three Kings
as Iraqi Tank Major
The Three Stooges
as Orderly
Cargo
as Sayed
Intimate Stranger
as Clerk
Stuck on You
as Assisting Surgeon