Nadim Sawalha
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Nadim Sawalha (Arabic: نديم صوالحة) (born September 1935) is a Jordanian-born English actor and father of actresses Julia and Nadia Sawalha.
He was born in Madaba in 1935[1] and came to England from Jordan in the 1950s, to study drama.[2] His daughter Julia revealed on her episode of Who Do You Think You Are? that even he is uncertain of his birth date, but it is thought to be around 7 to 9 September.[3]
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[edit] Television roles
- Zoran in Space: 1999 episode "The Immunity Syndrome" (1976)
- Captain Shebbeq in The Sweeney episode "Visiting Fireman" (1976)
- Amul in Survivors episodes "Lights of London" parts 1 & 2 (1976)
- Sheikh Achmeia in The Professionals episode "Long Shot" (1977)
- Arab Man in The Knowledge (1979)
- Sardi in episode A Tethered Goat in Series 1 of Minder (1979)
- Mr.Gupta in Open All Hours episode "Horse-Trading" (1985)
- Bank Manager in episode 1 of House of Cards (1990)
- Dr. Shaaban Hamada in Dangerfield (1995)
- Judge Zadic in Arabian Nights (2000)
- The Last Cavalier (2002)
- Narrator of Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World (2003) [PBS]
- Mohammed Al-Fayed in Diana: Last Days of a Princess (2007 docudrama)
- King Hussein in House of Saddam (2008)
[edit] Film roles
- Night Hotel Manager in A Touch of Class (1973)
- Padilla in Callan (1974)
- The Sherif of Wazan in The Wind and the Lion (1975)
- Museum guide in The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
- The Emir's Interpreter in Are You Being Served? (1977)
- Chairman of the Oil Producers' Conference in Sweeney! (1977)
- Hassan in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
- Aziz Fekkesh in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
- Egyptian tavern owner in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
- Tangier police chief in The Living Daylights (1987)
- Emir Hamad Al-Subaai in Syriana (2005)
- Gaspar in The Nativity Story (2006)
- Adham in Whatever Lola Wants (2007)
- Abu Raed in Captain Abu Raed (2008)
- Pir Naseem in West Is West (2010)
[edit] Other roles
- He played the part of Omar Badri in BBC's 'CDX' computer game.
[edit] References
- ^ "The Arab Talks To....Nadim Sawalha". http://the-arab.blogspot.com/2009/10/arab-talks-tonadim-sawalha.html. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ "Episode page on BBC website". Participant: Julia Sawalha. Who Do You Think You Are?. BBC. BBC One, London, England. 2006-10-25. Event occurs at 1:10.
- ^ Who Do You Think You Are?; Event occurs at 22:00
[edit] External links
- Biography on official site
- Nadim Sawalha at the Internet Movie Database
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