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Sayed Badreya
Born May 01, 1957
Place of birth: Port Said, Egypt

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...
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Filmography
Actor (43 credits)
Movies
Independence DayArab Pilot
1996
Dandelion SeasonOmar
Hello Beautiful
2025
Jellyfish and LobsterMido
2023
VanguardAbati
2020
Witness to a Rapehimself
2020
I Am That ManHarry
2019
Boiling PotAnwar Seif
2015
Movie 43Large Man (segment "Truth or Dare")
2013
Just Like a WomanTarek
2013
The DictatorOmar
2012
The Three StoogesOrderly
2012
This Narrow PlaceAziz
2011
CargoSayed
2011
The Space BetweenImam
2011
Family PrayersHussein
2010
BackyardEl Sultán
2009
Iron ManAbu Bakaar
2008
You Don't Mess with the ZohanHamdi
2008
AmericanEastMustafa Marzouke
2008
Soul PlaneMiddle Eastern Passenger
2004
Stuck on YouAssisting Surgeon
2003
Shallow HalDoctor Sayed
2001
The Princess & the MarineChauffeur
2001
The InsiderHezbollah Head Gunman
1999
Three KingsIraqi Tank Major
1999
MirageSayed
1995
True LiesArab Terrorist (uncredited)
1994
perforated calabashhimself
KingpinFatima
1996
StargateArabic Interpreter
1994
Intimate StrangerClerk
1991
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson StorySkull & Crossbones
1988
HotshotMohamed
1987
Director (1 credits)