Sayed Badreya
Acting
43
Acting Credits
1
Directed
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Rise of the Conqueror
2026
as Kay Khusrau
Hello Beautiful
2025
WondLa
2024
as Bartender (voice)
Jellyfish and Lobster
2023
as Mido
Vanguard
2020
as Abati
Witness to a Rape
2020
as himself
I Am That Man
2019
as Harry
Apple & Onion
2018
as Falafel (voice)
Boiling Pot
2015
as Anwar Seif
Movie 43
2013
as Large Man (segment "Truth or Dare")
Just Like a Woman
2013
as Tarek
The Dictator
2012
as Omar
The Three Stooges
2012
as Orderly
This Narrow Place
2011
as Aziz
Cargo
2011
as Sayed
The Space Between
2011
as Imam
Family Prayers
2010
as Hussein
Backyard
2009
as El Sultán
Iron Man
2008
as Abu Bakaar
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
as Hamdi
AmericanEast
2008
as Mustafa Marzouke
The Unit
2006
as Afghan Commander
Numb3rs
2005
as Sayed Malik
Soul Plane
2004
as Middle Eastern Passenger
Lost
2004
as Mr. Jarrah
Stuck on You
2003
as Assisting Surgeon
Shallow Hal
2001
as Doctor Sayed
The Princess & the Marine
2001
as Chauffeur
Alias
2001
as Vendor
The Insider
1999
as Hezbollah Head Gunman
Three Kings
1999
as Iraqi Tank Major
The West Wing
1999
as Fatah Official
The Practice
1997
as Adman Fajiz
Independence Day
1996
as Arab Pilot
Kingpin
1996
as Fatima
Mirage
1995
as Sayed
True Lies
1994
as Arab Terrorist (uncredited)
Stargate
1994
as Arabic Interpreter
The Nanny
1993
as Guard
Intimate Stranger
1991
as Clerk
Seinfeld
1989
as Foreign Man
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
1988
as Skull & Crossbones
Hotshot
1987
as Mohamed