Haaz Sleiman immigrated to the United States when he was twenty-one years old.
10 Facts About Haaz Sleiman
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In 2006, Haaz Sleiman portrayed an American soldier in Iraq on the NBC series ER and, that same year, had a recurring role as an Arab billionaire in the CBS series Company Town.
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Haaz Sleiman portrayed the terrorist suspect Heydar in three 2007 episodes of the FOX series 24 and appeared on both NCIS and Veronica Mars in 2007.
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Haaz Sleiman co-starred as Tarek, an undocumented Syrian immigrant in the critically acclaimed 2007 independent film The Visitor, a drama directed by Tom McCarthy.
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Haaz Sleiman had small roles in the 2006 film American Dreamz and the 2007 film AmericanEast.
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Haaz Sleiman played nurse Mohammed "Mo-Mo" De La Cruz in the first season of the Showtime dark comedy series Nurse Jackie, which premiered in June 2009.
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In 2011, Haaz Sleiman played the role of Omar, a Palestinian activist, in the Channel 4 mini-series The Promise.
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Haaz Sleiman played the role of Kasim Tariq in the CW Network TV show Nikita; he appeared in two episodes.
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Haaz Sleiman played Dr Rabia, a Syrian doctor in Channel 4's The State.
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In 2013, Haaz Sleiman started as the titular character in the short lived Off-Broadway musical Venice.