1. Khalid Abdalla came to international prominence after starring in the 2006 Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning film United 93.
19 Facts About Khalid Abdalla
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Khalid Abdalla starred as Amir in The Kite Runner and acted with Matt Damon in Green Zone, his second film with director Paul Greengrass.
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Khalid Abdalla appears as himself in Jehane Noujaim's documentary on the 2011 Egyptian revolution, The Square, which won the Audience Award at Sundance Festival in 2013.
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Khalid Abdalla is on the board of the National Student Drama Festival.
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Khalid Abdalla was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Egyptian parents, and was brought up in London.
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Khalid Abdalla's parents were both physicians who immigrated to the UK before he was born.
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Khalid Abdalla was educated at King's College School, an independent school for boys in Wimbledon in south-west London and his classmates included actor Ben Barnes and comedian Tom Basden.
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Khalid Abdalla became interested in acting after becoming involved in his school's thriving drama scene.
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Khalid Abdalla was active in the student drama scene alongside the likes of contemporaries Rebecca Hall and Dan Stevens.
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Khalid Abdalla was a joint winner with Cressida Trew, his future wife, of the Judges' Award for Acting at the National Student Drama Festival for his performance in Bedbound by Enda Walsh.
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In 2003, Khalid Abdalla played the title role in Christopher Marlowe's Tamburlaine the Great at the Rose Theatrein Kingston, London.
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In 2006, Khalid Abdalla made his Hollywood debut in United 93, a film about the 11 September attacks, and garnered critical acclaim for his portrayal of Ziad Jarrah.
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Khalid Abdalla was cast in the lead role of the film The Kite Runner.
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In 2008, Khalid Abdalla appeared as Guy Pringle in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Fortunes of War.
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Khalid Abdalla starred as Freddy in Green Zone with Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass.
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In November 2010, Khalid Abdalla was awarded special recognition for achievements in cinema at the Cairo International Film Festival.
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In 2024, Nowhere, a solo play written and performed by Khalid Abdalla, premiered at Battersea Arts Centre and was published by Salamander Street.
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Khalid Abdalla appeared on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer show on CNN on 9 February 2011 and Anderson Cooper to reflect his views on the protest.
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In 2011 Khalid Abdalla became one of the founding members of the Mosireen Collective in Cairo: a group of revolutionary filmmakers and activists dedicated to supporting citizen media across Egypt in the wake of Mubarak's fall.