Waleed F Zuaiter is a Palestinian-American actor and producer who has performed in on-stage productions in Washington, DC; Berkeley, California; and New York City, as well as several film and television productions.
11 Facts About Waleed Zuaiter
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Waleed Zuaiter is the producer and co-star of Omar, which was nominated for an Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Waleed Zuaiter returned to the United States to earn his degree in philosophy and theatre at George Washington University, in Washington, DC.
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Waleed Zuaiter began his acting career with several productions in Washington, before relocating to New York City.
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Waleed Zuaiter performed alongside Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline in Mother Courage at the Public Theater.
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Waleed Zuaiter is the producer of the annual New York Arab-American Comedy Festival and a member of the Arab-American theater collective NIBRAS.
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Waleed Zuaiter was featured in an NBC Universal Pilot written by Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson and directed by Spike Lee, starring Bobby Cannavale.
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Waleed Zuaiter starred in London Has Fallen as Kamran Barkawi, Aamir Barkawi's son and henchman and second in command of a terrorist strike.
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Waleed Zuaiter starred as the recurring character Samir Abboud in the Netflix adaptation of the novel Altered Carbon.
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Waleed Zuaiter starred in Billionaire Boys Club as The Persian, Hedayat Eslaminia and Izzy's Father.
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In 2019, Waleed Zuaiter starred in Netflix limited series The Spy, as the Syrian Colonel Amin al-Hafiz.