Personal Info
Known Credits
33
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1957-05-01 (68 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Port Said, Egypt
Also Known For
سيد بدرية
Sayed Badreya
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 ...
Acting
2023 --
Jellyfish and Lobster
| Mido
2020 --
Vanguard
| Abati
2020 --
Witness to a Rape
| himself
2019 --
I Am That Man
| Harry
2015 --
Boiling Pot
| Anwar Seif
2013 --
Just Like a Woman
| Tarek
2013 --
Movie 43
| Large Man (segment "Truth or Dare")
2012 --
The Dictator
| Omar
2012 --
The Three Stooges
| Orderly
2011 --
This Narrow Place
| Aziz
2011 --
Cargo
| Sayed
2011 --
The Space Between
| Imam
2010 --
Family Prayers
| Hussein
2009 --
Backyard
| El Sultán
2008 --
AmericanEast
| Mustafa Marzouke
2008 --
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
| Hamdi
2008 --
Iron Man
| Abu Bakaar
2004 --
Soul Plane
| Middle Eastern Passenger
2003 --
Stuck on You
| Assisting Surgeon
2001 --
Shallow Hal
| Doctor Sayed
2001 --
The Princess & the Marine
| Chauffeur
1999 --
The Insider
| Hezbollah Head Gunman
1999 --
Three Kings
| Iraqi Tank Major
1996 --
Kingpin
| Fatima
1996 --
Independence Day
| Arab Pilot
1995 --
Mirage
| Sayed
1994 --
Stargate
| Arabic Interpreter
1994 --
True Lies
| Arab Terrorist (uncredited)
1988 --
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
| Skull & Crossbones
1987 --
Hotshot
| Mohamed