Sayed Badreya

Sayed Badreya

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 that he determined he was destined to be a part of that magic. After attending New York University film school, and then moving to Hollywood, Sayed first worked in the film industry as an assistant to actor/director Anthony Perkins, and then with director James Cameron on True Lies. His mission - to make movies that told the Arabic- American story, since it had yet to be told - led to the creation of his own production company, Zoom In Focus. Under this banner, he directed and produced the documentary, Saving Egyptian Film Classics as well as The Interrogation, which won Best Creative Short Film at New York International Film Festival. He also produced and starred in Hesham Issawi's short, T for Terrorist, which was awarded Best Short Film at the Boston International Film Festival and the San Francisco World Film Festival. In 2007, he played his first leading role in the English language motion picture American East, a film that he also co-wrote. 2008 was Sayed Badreya's breakout year. He captivated audiences as Abu Bakaar, the villainous arms dealer who kidnaps Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in the summer's blockbuster Iron Man. Also that year, Sayed played the comedic Palestinian cab driver opposite Adam Sandler in You Don't Mess with the Zohan. This summer, Sayed can be seen in Paramount Pictures' feature film El traspatio aka Backyard, directed by Oscar-nominated Carlos Carrera in which he plays a serial killer opposite Ana de la Reguera. Sayed can also be seen this summer in Movie 43, where he plays opposite Halle Berry. Additional forthcoming films include The Three Stooges, his fifth film with the Farrelly brothers; The Dictator, playing Sascha Baron Cohen's father as the original Dictator, and Just Like a Woman, with Oscar nominated director Rachid Bouchareb. Also, Sayed is going to a new frontier in the new video game Uncharted 3, playing Ramses the Great Pirate Captain. Most recently he completed his second leading role in the New York independent feature, Cargo, about human traffickers, directed by Yan Vizinberg. And he just finished co-starring opposite Oscar-nominated actress Melissa Leo in film The Space Between, directed by Travis Fine. Sayed has also worked as an actor, Arabic dialect coach, and Islamic technical advisor on Path to 9/11, a $40 million mini-series about the events leading up to 9/11 produced by ABC/Touchstone. Sayed's efforts to bring attention to Arab-Americans in the motion picture industry have received much coverage over the years on radio, television, and in major publications around the world, such as The New York Times, GQ, NPR, ABC's "Politically Incorrect" with Bill Maher, BBC's "Panorama," CNN, "Fox Report with Shepard Smith", The Hollywood Reporter and Egypt Today.

  • titulus: Sayed Badreya
  • popularis: 1.9
  • notum enim: Acting
  • dies natalis: 1957-05-01
  • Locus Natus: Port Said, Egypt
  • homepage: http://www.sayedbadreya.com/
  • Et ut: سيد بدرية
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Sayed Badreya Domum Movies Venatus

  • 1996
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    Independence Day

    Independence Day

    6.889 1996 HD

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  • 1970
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    Dandelion Season

    Dandelion Season

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2008
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    Iron Man

    Iron Man

    7.648 2008 HD

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  • 1995
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    Mirage

    Mirage

    3.2 1995 HD

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  • 2008
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    You Don't Mess with the Zohan

    You Don't Mess with the Zohan

    5.7 2008 HD

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  • 2009
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    El Traspatio

    El Traspatio

    6.433 2009 HD

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  • 2011
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    This Narrow Place

    This Narrow Place

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2019
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    I Am That Man

    I Am That Man

    10 2019 HD

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  • 2008
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    AmericanEast

    AmericanEast

    5.6 2008 HD

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  • 2012
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    The Dictator

    The Dictator

    6.197 2012 HD

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  • 2013
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    Movie 43

    Movie 43

    4.604 2013 HD

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  • 2011
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    Cargo

    Cargo

    5.5 2011 HD

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  • 2013
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    Just Like a Woman

    Just Like a Woman

    5.485 2013 HD

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  • 2010
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    Family Prayers

    Family Prayers

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1994
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    True Lies

    True Lies

    7.078 1994 HD

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  • 1970
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    perforated calabash

    perforated calabash

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Hello Beautiful

    Hello Beautiful

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1999
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    The Insider

    The Insider

    7.453 1999 HD

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  • 2003
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    Stuck on You

    Stuck on You

    5.334 2003 HD

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  • 1999
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    Three Kings

    Three Kings

    6.656 1999 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story

    The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story

    6.3 1988 HD

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  • 1996
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    Kingpin

    Kingpin

    6.497 1996 HD

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  • 2012
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    The Three Stooges

    The Three Stooges

    5.8 2012 HD

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  • 2001
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    Shallow Hal

    Shallow Hal

    6.2 2001 HD

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  • 1994
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    Stargate

    Stargate

    7 1994 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Princess & the Marine

    The Princess & the Marine

    6.6 2001 HD

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  • 2020
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    急先锋

    急先锋

    6.3 2020 HD

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  • 1987
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    Hotshot

    Hotshot

    2.7 1987 HD

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  • 2020
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    شاهد اغتصاب

    شاهد اغتصاب

    2 2020 HD

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  • 2015
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    Boiling Pot

    Boiling Pot

    5.8 2015 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Space Between

    The Space Between

    7.2 2011 HD

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  • 2023
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    Jellyfish and Lobster

    Jellyfish and Lobster

    8.5 2023 HD

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  • 2008
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    AmericanEast

    AmericanEast

    5.6 2008 HD

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  • 1970
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    perforated calabash

    perforated calabash

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1996
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    Executive Decision

    Executive Decision

    6.296 1996 HD

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  • 2020
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    شاهد اغتصاب

    شاهد اغتصاب

    2 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    شاهد اغتصاب

    شاهد اغتصاب

    2 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    شاهد اغتصاب

    شاهد اغتصاب

    2 2020 HD

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  • 1989
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    Seinfeld

    Seinfeld

    8.278 1989 HD

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  • 2005
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    Numb3rs

    Numb3rs

    7.044 2005 HD

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  • 2006
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    The Unit

    The Unit

    7.3 2006 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Practice

    The Practice

    7.704 1997 HD

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  • 2018
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    Apple & Onion

    Apple & Onion

    6.297 2018 HD

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  • 1999
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    The West Wing

    The West Wing

    8.3 1999 HD

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  • 2024
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    WondLa

    WondLa

    7.5 2024 HD

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