Nadim Sawalha

Nadim Sawalha (Arabic: نديم صوالحة‎) (born September 1935) is a Jordanian-born British actor and father of actresses Julia and Nadia Sawalha.

He was born in Jordan in 1935. His daughter Julia revealed on her episode of Who Do You Think You Are? that even he is uncertain of his birth date, but it is thought to be around 7 to 9 September.

Television roles

• Zoran in Space:1999 episode "The Immunity Syndrome" (1976)
• Capt. Shebbeq in The Sweeney episode "Visiting Fireman" (1976)
• Amul in Survivors episodes "Lights of London" parts 1 & 2 (1976)
• Sheikh Achmeia in The Professionals episode "Long Shot" (1977)
• Arab Man in The Knowledge (1979)
• Sardi in episode A Tethered Goat in Series 1 of Minder (TV series) (1979)
• Dr Shaaban Hamada in Dangerfield (1995)
• Judge Zadic in Arabian Nights (2000)
• Mohammed Al-Fayed in Diana: Last Days of a Princess (2007 docudrama)

Film roles

• Night Hotel Manager in A Touch of Class (1973)
• The Sherif of Wazan in The Wind and the Lion (1975)
• Museum guide in The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
• Hassan in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
• Aziz Fekkesh in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
• Egyptian tavern owner in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
• Tangier police chief in The Living Daylights (1987)
• Emir Hamad Al-Subaai in Syriana (2005)
• Gaspar in The Nativity Story (2006)
• Abu Raed in Captain Abu Raed (2008)

External links

• Nadim Sawalha at the Internet Movie Database

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