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Born November 21, 1965 in Sudan Birth Name Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi Nickname Sid Height 5' 11¾" (1.82 m)

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Has one son with Nana Visitor : Django El Tahir El Siddig (born September 16, 1996).

Trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) in London, England.



Originally credited as "Siddig El Fadil", he changed his professional name to "Alexander Siddig" because (as reported by him at Star Trek conventions) nobody could pronounce "El Fadil".





One of his uncles (his father's brother) was the Sudanese prime minister. Another one (his mother's brother) is Malcolm McDowell



He was at one time considered for the role of Benjamin Sisko, the station commander of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). However, he was apparently considered too young. The role eventually went to Avery Brooks . However, the producers were impressed enough with Siddig and offered him the role of Dr. Julian Bashir.



Has appeared in two films set in the Middle East: Königreich der Himmel (2005) and Syriana (2005). In both films, he played a character named Nasir.



His Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) character, Dr. Julian Bashir, has been seen as having similar high moral values as the real-life Middle Eastern Doctor Bashar, featured in Time magazine (2003).



Best known by the public (and by many sci-fi fans) for his role as Dr. Julian Bashir on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).



Attended Collectormania 7 at Milton Keynes and... the premiere of Königreich der Himmel (2005) in London, England. [May 2005]

Appeared as a guest at the Ultra Blaze Sci-fi Convention in Ipswich, England on January 31, 2009.





Acting protégé of Avery Brooks



Was one of the fan-favourites to play Prince Doran in Game of Thrones: Das Lied von Eis und Feuer (2011). Although he joined the Game of Thrones cast only in 2014, fans have been suggesting his name from as early as 2012, for the role of Doran.

Grew up in London.



Although he is of Sudanese descent and his character in Syriana (2005) speaks it almost exclusively, he does not speak any Arabic in real life.



He had been a popular choice to play Batman villain Ra's Al Ghul long before he was cast in the role on Gotham (2014 - ).



He is the first actor to play Batman villain Ra's Al Ghul who is also of Middle Eastern descent.



Personal Quotes (7)

I aspire to be a director...I think it stems from wanting to be a conductor, another desire of mine from my childhood, though I was not interested in music, not at all. I just wanted to control that orchestra.



There was a point where I was just going to call myself "uh" because people would walk up to me in the street and say "Hey you're, uh..." That would just make it a lot easier for them. And I could just say "Yes, I am!".





I blame Ridley Scott really, because he was the person who went "I love 'Star Trek' and I'd love it if you were in my movie [ Königreich der Himmel (2005)]" and people like Oliver Stone went "I hated 'Star Trek' and I don't want you in Alexander (2004)!". I was really lucky there.

[on the Arabic people] We're a pretty passionate lot, but we're also incredibly zipped up. We're very sort of guarded, especially in public, and dignity and sense of honour and duty are terribly important.





[on his role on Cairo Time (2009)] It was a real treasure, a treat, to find a character, a role, that wasn't intent on trying to blow up the White House or hijack an airplane.



[on Kampf der Titanen (2010)] That was possibly the lamest movie I've ever been in. I mean, you know, there's some times when you do duds, and I must've been rubbish, because I think there was all of one minute more of performance that I may have done that didn't end up in the movie. So 50% of my performance was cut and...yeah, there's not much you can say about that.