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Omid Djalili

Omid Djalili is a British stand-up comedian, actor, television producer and writer. Djalili was born on 30 September 1965 in St Mary Abbots Hospital in Kensington, London, to Iranian Baháʼí parents Ahmad and Parvaneh Djalili. His parents emigrated from Tehran to London in 1958. He has a brother and sister. His mother was a dressmaker who at one point assisted Iranian singer Googoosh. His father was a liaison officer at the Iranian embassy in which he would provide medical assistance. He was also a photographer whose pictures ended up in the newspaper Kayhan. He attended Holland Park School where he failed A-level exams a record six times and faked his results to gain entry to Ulster University in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, studying English and theatre studies having been turned down by 16 drama schools. Djalili cited Jack Lemmon, Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Julia Roberts as influences. The first significant success of his stand-up comedy career was at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1995 with "Short, Fat Kebab Shop Owner's Son", followed by "The Arab and the Jew" with Jewish comedian Ivor Dembina in 1996. Djalili has appeared in a number of films, most notably Gladiator, The Mummy, Mean Machine, The World Is Not Enough, Alien Autopsy, Spy Game, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Grow Your Own, Notting Hill, Mr Nice, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Sex and the City 2 and provides his voice in Over the Hedge. He has observed that he usually appears as a generic Middle Eastern background character in many of these films, often commenting that he appears in the James Bond film as the "Second Azerbaijani oil pipe attendant". He appeared as Nasim in 22 episodes of the U.S. sitcom Whoopi, starring Whoopi Goldberg, and picked up an international film award for Best Supporting Actor in Casanova, starring alongside Heath Ledger and Jeremy Irons. Djalili has won awards for his comedy. These include the EMMA Award, Time Out Award, and LWT Comedy Award for Best Stand-up Comedian, Spirit of the Fringe Award as well as the One World Media Award for his Channel 4 documentary, Bloody Foreigners. He has also been nominated for awards, such as the Perrier Award for Best Comedian, the Gemini Award for Best Comedy Performance of 2003, the South Bank Award for Best Comedy of 2003, the Royal Television Society Award for Best Stand-up, and the European TV Award for his Bloody Foreigners.

  • Nacimiento: 1965-09-30, Chelsea, London, England, UK
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,2 de 5

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Conocido por

  • Gladiator (2000) — Slave Trader
  • La momia (1999) — Gad Hassan
  • Vecinos invasores (2006) — Tiger (voz)
  • Piratas del Caribe: En el fin del mundo (2007) — Askay / Pusasn
  • La oveja Shaun: La película (2015) — Trumper (voz)
  • Mamma Mia! Una y otra vez (2018) — Greek Official
  • Notting Hill (1999) — Coffee Shop Cashier (sin acreditar)
  • El mundo nunca es suficiente (1999) — Foreman

Filmografía

  • Performance Live: The Way Out — Guide
  • About A Bell — Sami Shehadi
  • The Siege
  • En sueños (2025) — Sandman (voz)
  • Los tipos malos 2 (2025) — Mr. Soliman (voz)
  • Deep Cover: Actores encubiertos (2025) — Sagar
  • Camino a Belén (2023) — Melchior
  • The Change (2023) — Steve
  • Love Again (2023) — Mohsen
  • Tomorrow Morning (2022)
  • Britney (2021) — Dr. Pellis
  • The Way Out (2020) — Guide
  • La materia oscura (2019) — Dr. Martin Lanselius
  • El cascanueces y los cuatro reinos (2018) — Cavalier
  • Mamma Mia! Una y otra vez (2018) — Greek Official
  • Going Forward (2016) — Dave Wilde
  • Dickensian (2015) — Mr Venus
  • Molly Moon y el increíble libro del hipnotismo (2015) — Barry Rix
  • La oveja Shaun: La película (2015) — Trumper (voz)
  • Retrospective (2014) — Nabil Sr
  • Comedy World Cup (2012) — Team Captain
  • Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2011) — Jik Jickkles
  • The Paul Reiser Show (2011) — Habib
  • Mr. Nice (2010) — Saleem Malik
  • Sexo en Nueva York 2 (2010) — Mr. Safir, Hotel Manager
  • El infiel (2010) — Mahmud Nasir
  • Omid Djalili: Live in London (2009) — Omid Djalili
  • New Town (2009) — Walter
  • Dead Man Running (2009) — Fat Bald Man
  • El gurú del buen rollo (2008) — Guru Satchabigknoba
  • Headcases (2008)
  • Omid Djalili: No Agenda (2007) — Omid Djalili
  • The Omid Djalili Show (2007)
  • Grow Your Own (2007) — Ali
  • Piratas del Caribe: En el fin del mundo (2007) — Askay / Pusasn
  • Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive (2006)
  • Vecinos invasores (2006) — Tiger (voz)
  • Autopsia de un alien (2006) — Melik
  • TV Heaven, Telly Hell (2006)
  • Mi familia y otros animales (2005) — Spiro
  • Casanova (2005) — Lupo
  • Chopratown (2005) — Ali Ergun
  • Deadlines (2005) — Abdul Sayyaf
  • Comic Aid (2005)
  • Sky Captain y el mundo del mañana (2004) — Kaji
  • Modigliani (2004) — Pablo Picasso
  • The Calcium Kid (2004) — Herbie Bush
  • Celebrity Mastermind (2003)
  • Whoopi (2003) — Nasim Khatenjami
  • Dinotopia 6: The Exit (2003) — Zipeau (voz)
  • Dinotopia 5: The Virus (2003) — Zipeau (voz)
  • Dinotopia 4: New Horizons (2003) — Zipeau (voz)
  • Dinotopia 3: The Election (2002) — Zipeau (voz)
  • Dinotopia 2: The Temptation (2002) — Zipeau (voz)
  • Dinotopia (2002) — Zipeau
  • Anita and Me (2002) — Uncle Amman
  • Mean Machine (Jugar duro) (2001) — Raj
  • Spy Game (Juego de espías) (2001) — Doumet
  • Harvey Birdman, el abogado (2000) — Perfectionist (voz)
  • Black Books (2000) — Trebor
  • Lock, Stock... (2000) — Ali Gadaffi
  • Jason y los Argonautas (2000) — Castor
  • Gladiator (2000) — Slave Trader
  • El mundo nunca es suficiente (1999) — Foreman
  • Small Potatoes (1999) — Hoss
  • Mad Cows (1999) — George
  • Cazatesoros (1999) — Sayid Ahmed Habris
  • Coming Soon (1999) — Amir Hassan
  • Coming Soon (1999)
  • Notting Hill (1999) — Coffee Shop Cashier (sin acreditar)
  • La momia (1999) — Gad Hassan
  • Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round (1998)
  • Los asesinatos de Midsomer (1997) — Othello Khan
  • One Night Stand (1989)
  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987) — Mr Kaiafas