Mido Hamada

German-Egyptian actor

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Mido Hamada

Born| 1971 (age 52-53)

Cairo, Egypt

Citizenship| Germany
Egypt
Alma mater| Oxford School of Drama

Mido Hamada (Egyptian Arabic: ميدو حمادة ; born 1971) is an Egyptian-German actor in film, theatre and television.

## Early life

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He was born in Cairo, Egypt to an Egyptian family that moved to Germany, where he studied at the American Embassy School. He attended the Oxford School of Drama

## Career

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His roles include Ahmed Shah Massoud in the television mini-series The Path to 9/11 and smaller roles in the British television film Hannibal and the series Feel the Force. In 2004, he played in the film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. In the 2011 film Unknown, Hamada played a Saudi sheikh involved in an assassination attempt at a Berlin hotel and in funding biotechnological research.

Hamada has also appeared in season 8 of the Fox series 24 as Samir Mehran, a rogue intelligence agent from the fictional Middle Eastern country of Kamistan who assassinates its president Omar Hassan (Anil Kapoor). He served as the season's arch-villain for most of its episodes.

He appeared again in a Fox series on Terra Nova, where he portrayed Guzman, one of the colony security personnel and a trusted colleague to Commander Nathaniel Taylor.

In 2012, Hamada had a role in the Showtime series Homeland, playing a key member of a terrorist cell planning an attack on the United States. In The Situation, he played Zaid, an Iraqi photographer. He portrayed "The Butcher" in the film American Sniper.[1] He also lent his voice for the video game Disney Infinity 3.0.[2] In 2017, he played Eamonn, captain of the bodyguards of the Wizard of Oz, in Emerald City.

In 2019, Hamada played congressman Daniel Maloof in the fourth season of Veronica Mars, produced by Hulu.[3] He also has a role in the 2021 science fiction series Foundation.

## Personal life

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Hamada is fluent in German, English and Arabic. He now lives in London.

## Filmography

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### Film

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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2004  | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Soldier  |
2005  | Red Mercury | Translator  |
2006  | The Situation | Zaid  |
2011  | Unknown | Prince Shada  |
2014  | American Sniper | The Butcher  |
2019  | Guddiyan Patole | Kash  |
2021  | Wildcat  | Abu Khalid  |

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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2002  | Believe Nothing | Captain  | 1 Episode
2004  | Spooks | Butterfly (Uncredited)
2005  | Transit | Ruben  | Television Movie
The English Harem | Sassan Sahar
2006  | Hannibal | Mago
Assault on Waco | Special Agent Alsakka
Feel the Force | Mr. Fuentes  | 1 Episode
The Path to 9/11 | Massoud  | 2 Episodes
2007  | Judge John Deed | Mullah Al Sakka
State of Mind | Taj Kalid, MD  | 8 Episodes
2057 | N/A  | 1 Episode
2010  | NCIS | Prince Abdalla Ibn Alwaan
Holby City | Donald Bass
24 | Samir Mehran  | 10 Episodes
2011  | Terra Nova | Guzman  | 2 Episodes
2012  | Homeland | M.M  | 3 Episodes
Whispers of the Desert | Halid  | Television Movie
2013  | The Forbidden Woman | Khalid
Red Widow | Agent Khalil  | N/A
2014  | NCIS: Los Angeles | Fincen Agent Kazimi  | 1 Episode
Hawaii Five-O | Amir Khan
Legends | Prince Abboud  | 2 Episodes
2015  | The Dovekeepers | Eleazar Ben Ya'ir
2017  | Niches Con Platanito | Himself  | 1 Episode
Emerald City | Eamonn  | 9 Episodes
2018  | Counterpart | Cyrus  | Series Regular
2019  | Veronica Mars | Daniel Maloof  | 6 Episodes
2021  | Foundation | Shadow Master Obrecht  | Recurring role
2023  | Alexandre Le Grand : au rang des Dieux | Darius III  | 6 Episodes

### Video games

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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2015  | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Additional Voices  |
2019  | Jumanji: The Video Game | Dr. Smolder Bravestone  | German voice[4]

## References

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1. ^ Movies (2014-11-11). "'American Sniper' Review: War Plays Out Like a Video Game in Clint Eastwood's Navy SEAL Biopic". Thewrap.com. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
2. ^ Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 3.0. Scene: Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.
3. ^ "Who Plays Daniel Maloof in 'Veronica Mars' Season 4? Mido Hamada is Already an Action Star".
4. ^ "Mido Hamada (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 2024-07-06. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

## External links

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* Mido Hamada on Facebook
* Mido Hamada at IMDb

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* Spain
* Germany
* United States
* Czech Republic
* Poland

People|

* Deutsche Biographie