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Siddig El Fadil (born 21 November, 1965) is a British actor also known as Alexander Siddig. Well known for playing Dr Julian Bashir in the Star Trek television series Deep Space Nine, in 2005 he gained critical recognition for his role as Prince Nasir, a Middle Eastern potentate around whom the plot of Syriana
revolves.

Biography

Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi was born in Sudan but spent most of his life in England. He was initially credited under the shortened name Siddig El Fadil, until his appearance in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He has made prominent appearances in Reign of Fire
and Kingdom of Heaven. In 2003 he guest-starred as an Algerian secret agent on the trail of Islamic extremists in a controversial episode of Spooks (Nest of Angels), a British television show, in its second season. In 2005, Siddig gave a critically lauded performance as Prince Nasir in Syriana
alongside George Clooney and Matt Damon.

His roles have often called for him to act out many different accents: an English "RP" accent (Deep Space Nine), a cockney accent (Reign of Fire), and an Algerian accent (Spooks), among others.

Siddig married fellow Star Trek actor Nana Visitor in 1997. They had a son who was born in 1996, Django El Tahir El Siddig. Siddig and Visitor divorced in 2001.

Siddig is the nephew of English actor Malcolm McDowell and of former Sudanese Prime Minister Sadiq al Mahdi.

Filmography and television appearances

The Last Legion
(2006) as Theodorus Andronikus
Hannibal TV (2006) as Hannibal
Poirot: Cards on the Table (2005) as Mr. Shaitana
Syriana
(2005) as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai
Kingdom of Heaven (2005) as Nasir
The Hamburg Cell TV (2004) as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Spooks (aka MI-5) TV guest appearance (2003) as Ibhn Khaldun
Reign of Fire
(2002) as Ajay
Vertical Limit
(2000) as Kareem
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine TV (1993–1999) as Dr. Julian Bashir
Big Battalions TV miniseries (1992) as Yousef
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia TV movie 1990 as Emir Feisel
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) as a partygoer
Star Trek: The Next Generation TV (1993) as Lt. Julian Subatoi Bashir, M.D.

Other appearances

Whose Life Is It Anyway? stage play (2005) in London as Dr. Scott
James Cameron's Titanic Explorer video game (1997) various voices

Directing credits

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) episodes "Business as Usual" and "Profit and Lace"

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