Nadim Sawalha

Nadim Sawalha

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

He was born in Madaba in 1935[1] and came to England from Jordan in the 1950s, to study drama.[2] 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.[3]

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Television roles

  • Zoran in Space: 1999 episode "The Immunity Syndrome" (1976)
  • Captain 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 (1979)
  • Mr.Gupta in Open All Hours episode "Horse-Trading" (1985)
  • Bank Manager in episode 1 of House of Cards (1990)
  • Dr. Shaaban Hamada in Dangerfield (1995)
  • Judge Zadic in Arabian Nights (2000)
  • The Last Cavalier (2002)
  • Mohammed Al-Fayed in Diana: Last Days of a Princess (2007 docudrama)
  • King Hussein in House of Saddam (2008)

Film roles

Other roles

  • He played the part of Omar Badri in BBC's 'CDX' computer game.

References

  1. ^ "The Arab Talks To....Nadim Sawalha". http://the-arab.blogspot.com/2009/10/arab-talks-tonadim-sawalha.html. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
  2. ^ "Episode page on BBC website". Participant: Julia Sawalha. Who Do You Think You Are?. BBC. BBC One, London, England. 2006-10-25. Event occurs at 1:10.
  3. ^ Who Do You Think You Are?; Event occurs at 22:00

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