Tamer Hassan

Infobox actor

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birthdate = birth date and age|1968|3|18
birthplace = London, England, UK
othername = Tam
website = http://www.tamerhassan.co.uk

Tamer Hassan (born March 18, 1968, London, England) is an English actor.

Biography

Tamer Hassan was born in London, England into a Turkish-Cypriot family. Having sustained an injury in boxing, Hassan started to run nightclubs, restaurants and is now the owner, chairman, coach and player of both Greenwich Borough Football Club and also Eltham Boxing Gym. He later moved into acting.

Acting career

Hassan started acting in roles in television before playing a minor role in the comedy The Calcium Kid. He later was cast in the role of the leader of a fictional football firm in The Football Factory. Further collaboration with Nick Love lead to a lead role in The Business. Hassan recently completed work on Cass, which documents the life of a real-life football-hooligan Cass Pennant.

Hassan has also had a number of minor roles in other films, such as The Ferryman, Batman Begins and Eastern Promises.

Football

He participated in the annual charity football tournament, Premier League All Stars, playing for West Ham United, despite being a supporter of arch enemy Millwall. Hassan grabbed the third goal in the 4-0 win over Reading. In the quarter final against Wigan Athletic he was sent off after a scuffle involving John Moncur and Paul Tonkinson.

Filmography

* "Casualty" (2001) (TV series) - Stan
* "Judge John Deed" (2002) (TV series) - Hussain Husaini
* "The Bill" (2003) (TV series) - Hasan Ergunsah
* "Murder City" (2004) (TV series) - Michael Samuels
* "The Calcium Kid" (2004) - Pete Wright
* "The Football Factory" (2004) - Fred
* "Spivs" (2004) - Villa
* "Layer Cake" (2004) - Terry
* "Danny the Dog" (2005) - Georgie
* "Batman Begins" (2005) - Faden's Limo Driver
* "7 Seconds" (2005) (V) - Rahood
* "The Business" (2005) - Charlie
* "The Comic Strip Presents..." (2005) (TV series) - Lucio
* "Sucker Punch" (2006) - Del
* "The Ferryman" (2007) - Big Dave
* "Eastern Promises" (2007) - Chechen
* "Cass" (2008) - Ray

External links

*imdb name|id=1268748|name=Tamer Hassan
* [http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/person.jsp?id=59051 Mr. Hassan at Channel 4.com]