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Riz Ahmed (born 1 December 1982), also known by his stage name Riz MC and birth name Rizwan Ahmed, is a British Pakistani actor, rapper, and activist. As an actor, he has won one Emmy Award, out of two Emmy nominations, and was also nominated for a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, and three British Independent Film Awards.- Tarek El Moussa was born on 21 August 1981 in Long Beach, California, USA. He has been married to Heather Rae Young since 23 October 2021. They have one child. He was previously married to Christina Hall.
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Sam Esmail was born on 17 September 1977 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Mr. Robot (2015), Homecoming (2018) and Leave the World Behind (2023). He has been married to Emmy Rossum since 28 May 2017. They have two children.- Director
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Asaad Kelada was born on 24 May 1940 in Cairo, Egypt. He is a director and producer, known for Who's the Boss? (1984), Frannie's Turn (1992) and Married People (1990).- Actress
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Hoda Kotb was born on 9 August 1964 in Norman, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Marry Me (2022), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Today (1952). She was previously married to Burzis Kanga.- Actor
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Rami Said Malek (born May 12, 1981) is an American actor. He won a Critics' Choice Award and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his lead role as Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series Mr. Robot. He also received Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and TCA Award nominations.
Malek has acted in supporting roles for other film and television series such as Night at the Museum trilogy, Fox comedy series The War at Home (2005-2007), HBO miniseries The Pacific (2010), Larry Crowne (2011), Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master (2012), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012), the independent film Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) and the dramatic film Short Term 12 (2013). He was also in the video-game Until Dawn (2015) as Joshua "Josh" Washington. Malek is set to portray musician Freddie Mercury in the upcoming biographical drama Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
Rami Said Malek was born in Los Angeles, to an Egyptian Coptic Orthodox family. His late father was a tour guide in Cairo who later sold insurance. His mother is an accountant. Malek was raised in the Coptic faith. He has an identical twin brother named Sami, younger by four minutes, who is a teacher, and an older sister, Yasmine, who is a medical doctor. Malek attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California, where he graduated in 1999 along with actress Rachel Bilson. He attended high school with Kirsten Dunst, who was a grade below and shared a musical theater class with him. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2003 from the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana.
In 2004, Malek began his acting career with a guest-starring role on the TV series Gilmore Girls. That same year he voiced "additional characters" for the video game Halo 2, for which he was uncredited. In 2005, he got his Screen Actors Guild card for his work on the Steven Bochco war drama Over There, in which he appeared in two episodes. That same year, he appeared in an episode of Medium and was cast in the prominent recurring role of Kenny, on the Fox comedy series The War at Home. In 2006, Malek made his feature film debut as Pharaoh Ahkmenrah in the comedy Night at the Museum and reprised his role in the sequels Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014). In the spring of 2007, he appeared on-stage as "Jamie" in the Vitality Productions theatrical presentation of Keith Bunin's The Credeaux Canvas at the Elephant Theatre in Los Angeles.
Since 2015 he has played the lead role in the USA Network computer-hacker, psychological drama Mr. Robot. His performance earned him nominations for the Dorian Award, Satellite Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as wins in the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
In September 2016, Buster's Mal Heart, the first movie in which Malek plays a starring role, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to positive reviews. In it, Malek plays one man with two lives, Jonah and Buster. In August 2016, it was announced that Malek will co-star with Charlie Hunnam as Louis Dega in a contemporary remake of the 1973 film Papillon. Papillon premiered September 2017 at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. In November 2016, it was announced that Malek will star as Freddie Mercury in the upcoming Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, to be released on November 2, 2018. In February 2017, Malek won the Young Alumnus Award from his alma mater, University of Evansville. In 2017, he was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.- Actress
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The actress Wendie Malick was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1950 and attended Ohio Wesleyan University, from which she graduated in 1972. The 5-foot, 10-inch beauty was a Wilhelmina model in the 1970s, giving it up to go to work for Buffalo-area Congressman Jack Kemp. She quickly left Washington, DC, behind to act in the theater.
She appeared as Judith Tupper Stone in the early 1990s on the HBO comedy Dream On (1990) for which she won four CableACE Awards as Best Actress in a Comedy Series. Malick has proved a gifted comedienne with great comic timing and reached the height of her career as one of the stars of the sitcom Just Shoot Me! (1997). Malick was hilarious as the beautiful fashion editor Nina Van Horn, a neurotic and pretentious ex-model struggling with middle age. For her work on the series, Malick won a Golden Globe and two Emmy Award nominations as Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
On television, she has also had regular roles in the series Trauma Center (1983) and Good Company (1996) and recurring roles on NYPD Blue (1993), Anything But Love (1989), Baywatch (1989), Kate & Allie (1984), and Frasier (1993). She also starred in several made-for-TV movies, including Paper Dolls (1982), Dynasty: The Reunion (1991) and Perfect Body (1997). She also starred in North Shore Fish (1997) on cable TV, based on a role which she originated on stage. Malick's work has included roles in the movies The American President (1995), Scrooged (1988), and Bugsy (1991). With her distinctive voice, she is in high demand for voice-over work.- Actor
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Omar Metwally is an American actor who has appeared in numerous films and television programs. He is best known for his work on Showtime's The Affair, as well as for film roles in Steven Spielberg's Munich, Julian Schnabel's Miral and many others. He was born in Queens, New York and raised in Orange County, California. Metwally gained a BA in History from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco.- Producer
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Ayman Mohyeldin is known for NewsNight with Aaron Brown (2001), Ship at War: Inside the Carrier Stennis (2002) and Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006). He has been married to Kenza Fourati since 26 April 2016. They have one child.- Producer
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Jehane Noujaim was born on 17 May 1974 in Cairo, Egypt. She is a producer and director, known for Control Room (2004), Startup.com (2001) and The Square (2013).- Composer
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Craig Safan was born on 17 December 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a composer and writer, known for The Last Starfighter (1984), Cheers (1982) and Thief (1981).- Actor
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Omar Sharif, the Egyptian actor best known for playing Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on April 10, 1932 in Alexandria, Egypt to Joseph Shalhoub, a lumber merchant, and his wife, Claire (Saada). Of Lebanese and Syrian extraction, the young Michel was raised Catholic. He was educated at Victoria College in Alexandria and took a degree in mathematics and physics from Cairo University with a major. Afterward graduating from university, he entered the family lumber business.
Before making his English-language film debut with "Lawrence of Arabia", for which he earned a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination and international fame, Sharif became a star in Egyptian cinema. His first movie was the Egyptian film The Blazing Sun (1954) ("The Blazing Sun") in 1953, opposite the renowned Egyptian actress Faten Hamamah whom he married in 1955. He converted to Islam to marry Hamama and took the name Omar al-Sharif. The couple had one child (Tarek Sharif, who was born in 1957 and portrayed the young Zhivago in the eponymous picture) and divorced in 1974. Sharif never remarried.
Beginning in the 1960s, Sharif earned a reputation as one of the world's best known contract bridge players. In the 1970s and 1980s, he co-wrote a syndicated newspaper bridge column for the Chicago Tribune. Sharif also wrote several books on bridge and has licensed his name to a bridge computer game, "Omar Sharif Bridge", which has been marketed since 1992. Sharif told the press in 2006 that he no longer played bridge, explaining, "I decided I didn't want to be a slave to any passion any more except for my work. I had too many passions, bridge, horses, gambling. I want to live a different kind of life, be with my family more because I didn't give them enough time.".
As an actor, Sharif had made a comeback in 2003 playing the title role of an elderly Muslim shopkeeper in the French film Monsieur Ibrahim (2003). For his performance, he won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Actor César, France's equivalent of the Oscar, from the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma.
Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2012, Sharif died of a heart attack on July 10, 2015, in Cairo, Egypt.- Actor
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Sammy Sheik was born in Alexandria, Egypt. His passion for acting drove him to leave home shortly after high school and move to New York to study theatre. He soon landed his first film role in the Albert Brooks' satire comedy "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World", playing Al-Jazeera executive "Mukhtar Al-Mujib." Sheik followed this with memorable roles in both film and television including recurring roles on Homeland, 24, United States of Tara and roles on Nikita, The Unit, NCIS and Lost, among others. Sheik's film credits include Attack On Darfur, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Charlie Wilson's War among others. In 2012, ten years after leaving Egypt, Sheik finally returned to work on a series called "Hekayat Banat", which heralds the beginning of his rising international career. In addition to his acting career, in 2010 Sheik was appointed goodwill ambassador to the Middle East for Y-Peer, a youth education network, pioneered by the United Nations Population Fund. Sheik travels the world on behalf of the organization which is active in more than 36 countries.- Omar Moustafa Ghonim is a first generation Egyptian-American actor, born in Quincy, MA and raised in Braintree, MA. He graduated from Braintree High School and attended Bridgewater State University where he studied Kinesiology and played middle linebacker for the BSU Bears.
After his freshman year he began making videos on the app Vine where he amassed over 600,000 followers. The audience he'd gained on the app paved the way for his first auditioning opportunities thus beginning his acting journey. He left BSU in 2017 to pursue acting full time.
Omar has since appeared in several network television shows from Law & Order: Organized Crime to AMC's Kevin Can F**k Himself. He can also be seen films like the Oscar nominated Netflix movie, Don't Look Up as Damain. This year he will appear in upcoming movies: The Instigators starring Matt Damon and Thug starring Liam Neeson. - Actor
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Omar Elkalyoubie was born on 29 November 1982 in Orlando, Florida, USA. He is an actor and talent agent, known for This Man's Life (2008), Big Mike (2011) and Robodoc (2009).- Actor
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Kareem Hamdy is a mix of Egyptian and Turkish. His parents were both born in Egypt. He was born in NYC and grew up in South Florida. He originally studied computer engineering at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton. He later obtained a Bachelors of Science from New York University (NYU) in New York City, and later attended Saint James School of Medicine for a degree in Medicine.
He is a modern day Renaissance man. Friends describe him as a polymath.- Khigh Dhiegh was born on 25 August 1910 in Spring Lake, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Seconds (1966) and Noble House (1988). He was married to Mary Pearman Dickerson. He died on 25 October 1991 in Mesa, Arizona, USA.
- Laurice Elehwany is known for My Girl (1991), The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) and The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995).
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Jonah Bobo was born on 24 January 1997 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) and Disconnect (2012).- Christopher Maher began his career in New York, studying under Sandy Meisner, at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He started on stage and as a regular on the soap opera, Another World. Since moving to Los Angeles in 1981, he has appeared in over 100 episodics and 20 feature films. He continues to work in L.A. and New York (and on location). As of late, he makes his full-time home in Taos, New Mexico. He is a Canadian citizen and spends part of the year in Toronto, Vancouver & Los Angeles. Chris is an expert skier as well as a James Beard recognized Chef.
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Jay Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and was raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the son of Robyne (Ropell), a freelance writer, and Serge Victor Baruchel, an antiques dealer. He has a younger sister who also acts. He started acting in 1995 when he made his first of three appearances on the hit show Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990). He was also in more localized shows such as My Hometown (1996) and Popular Mechanics for Kids (1997).
Baruchel had spent some downtime and finally got a chance to be in a classic film called Almost Famous (2000) in 2000. He played "Vic", a devout fan of Led Zeppelin. Judd Apatow soon had a show in the works and Baruchel played "Steven Karp" on Undeclared (2001). He also had the chance to star alongside actors such as Ian Somerhalder and James Van Der Beek as "Harry" in The Rules of Attraction (2002). Things began to slow down a bit after a couple more failed shows. He came back as the courageous "Danger Barch" in Million Dollar Baby (2004). He has also appeared in many independent films, such as Fetching Cody (2005), Just Buried (2007) and Real Time (2008).
He was also in many successful American comedy films. He was the lead in She's Out of My League (2010) and played one of Seth Rogen's best friends (which he really is) in the movie Knocked Up (2007). He also made his mark in family-friendly films such as How to Train Your Dragon (2010), playing the unlikely "Viking Hiccup" and also played the title role in The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) alongside his newly-found kindred spirit, actor Nicolas Cage.
Baruchel lived his dream as he worked on the hockey comedy Goon (2011), and is working on many other films that are what he considers to be passion projects.- Actor
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Mena was born in Cairo, Egypt and raised in Markham, Ontario, Canada. He attended the University of Toronto for Neuroscience before transferring to Ryerson University's notable theater program and graduating with a BFA in acting. He got his first big break starring in ABC Spark & Teen Nick's mystery-drama television series "Open Heart" as "Jared Malik."
After several years of acting in high-profile television and film projects, Massoud went on to star as "Tarek Kassar" in the highly-anticipated series "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan".
In 2018 it was announced that, after an extensive worldwide search and multiple auditions, he had landed the coveted role of "Aladdin" in the Disney live-action remake of "Aladdin," directed by Guy Ritchie.
After leading "Aladdin" to the highly coveted $1 Billion Dollar mark at the box office, Massoud went on to star in Netflix's "The Royal Treatment" which became its #1 film worldwide for several weeks in a row in 2022.
Outside of acting, he's passionate about staying active and healthy. Sports like basketball have always been an important part of his life. During his high-school years, he was a member of the Ontario Basketball Association. He also has a passion for recreational horseback riding and the environment.- Actor
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Zane Hijazi was born on 18 November 1992 in Miami, Florida, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Zane: WAP (2020), FML (2016) and David's Vlog (2015).- Ryan Malaty was born on 6 September 1989 in the USA. He is an actor, known for That One Time (2020), The Wedding Year (2019) and My Dead Ex (2018).
- Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen is an English actor and model. He is best known for his role as Adrian Griffin in the 2020 adaptation of The Invisible Man and for his roles as Luke Crain and Peter Quint in the Netflix television programs The Haunting of Hill House (2018) and The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) respectively. He also had a recurring role in the 2013 television series Dracula.
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Amin El Gamal (he/they) is an American actor of Egyptian, Lebanese, and Palestinian heritage.
Shortly after graduating with his MFA in Acting from USC's School of Dramatic Arts, Amin landed roles on The Newsroom (2012), Shameless (2011), and The Librarians (2014). In 2017, he played sinister fan favorite Cyclops on the Prison Break (2005) revival, which made him the first openly queer Muslim actor to play a leading role on a TV show.
With a recurring role on Good Trouble (2019) and notable appearances in the films Namour (2016), Message from the King (2016) (opposite Chadwick Boseman and Alfred Molina), and the indies First Love (2019), Spring Bloom, and Breaking Fast (2020), Amin is well on his way to establishing himself as one of Hollywood's most striking and versatile performers.- Writer
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Born and raised in Kansas City, Mallouk graduated from the University of Kansas with three degrees; a BA in Economics, a BA in Psychology and a BA in Human Development. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles where he completed his Master in Business Administration at Pepperdine University just before his 24th birthday.
Then Mallouk officially broke his parent's hearts by pursuing a career in writing. He completed the Professional Program in Screenwriting at the UCLA Graduate School of Theater, Film and Television. A crime drama he wrote while at UCLA was optioned and he's been writing ever since.- Actor
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Mostafa Shaker is known for Thank You for Ghosting (2019), Muslim Mingle (2022) and Not for Us? (2023).- Actor
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Tom was born Thomas James Shaker on August 13, 1952 to Mary Katherine Christopher Shaker (daughter of Italian immigrants) and Mitchell Francis Shaker (son of Lebanese immigrants) in the town of Niles, Ohio. He is the fifth of eight children. He scored the lead role in his kindergarten play "Frosty the Snowman" and never looked back. Throughout his 12-year parochial education, Tom mixed high academic marks with countless arts, sports and student government activities. This culminated with his becoming a participant, then counselor and finally consultant to the National Association of Student Councils (NASC) and its affiliates in Ohio (OASC) and Pennsylvania (PASC). He continued these activities as he prepared for undergraduate school. Entering Kent State University in September 1970, Tom immediately became involved with activities surrounding the tragic campus shootings the previous May 4. He was a founding member of the Candlelight Vigil Committee and continued to work with the Centre for Peaceful Change. From 1970-74, Tom produced many theatrical works off campus while performing in university theatre department plays. He was inducted into three honoraries and given the Senior Service Award. Tom graduated with countless student activity, government and arts credits highlighted by his work as publisher for the Chestnut Burr Yearbook and Kent Stater Campus Newspaper. Tom earned his AEA Actors' Equity Association card (the union for professional stage actors) in the summer of 1974 as the third cowboy from the left in "Oklahoma" and the fourth Buddhist from the right in "The King and I". He was accepted to Akron University Law School, attending in the fall of 1974. But, the draw to the arts was too strong and he left law school to continue his main pursuit, the stage. Tom spent 1975 as a teaching consultant for the Portage County schools, filming and coaching teachers on classroom presentation and speaking techniques. He began his Masters Degree program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, autumn, 1976. Again Tom graduated with high marks and a series of honors in spring, 1978, most notably serving as President of the Michigan Union. Tom simultaneously spent those years in Ann Arbor battling Hodgkin's disease, a form of lymphatic cancer that warranted his regular sessions of MOPP chemotherapy throughout his academic tenure at the U of M. With diploma in hand and a clean bill of health, Tom moved to Detroit and spent twelve years distinguishing himself as an actor, director, producer and Edu-tainer. He earned union membership in Screens Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Announcers (AFTRA). His countless commercial, industrial and film credits included national spots for General Motors, the voice for Cadillac and a role in Beverly Hills Cop with Eddie Murphy. He also formed his production company, staged dozens of musicals including Fiddler on The Roof, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma...and toured schools with creative interpretations of classic works from Shakespeare to Aesop to Dickens. His edu-tainment company created an improvisational concept called story-building where student stories and ideas were brought to life before the entire school assembly of their peers, thus building creative writing interest, literacy skills and self-esteem. He even developed a school outreach program for McDonalds Corporation and actually portrayed the character "Ronald McDonald" for the dozen years he spent in Detroit. He also served as a board member for The Ronald McDonald Houses (RMC) in both Ann Arbor and Detroit and was a consultant to Ronald McDonald Children's Charities (RMCC) at Hamburger University in Oakbrook, Illinois. New York had always been beckoning. In 1991, Tom moved to NYC and spent another decade in countless film, television, theatre and edu-tainment projects. Productions included Law and Order, Ransom, 15 Minutes, Die Hard III and a critically acclaimed showcase of his original musical "Birdsville", (adapted from the Aristophanes farce), staged at the Kauffman Theatre on 42nd Street. In 2000, Tom traveled to Rome, Italy in search of his Italian heritage. A two-week vacation turned into a change of continents and he is now a dual citizen commuting between The Eternal City and The Big Apple.
He is Dottore Shaker in Italy, Director of Performing and Visual Arts Education, consulting at Sapienza Roma I University and Link Campus University. He is also a member of the USO committee in Rome and has served as past president of the American International Club of Rome (AICR).
He has spent countless hours on various sets and sound stages including Cinecitta, "Hollywood on the Tiber". Mel Gibson selected Tom for the roll of "Eyepatch" in The Passion of the Christ.
Recently, the Cinecitta Jerusalem of Gibson became the Roman Forum for HBO and Tom was cast for recurring appearances in the drama mini-series, Rome. He is the Court Lictor in the episode titled Spoils.
In Italy, Tom is writing his book, At Home in Rome, scouting for his documentary film, Kissa Grandp,a and producing/singing an album of new jazz standards with his band Tom and the Cats, featuring the tune Italiano-Americano. He has produced and recorded the album, Giggin' with God, in the Vatican studios. Tom has also completed principal photography for the first fifteen episodes of his international media project, Where in the World with Tom Shaker, Rome 360, the Churches.
In Paris, France, Tom co-wrote, shot and starred in the TV series, Forget About It (Fugedaboudit), the story of a bar/diner owner and his screwy clientèle. The show was accepted and showcase at the Hollywood Film Festival in December 2012.
Presently, Tom and his Florida partners are building a full-service, per-to-post, production facility in Boca Raton. The umbrella non-profit corporation Tom heads, Garage Gallery Group (G3), hosts his international LLC, The 3 Amici Production Studios inside a 16,000-foot warehouse operated by G3.
Works in Progress include: . Post Production, Rome 360, Season I . Pre Production, Season II, Rome 360, March 2013 . Episode and distribution development for Forget About It . Scripting the premier episode of reality show, Garage Gallery . Developing a co-production, HungAry for America with the Hungarian department of tourism
Finally, Tom keeps busy in Italy lecture-guiding friends, colleagues and referrals around the entire boot and islands.- Karen Bassily is an Egyptian fitness and fashion model based in Orange County, California. Originally from Cairo, Egypt, Karen and her family moved to the United States in 2011. Growing up, she learned the ropes of modeling from watching America's Next Top Model and started pursuing modeling when she turned 15.
Growing into the incredible height of 5"7, Karen's modeling career took off. She was given the opportunity to shoot for the cover of magazines like Ellements magazine and MALVIE magazine. The Egyptian model also delved into other interests like gymnastics, skating, and singing, to name a few. Karen Bassily strives to build a long-term career and foresees opportunities in fashion show runways and fashion programs. - Actress
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Heather Braden is a producer, director, writer, creator, actress of British, Egyptian, Syrian, Italian, Scottish, French heritage (related to model/director/producer Elisa Sednaoui and French director Stephane Sednaoui) Heather is a 1st generation American born dual national of England. She began as a local model as a teen in Portland, Oregon, where she began on sets with Gus Van Sant and discovered her passion for visual storytelling while experimenting in art films.
She moved to LA attending Art Center in Pasadena in photography under Paul Jasmin, while modeling for enrolled students. A year later she relocated to New York City signing with top agencies Next Models and Wilhelmina, working for notable brands Levis, Wrangler, Michael Kors and many others, dozens of runway shows, commercials, magazines, ads across the US, EU, and Latin America. As an actress and voice-over artist, she signed with CESD and Paradigm.
While based in NYC for over a decade she studied at F.I.T. in Manhattan (Fashion Institute of Technology) in photography and art history, transitioned from modeling to behind-the-scenes roles as a PA, producer, 1st assistant, 1st camera, key lighting to dozens of photographers and directors on national and international projects, then working as a commercial photographer, and producer for hundreds of productions working her way up from 5th to 1st camera assistant/lighting for major commercial photographers and directors on thousands of projects for over years, on 3 continents including: Norman Jean Roy, Mark Abrahams, Rankin, Kelly Klein, Michelangelo Di Battista, Ruven Afanador, and many others before forming her first production company leading crews to Central America on dozens of video and still productions in advertising for recognizable brands Avon, Pepsi products, Sports Illustrated and many others. Her expertise in pre/post-production, on-set management, locations producer, and lead producer lead her to jump from photography to commercials and finally to her passion scripted film/tv.
In 2023 Heather co-founded A Victus Films USA expanding the Victus Films brand from the EU with co founders Ben Blaskovic and Christopher Schlierf. Headquartered in St. George, Utah, with offices in Munich and Dubai, A Victus Films USA is at the forefront of developing thought-provoking and entertaining film and TV series projects.
At A Victus Films, Heather serves as a creative development behind multiple upcoming film and TV series projects, as well as following her dream to direct with a passion to tell entertaining visual stories.
Heather splits her time between St. George, Utah, Los Angeles, (and her long time former hometown of NYC) where she remains committed to pushing creative boundaries and bringing innovative projects to fruition- Actor
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Kareem Hamdy is a mix of Egyptian and Turkish. His parents were both born in Egypt. He was born in NYC and grew up in South Florida. He originally studied computer engineering at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton. He later obtained a Bachelors of Science from New York University (NYU) in New York City, and later attended Saint James School of Medicine for a degree in Medicine.
He is a modern day Renaissance man. Friends describe him as a polymath.- Actress
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Leslie Simone Danon was raised in Orange County and Los Angeles, California. Her father, Joseph, was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt. Leslie's mother, Sandra, is from London, England. Leslie has starred and co-starred in Hail Caesar (1994) with Robert Downey Jr., Samuel Jackson, and Anthony Michael Hall; When In Rome (2002) with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; Whatever It Takes (1998) with Andrew Dice Clay; Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996) with Hilary Swank; Who's The Caboose? (1997) with Sarah Silverman; Girlfriends (2000) with Tracee Ellis Ross; The Steve Harvey Show (1999); Burning Down The House (2001) with John Savage and Joanne Baron; Doogie Howser M.D., with Neil Patrick Harris; Boy Meets World (1997-1999); Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy (1997); and USA High (1998). She has appeared at the Hollywood Improv and various other comedy venues performing stand up. Leslie has also done commercials for Toyota, McDonald's, Century 21 (Superbowl) Walgreens, Tire Kingdom, Scott Trade, Aqua Fresh, and Budweiser (Superbowl). Leslie's writing (22'-23') has placed in the Scriptation Showcase Script Competition, InRoads Screenwriting Fellowship, Richmond International Film Festival, Table Read My Screenplay for Austin Film Festival, ISA Fast Track Fellowship, Los Angeles International Screenpaly Diversity Intitiative, Santa Barbara International Screenplay Diversity Intitiative, Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices, Big Apple Film Festival, Emerging Screenwriting Genre, Emerging Screenwriting Comedy.- Born in Egypt and raised in Texas, Amir first earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington before discovering acting and moving to Los Angeles. Since then, he's worked in some pretty high-profile projects, including portraying Boris Karloff's Frankenstein in Bill Condon's Academy Award-winning film God's and Monsters. Amir has also been seen on many television series.
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Jeff Zikry is known for Bob's Burgers (2011).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Steve Kehela is known for Space Jam (1996), Evolution (2001) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008).- Producer
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Karen Kehela Sherwood was born on 13 March 1965 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is a producer, known for A Beautiful Mind (2001), Mercury Rising (1998) and The Nutty Professor (1996). She has been married to Ben Sherwood since 29 March 2003. They have one child.- Actor
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Steve Emirzian was born in Hartford, CT to Matthew Emirzian, a jazz musician, and mother, Maureen. He was interested in performing from an early age and helped the drama club with various productions in high school. Steve graduated from the Connecticut School of Broadcasting before moving to New York City in 1983 to begin acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Steve has worked in television, film and theater for over 20 years. He has been a writer for dozens of newspapers, magazines and art publications, as well. His weekly arts/entertainment column, "Center Stage," was very popular in discovering up and coming performers in the Hartford area for several years.
Most recently, Steve has dedicated his creative efforts to script-writing, for both a Hartford sitcom based on his experiences working at a local television news station titled "The BigShot" (starring Bern Nadette Stanis, Thelma from "Good Times"), and a science fiction action series set in World War ll titled "Operation: Guardian Angels." He's (as of April, 2020) shopping the ideas to several streaming services.
Steve is also an appointed commissioner with the Hartford Film and Media Commission. The focus of that job is to help bring in outside film and television productions to the city.
When he's not busy acting and writing, Steve enjoys spending time with his three children.- Editorial Department
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Heydar Adel is known for The Last of Us (2023), The Boys (2019) and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023).- Actor
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Amir Abdalla was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt and moved to Los Angeles, California soon after high school to chase his acting career, Amir got married and placed his acting career on hold to focus on building a family, during that period he became an EMT and a Volunteer Firefighter.
In 2008, Amir was offered a role on the movie "The Green Hornet" as a background when he was noticed by Michel Gondry (Director) and was given the role of the "Armenian Gang Boss".
Since then, Amir was featured in several TV shows like CSI Cyber, NCIS Los Angeles, Scorpion and many more, he still enjoy being an EMT and being involved in helping his community.