Nadim Sawalha

Nadim Sawalha
Born	9 September 1935 Madaba, Jordan
Years active	1964-present
Spouse(s)	Roberta Lane (? - present)
Children	Nadia Sawalha Julia Sawalha Dina Sawalha
Relatives	Nabil Sawalha (brother) Baha Sawalha (nephew) Lara Sawalha (niece)

Nadim Sawalha (Arabic: نديم صوالحة‎) (born 9(?) September 1935) is a Jordanian-born British actor and father of actresses Julia and Nadia Sawalha.

Nadim was born in Madaba, Jordan, in 1935^[1] and came to Britain 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]

Acting career

Nadim Sawalha has made over 100 appearances in film and television, in a career spanning more than 40 years.

Television roles

(list not exhaustive)

• 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)
• Mumtaz in Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself * Zaki Mansoor in A Touch Of Eastern Promise Season 3 Ep.6 of Bergerac{1984}
• 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)
• Narrator of Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World (2003) [PBS]
• Mohammed Al-Fayed in Diana: Last Days of a Princess (2007 docudrama)
• King Hussein in House of Saddam (2008)

Film roles

• An Arab pilot in Yellow Dog (1973)
• Night Hotel Manager in A Touch of Class (1973)
• Padilla in Callan (1974)
• A member of the Syndicate in Gold (1974)
• An airline representative in Vampira (1974)
• The Sherif of Wazan in The Wind and the Lion (1975)
• Museum guide in The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
• The Emir's Interpreter in Are You Being Served? (1977)
• Chairman of the Oil Producers' Conference in Sweeney! (1977)
• Hassan in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
• Aziz Fekkesh in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
• Dr El Sadek in The Awakening (1980)
• Egyptian tavern owner in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
• Tangier police chief in The Living Daylights (1987)
• Emir Hamad Al-Subaai in Syriana (2005)
• Melchior in The Nativity Story (2006)
• Adham in Whatever Lola Wants (2007)
• Abu Raed in Captain Abu Raed (2008)
• Pir Naseem in West Is West (2010)
• The Rendezvous (2015)

Other roles

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

References

1. "The Arab Talks To....Nadim Sawalha". Retrieved 12 January 2011.
2. Participant: Julia Sawalha (2006-10-25). "Episode page on BBC website". Who Do You Think You Are?. Series 3. Event occurs at 1:10. BBC. BBC One.
3. Who Do You Think You Are?; Event occurs at 22:00

External links

• Nadim Sawalha at the Internet Movie Database