Omar Elba
Omar Elba (Arabic: ุนู ุฑ ุนูุจุฉ) formerly Alexander Black; (born September 19, 1983) is an Egyptian-born American actor, best known for co-starring alongside Tom Hanks in the 2016 movie, A Hologram for the King. He also had a recurring role as Mark Green in the Limetown television series. Elba also starred in Tim (credited as Alexander Black), a 2016 short film about the Ego, Id and Superego. From 2016 until 2018, Elba went by the name Alexander Black to "avoid being typecast in an industry which was stereotyping ethnic actors." This led to at least one film critic believing that an American white actor had been cast for the role of "Yousef", the local Arab driver in A Hologram for the King. Description above from the Wikipedia article Omar Elba, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2022 ยทMoas Sameer Najjar
- 2019 ยทBerlin, I Love Youas Selim
- 2019 ยทLimetownas Mark Green
- 2016 ยทA Hologram for the Kingas Yousef
- 2013 ยทIronsideas Omar Najibullah
- 2013 ยทThe Muslims Are Coming!as Self
- 2011 ยทLegally Brownas Self
- 2009 ยทNCIS: Los Angelesas Zaki Faheem