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Waleed Zuaiter

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As of October 2022, Zuaiter is co-starring as Koba, a Georgian assassin and crime boss, in the second season of Gangs of London, a London crime drama series airing on Sky Atlantic in the UK and Germany, and on AMC in the US.
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In 2020, he played the role of a former Iraqi police officer collaborating with US forces while trying to find his missing daughter in the series
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On the New York stage, he received critical acclaim for his portrayal of a former Iraqi translator for the U.S. military, in
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as The Persian, Hedayat Eslaminia and Izzy’s Father. In 2019, Waleed Zuaiter starred in Netflix limited series
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as Kamran Barkawi, Aamir Barkawi's son and henchman and second in command of a terrorist strike.
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Zuaiter began his acting career with several productions in Washington, before relocating to
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Profile of Waleed Zuaiter at the Institute for Middle East Understanding
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and a member of the Arab-American theater collective NIBRAS.
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He starred as the recurring character Samir Abboud in the
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He also was featured in an NBC Universal Pilot written by
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elevator with several people, one of whom has a bomb.
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Zuaiter's film and television productions include the
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Article about Waleed Zuaiter in TalkMoviesWorld.com
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Sacramento, California
George Washington University
Arabic
Washington, D.C.
Berkeley, California
New York City
Los Angeles
California
Omar
86th Academy Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
Palestinian
Sacramento, California
Kuwait
philosophy
theatre
George Washington University
New York City
George Packer
David Greig
Manhattan Theatre Club
Tony Kushner
Victoria Brittain
Gillian Slovo
Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom
Meryl Streep
Kevin Kline
Public Theater
New York Arab-American Comedy Festival
HBO

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