Sammy Sheik

Sammy Sheik
Sammy Sheik
	Sheik in 2013
Born	November 15, 1981; Alexandria, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present

Sammy Sheik (born November 15, 1981) is an Egyptian actor. Sheik is best known for playing the role of "Mustafa" in Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper.

Early life

Sammy is originally from Alexandria, Egypt, where his family still lives. He has a sister named Dalia, his twin brother Ahmed lives in France and his youngest brother Karim Kamel is also an actor and a model who participated in the eighth season of Star Academy.

Career

One of his first and many breaks was given to him by Albert Brooks. He was cast to play Al Jazeera executive, Mukhtar Al-Mujib in Mr. Brooks' feature film, Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World. Soon thereafter, Sheik started landing roles on numerous hit series. He played the calculating hooded eyed killer, Mohamed El-Razani on the FX series, Over There, ring leader, Masheer Abu Marzuq on Fox's 24, which led to the role of Jamal Bin Mohamed on 24's spinoff show The Rookie. He also played the hot blooded bedouin, Kamal on ABC's hit show Lost, and other guest appearances on NCIS, The Unit, My Own Worst Enemy, In the Moment, and many more. Sheik played the recurring role Hany on the Showtime hit show United States of Tara. In March 2010, he was appointed as a UN-Y Peer ambassador for the Middle East.

Filmography

Film and television roles
Year	Title	Role
2004	What Should You Do?	Avenger
2005	Dangerous Perceptions	Jadash
	Untold Stories of the E.R.	Dr. Armin
	Tayer	Seif
	Over There	Hooded Eyes
	Cries from Ramah	Hani
	Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World	Mukhtar Al-Mujib
2006	Kal: Yesterday & Tomorrow	Amir
2007	AmericanEast	Abdullah
	24	Masheer Abu Marzuq
	The Big Bang Theory	Omer
	Charlie Wilson's War	Stinger
	The Rookie	Jamal Bin Mohamed
	The Morgue	Samim
2008	Lost	Kamal
	Mideast Midwest	Mohamed
	NCIS	Fadel
	An American Carol	Fayed
	The Unit	Insurgent Leader
	My Own Worst Enemy	Server
2009	Darfur	The Commander
2010	Axis of Evil	Ali
	In the Moment	Edgar
	This Narrow Place	Hassan
	United States of Tara	Hany
	Three Veils	Ali
	Nikita	Bashir Maro/ Agent Rahal
	Walk a Mile in My Pradas	Carlos
2011	The Son of an Afghan Farmer	Hassan
	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Lt. Faraj
	Homeland	Imam Rafan Gohar
2013	Lone Survivor	Taraq
2014	American Sniper	Mustafa
2015	The Blacklist	Shahin Navabi/ Zal Bin Hasaan
2017	Cold Hell (Die Hölle)	Saeed el Hadary
2017	Sand Castle	Mahmoud
2019	Marriage: Impossible	Ahmed
2019	Young Justice: Outsiders	Samad Daou (voice)

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