Sayed Badreya

Actor

Born: May 1, 1957 (age 69)
From: Port Said, Egypt

Egyptian-born film-maker and actor Sayed Badreya realized a childhood dream by winning roles in major Hollywood films such as The Insider, Three Kings, and Independence Day. Growing up in poverty in Port Said, Sayed Badreya's dreams of movie stardom looked as bleak as the prospect of peace in the Middle East. From the Six Day War in '67 through the Yom Kippur War in '73, his only escape from the…

Filmography (35)

Rise of the Conqueror (2026)
Kay Khusrau
Hello Beautiful (2025)
Jellyfish and Lobster (2023)
Mido
Witness to a Rape (2020)
Director
Vanguard (2020)
Abati
I Am That Man (2019)
Harry
Boiling Pot (2015)
Anwar Seif
Just Like a Woman (2013)
Tarek
Movie 43 (2013)
Large Man (segment "Truth or Dare")
The Dictator (2012)
Omar
The Three Stooges (2012)
Orderly
This Narrow Place (2011)
Aziz
Cargo (2011)
Sayed
The Space Between (2011)
Imam
Family Prayers
Family Prayers (2010)
Hussein
Backyard (2009)
El Sultán
AmericanEast (2008)
Mustafa Marzouke
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Hamdi
Iron Man (2008)
Abu Bakaar
Soul Plane (2004)
Middle Eastern Passenger
Stuck on You (2003)
Assisting Surgeon
Shallow Hal (2001)
Doctor Sayed
The Princess & the Marine (2001)
Chauffeur
The Insider (1999)
Hezbollah Head Gunman
Three Kings (1999)
Iraqi Tank Major
Kingpin (1996)
Fatima
Independence Day (1996)
Arab Pilot
Mirage (1995)
Sayed
Stargate (1994)
Arabic Interpreter
True Lies (1994)
Arab Terrorist (uncredited)