Sayed Badreya
Acting
Born: 1957-05-01 · Port Said, Egypt
Biography
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 world he knew was the movie theater, where films transported him to a magical land. But it was here
🎬 Movies (20)
Rise of the Conqueror
2026
Kay Khusrau
Hello Beautiful
2025
Jellyfish and Lobster
2023
Mido
Witness to a Rape
2020
himself
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
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
