Omid Djalili
Acting
Born: September 30, 1965 (age 61) · Chelsea, London, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
Omid Djalili is a British stand-up comedian, actor, television producer and writer. Djalili was born on 30 September 1965 in St Mary Abbots Hospital in Kensington, London, to Iranian Baháʼí parents Ahmad and Parvaneh Djalili. His parents emigrated from Tehran to London in 1958. He has a brother and sister. His mother was a dressmaker who at one point assisted Iranian singer Googoosh. His father was a liaison officer at the Iranian embassy in which he would provide medical assistance. He was also a photographer whose pictures ended up in the newspaper Kayhan. He attended Holland Park School where he failed A-level exams a record six times and faked his results to gain entry to Ulster University in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, studying English and theatre studies having been turned down by 16 drama schools. Djalili cited Jack Lemmon, Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Julia Roberts as influences. The first significant success of his stand-up comedy career was at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1995 with "Short, Fat Kebab Shop Owner's Son", followed by "The Arab and the Jew" with Jewish comedian Ivor Dembina in 1996. Djalili has appeared in a number of films, most notably Gladiator, The Mummy, Mean Machine, The World Is Not Enough, Alien Autopsy, Spy Game, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Grow Your Own, Notting Hill, Mr Nice, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Sex and the City 2 and provides his voice in Over the Hedge. He has observed that he usually appears as a generic Middle Eastern background character in many of these films, often commenting that he appears in the James Bond film as the "Second Azerbaijani oil pipe attendant". He appeared as Nasim in 22 episodes of the U.S. sitcom Whoopi, starring Whoopi Goldberg, and picked up an international film award for Best Supporting Actor in Casanova, starring alongside Heath Ledger and Jeremy Irons. Djalili has won awards for his comedy. These include the EMMA Award, Time Out Award, and LWT Comedy Award for Best Stand-up Comedian, Spirit of the Fringe Award as well as the One World Media Award for his Channel 4 documentary, Bloody Foreigners. He has also been nominated for awards, such as the Perrier Award for Best Comedian, the Gemini Award for Best Comedy Performance of 2003, the South Bank Award for Best Comedy of 2003, the Royal Television Society Award for Best Stand-up, and the European TV Award for his Bloody Foreigners.
Known for
Gladiator
2000
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
The Mummy
1999
Notting Hill
1999
Over the Hedge
2006
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018
The World Is Not Enough
1999
Spy Game
2001
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
His Dark Materials
2019
Sex and the City 2
2010
Shaun the Sheep Movie
2015
Photos (1)
Movies (45)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Askay / Pusasn
Gladiator
Slave Trader
Over the Hedge
Tiger (voice)
The Bad Guys 2
Mr. Soliman (voice)
In Your Dreams
Sandman (voice)
The Mummy
Gad Hassan
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Greek Official
Deep Cover
Sagar
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Kaji
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Trumper (voice)
The Love Guru
Guru Satchabigknoba
The World Is Not Enough
Foreman
Love Again
Mohsen
Notting Hill
Coffee Shop Cashier (uncredited)
Sex and the City 2
Mr. Safir, Hotel Manager
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Cavalier
Journey to Bethlehem
Melchior
Casanova
Lupo
Spy Game
Doumet
The Infidel
Mahmud Nasir
Mean Machine
Raj
Alien Autopsy
Melik
My Family and Other Animals
Spiro
Anita and Me
Uncle Amman
Modigliani
Pablo Picasso
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Barry Rix
The Calcium Kid
Herbie Bush
Dead Man Running
Fat Bald Man
Tomorrow Morning
2022
Dinotopia 4: New Horizons
Zipeau (voice)
Dinotopia 2: The Temptation
Zipeau (voice)
Mad Cows
George
Mr. Nice
Saleem Malik
Dinotopia 6: The Exit
Zipeau (voice)
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
Jik Jickkles
Grow Your Own
Ali
Deadlines
Abdul Sayyaf
Dinotopia 3: The Election
Zipeau (voice)
Retrospective
Nabil Sr
The Way Out
Guide
Dinotopia 5: The Virus
Zipeau (voice)
Omid Djalili: Live in London
Omid Djalili
New Town
Walter
Omid Djalili: No Agenda
Omid Djalili
Chopratown
Ali Ergun
TV Shows (27)
Midsomer Murders
Othello Khan · 1 eps
Jason and the Argonauts
Castor · 2 eps
Relic Hunter
Sayid Ahmed Habris · 1 eps
His Dark Materials
Dr. Martin Lanselius · 2 eps
Dispatches
1 eps
Celebrity Mastermind
1 eps
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Perfectionist (voice) · 1 eps
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Mr Kaiafas · 1 eps
Black Books
Trebor · 1 eps
Live at the Apollo
1 eps
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
1 eps
Little Crackers
Tobacconist · 1 eps
Whoopi
Nasim Khatenjami · 22 eps
One Night Stand
1 eps
Dickensian
Mr Venus · 20 eps
The Change
Steve · 9 eps
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
1 eps
Comedy World Cup
Team Captain · 2 eps
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1 eps
Lock, Stock...
Ali Gadaffi · 1 eps
Headcases
8 eps
The Paul Reiser Show
Habib · 4 eps
TV Heaven, Telly Hell
12 eps
The Omid Djalili Show
12 eps
Going Forward
Dave Wilde · 3 eps
Britney
Dr. Pellis · 1 eps
Dinotopia
Zipeau · 13 eps
Self / Appearances (33)
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
The One Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The One Show
Self · 1 eps
Top Gear
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Have I Got News for You
Self - Host · 1 eps
Have I Got News for You
Self · 1 eps
GMTV
Self · 1 eps
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Team Captain · 1 eps
Would I Lie to You?
Self · 1 eps
Question Time
Himself - Panellist · 1 eps
Room 101
Self · 1 eps
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self · 1 eps
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Self - Expert · 2 eps
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self · 1 eps
Blankety Blank
Self - Panellist · 1 eps
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Self - Host · 1 eps
Beat the Chasers
Self · 1 eps
Insert Name Here
Self - Panelist · 1 eps
Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Comedian's Guide to Survival
Himself
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - Voice of Trumper
Dying Laughing
Self
The Egyptian Job
Himself (Narrator)
Winning Combination
Self - Presenter · 6 eps
We Are Most Amused
Self
We Are Most Amused and Amazed
Self
World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One
self
Les Dawson Lost Tapes
Self
Christmas Comedy Club with Lost Voice Guy
Self
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Self
Just Like Us
Self
Omid Djalili: Tour of Duty
Self
