Omid Djalili

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: Acting

Born: Chelsea, London, England, UK, 1965-09-30

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1999	The Mummy	Gad Hassan	69
2	1999	Notting Hill	Coffee Shop Cashier (uncredited)	73
3	1999	Mad Cows	George	36
4	1999	The World Is Not Enough	Foreman	63
5	2000	Gladiator	Slave Trader	82
6	2001	Spy Game	Doumet	69
7	2001	Mean Machine	Raj	62
8	2002	Anita and Me	Uncle Amman	59
9	2002	Dinotopia 2: The Temptation	Zipeau (voice)	61
10	2002	Dinotopia 3: The Election	Zipeau (voice)	63
11	2003	Dinotopia 4: New Horizons	Zipeau (voice)	62
12	2003	Dinotopia 5: The Virus	Zipeau (voice)	62
13	2003	Dinotopia 6: The Exit	Zipeau (voice)	61
14	2004	The Calcium Kid	Herbie Bush	55
15	2004	Modigliani	Pablo Picasso	71
16	2004	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Kaji	59
17	2005	Comic Aid		50
18	2005	Cinema Iran	Self - Presenter	55
19	2005	Deadlines	Abdul Sayyaf	0
20	2005	One-Night Stand: Omid Djalili	Himself	0
21	2005	Chopratown	Ali Ergun	0
22	2005	Casanova	Lupo	65
23	2005	My Family and Other Animals	Spiro	64
24	2006	Alien Autopsy	Melik	56
25	2006	World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One	self	0
26	2006	Over the Hedge	Tiger (voice)	66
27	2006	The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall	Self	53
28	2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Askay / Pusasn	73
29	2007	Grow Your Own	Ali	66
30	2007	Omid Djalili: No Agenda	Omid Djalili	60
31	2008	The Love Guru	Guru Satchabigknoba	41
32	2008	We Are Most Amused	Self	72
33	2009	Dead Man Running	Fat Bald Man	58
34	2009	New Town	Walter	0
35	2009	Omid Djalili: Live in London	Omid Djalili	57
36	2010	The Infidel	Mahmud Nasir	61
37	2010	Sex and the City 2	Mr. Safir, Hotel Manager	61
38	2010	Mr. Nice	Saleem Malik	61
39	2011	Just Like Us	Self	68
40	2011	Big Fat Gypsy Gangster	Jik Jickkles	32
41	2011	The Egyptian Job	Himself (Narrator)	75
42	2012	Omid Djalili: Tour of Duty	Omid Djalili	61
43	2014	Retrospective	Nabil Sr	0
44	2015	Shaun the Sheep Movie	Trumper (voice)	70
45	2015	Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism	Barry Rix	53
46	2015	A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman	Self - Voice of Trumper	70
47	2016	The Comedian's Guide to Survival	Himself	44
48	2017	Dying Laughing	Self	63
49	2018	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	Greek Official	71
50	2018	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	Cavalier	61
51	2018	We Are Most Amused and Amazed	Self	80
52	2020	The Way Out	Guide	0
53	2020	Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World	Self	0
54	2021	Les Dawson Lost Tapes	Self	0
55	2021	Christmas Comedy Club with Lost Voice Guy		0
56	2022	Tomorrow Morning		0
57	2023	Love Again	Mohsen	67
58	2023	Journey to Bethlehem	Melchior	79
59	2025	Deep Cover	Sagar	67
60		Performance Live: The Way Out	Guide	0
61	2025	In Your Dreams	Sandman (voice)	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1979	Question Time	Himself - Panellist	55
2	1987	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Mr Kaiafas	62
3	1989	One Night Stand		80
4	1990	Have I Got News for You	Self - Host	71
5	1993	GMTV	Self	56
6	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
7	1994	Room 101	Self	63
8	1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Self - Team Captain	70
9	1997	Midsomer Murders	Othello Khan	75
10	1998	Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round		70
11	1999	Coming Soon		0
12	1999	Relic Hunter	Sayid Ahmed Habris	67
13	2000	Jason and the Argonauts	Castor	61
14	2000	Lock, Stock...	Ali Gadaffi	58
15	2000	Black Books	Trebor	81
16	2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	Self	58
17	2002	Top Gear	Self	75
18	2002	Dinotopia	Zipeau	50
19	2003	Whoopi	Nasim Khatenjami	87
20	2003	Celebrity Mastermind		60
21	2004	Live at the Apollo		71
22	2006	TV Heaven, Telly Hell		75
23	2006	Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive		71
24	2006	The One Show	Self - Guest	45
25	2006	The One Show	Self	45
26	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
27	2007	Would I Lie to You?	Self	77
28	2007	The Omid Djalili Show		77
29	2008	Headcases		55
30	2009	Kate Garraway's Life Stories		59
31	2009	All the Queen's Horses with Alan Titchmarsh	Self	0
32	2010	Let's Dance for Sport Relief	Himself - Contestant	0
33	2010	The Michael Ball Show	Self	0
34	2011	The Paul Reiser Show	Habib	60
35	2012	The Great Sport Relief Bake Off	Self - Host	0
36	2012	Comedy World Cup	Team Captain	0
37	2014	Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled	Self	71
38	2015	Dickensian	Mr Venus	73
39	2016	Insert Name Here	Self - Panelist	67
40	2016	Going Forward	Dave Wilde	0
41	2019	His Dark Materials	Dr. Martin Lanselius	79
42	2020	Beat the Chasers	Self	76
43	2020	Winning Combination	Self - Presenter	50
44	2020	Michael McIntyre's The Wheel	Self - Expert	58
45	2021	Blankety Blank	Self - Panellist	70
46	2021	Britney	Dr. Pellis	0
47	2023	The Change	Steve	72
48		Have I Got a Bit More News for You	Self - Presenter	70

Omid Djalili

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