Amr El-Bayoumi (born 1965), is an Egyptian-American actor and voice artist. He is best known for the roles in the films Captain Phillips, The Fifth Estate and Psychosis.
Personal life He was born in 1965 in Alexandria, Egypt. He completed primary education from Bailey Elementary School in East Lansing, Michigan. He is currently based on Washington DC and New York City. After graduating with a degree in law, he moved to Los Angeles and assigned to L.A. as a chemical engineer.
Career He has performed in several productions in the US, England, and Egypt. In 2008, he starred in the short film 11 Missed Calls which opened him to show his talents. Then in 2009, he was selected for another short NASA and the Space Pen as 'narrator'. After two more shorts: The Drift and Loose End, El-Bayoumi made his feature film debut with 2013 film The Fifth Estate. In the film, he played a supportive role as 'General'. In late 2013, he was able to appear in the American blockbuster Captain Phillips as a crew member of Maersk Alabama.
He appeared in several popular American television serials in the recent past which include: House of Cards, Mr. Robot, The Blacklist, Madam Secretary, Quantico and Person of Interest.
Filmography Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2008 11 Missed Calls Janitor Short film 2009 NASA and the Space Pen Narrator Short film 2010 The Drift Peter Short film 2012 Loose End The Yank Short film 2013 The Fifth Estate General Film 2013 Killzone: Mercenary Voice Video game 2013 Captain Phillips Maersk Alabama Crew Film 2013 Missing Something Lenny Gayle / Earl Gayle TV series 2014 Person of Interest Legionnaire No. 3 TV series 2014 Jarhead 2: Field of Fire Police Captain Video Film 2014 Madam Secretary Guest TV series 2014 The Blacklist Alliance Member No. 2 TV series 2015 Mr. Robot Freddie TV series 2015 The Visit Wasim Short film 2016 Jacqueline Argentine Nasir Al Nawala Film 2016 House of Cards Ibrahim Halabi TV series 2016 Mother & Son Myles Short film 2018 Quantico Sheikh Samir TV series 2019 The Other Two Qatari Businessman TV series 2019 Law and Order: Special Victim Unit Bashir Nasar TV series 2019 The Code Colonel Kavur TV series 2020 Our Cartoon President Mohammad Bin Salman TV series 2020 El Mahal Soheil Short film TBD Blue Father Daoud Short film TBD Psychosis Kamal Najjar TV series
See also List of LGBT-related films of 2007 List of Egyptian Americans
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