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.
The Mummy
(Gad Hassan)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
(Kaji)
The Calcium Kid
(Herbie Bush)
Over the Hedge
(Tiger (voice))
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
(Self)
The Love Guru
(Guru Satchabigknoba)
Alien Autopsy
(Melik)
Casanova
(Lupo)
Modigliani
(Pablo Picasso)
The Infidel
(Mahmud Nasir)
Omid Djalili: No Agenda
(Omid Djalili)
Omid Djalili: Live in London
(Omid Djalili)
Mr. Nice
(Saleem Malik)
Grow Your Own
(Ali)
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
(Jik Jickkles)
Dinotopia 3: The Election
(Zipeau (voice))
Dinotopia 2: The Temptation
(Zipeau (voice))
Dinotopia 4: New Horizons
(Zipeau (voice))
Dinotopia 5: The Virus
(Zipeau (voice))
Dinotopia 6: The Exit
(Zipeau (voice))
Omid Djalili: Tour of Duty
(Self)
Just Like Us
(Self)
Love Again
(Mohsen)
Journey to Bethlehem
(Melchior)
Christmas Comedy Club with Lost Voice Guy
(Self)
The World Is Not Enough
(Foreman)
Shaun the Sheep Movie
(Trumper (voice))
One-Night Stand: Omid Djalili
(Himself)
Gladiator
(Slave Trader)
Comic Aid
Deep Cover
(Sagar)
We Are Most Amused
(Self)
Sex and the City 2
(Mr. Safir, Hotel Manager)
My Family and Other Animals
(Spiro)
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
(Barry Rix)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
(Self - Voice of Trumper)
Dying Laughing
(Self)
Retrospective
(Nabil Sr)
Les Dawson Lost Tapes
(Self)
Deadlines
(Abdul Sayyaf)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
(Cavalier)
Chopratown
(Ali Ergun)
The Egyptian Job
(Himself (Narrator))
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
(Greek Official)
Spy Game
(Doumet)
Notting Hill
(Coffee Shop Cashier (uncredited))
Mad Cows
(George)
Mean Machine
(Raj)
Anita and Me
(Uncle Amman)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
(Askay / Pusasn)
Dead Man Running
(Fat Bald Man)
We Are Most Amused and Amazed
(Self)
The Comedian's Guide to Survival
(Himself)
New Town
(Walter)
The Way Out
(Guide)
Performance Live: The Way Out
(Guide)
World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One
(self)
Cinema Iran
(Self - Presenter)
Tomorrow Morning
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
(Self)
In Your Dreams
(Sandman (voice))
The Bad Guys 2
(Mr. Soliman (voice))
Coming Soon
(Amir Hassan)
Top Gear
(Self)
TV Heaven, Telly Hell
Live at the Apollo
Whoopi
(Nasim Khatenjami)
The One Show
(Self - Guest)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
(Self)
Room 101
(Self)
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
Lock, Stock...
(Ali Gadaffi)
Relic Hunter
(Sayid Ahmed Habris)
Would I Lie to You?
(Self)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
Headcases
The Omid Djalili Show
One Night Stand
Comedy World Cup
(Team Captain)
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
(Self - Expert)
GMTV
(Self)
Coming Soon
Britney
(Dr. Pellis)
The Paul Reiser Show
(Habib)
The Michael Ball Show
(Self)
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
Winning Combination
(Self - Presenter)
The Change
(Steve)
Dickensian
(Mr Venus)
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
(Mr Kaiafas)
The One Show
(Self)
Going Forward
(Dave Wilde)
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
(Self)
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
All the Queen's Horses with Alan Titchmarsh
(Self)
Midsomer Murders
(Othello Khan)
Jason and the Argonauts
(Castor)
Beat the Chasers
(Self)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
(Self - Team Captain)
Insert Name Here
(Self - Panelist)
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
(Self - Host)
Let's Dance for Sport Relief
(Self - Contestant)
Question Time
(Himself - Panellist)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
(Self - Presenter)
His Dark Materials
(Dr. Martin Lanselius)
Dinotopia
(Zipeau)
Celebrity Mastermind
Black Books
(Trebor)
Have I Got News for You
(Self - Host)
Blankety Blank
(Self - Panellist)
Have I Got News for You
(Self)
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
(Perfectionist (voice))