Omar Metwally

Omar Metwally
Native name	عمر متولى
Born	Omar Metwally (1974-04-10) April 10, 1974 Queens, New York City, New York, United States
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Citizenship	Egypt Netherlands United States
Education	American Conservatory Theater
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999-Present

Omar Metwally (Arabic: عمر متولى) is an American actor best known for his roles in Rendition, Munich and Miral. Most recently he was seen in the role of Dr. Fahim Nasir in Non-Stop and in USA Network television series Dig as Yussef Khalid.

Early life and education

Metwally was born in Queens, New York to an Egyptian father and a Dutch mother, and moved with the family to Orange County, California at age three, where he was raised. Metwally gained a BA in History from the University of California, Berkeley, and while acting around the Bay area gained an Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco.

Career

Metwally's film roles include Gavin Hood's Rendition and Steven Spielberg's Munich, The City of Your Final Destination, released in 2010 (filmed 2006–07), and Amsterdam. He received the 2008 Chopard Trophy for his work in Rendition, presented at the Cannes Film Festival. Metwally was also seen in the film Miral from director Julian Schnabel.

Metwally moved to New York in January 2000 and began working there, appearing in 2005 as "Aram" in Beast on the Moon directed by Larry Moss, and receiving a 2004 Tony Award nomination for his work in Sixteen Wounded. He has worked with the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, first as an actor and then as a director. He has also appeared at theaters around the country, including Steppenwolf, The Public, the Long Wharf, Berkeley Rep, and many others.

Metwally's television credits include Virtuality, Fringe, The Unit, and Grey's Anatomy.

He appeared in the 2014 film Non-Stop as a Muslim doctor on board the flight. In 2015, Metwally appeared in Dig, an American mystery/action-thriller television series that premiered on USA Network. In it he plays Yussef Khalid, a Palestinian-American who disappeared after alleged murder and is simultaneously wanted in Israel for a robbery.

Personal life

Metwally resides in California.

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1999	Nash Bridges	Mobster #3
2002	New Americans	Anwar Beshrabi
2005	Life on the Ledge	Druggist
2005	Munich	Ali
2006	Twenty Questions	Mr. Assad
2006	Grey's Anatomy	Jesse Fannon
2006	The Unit	Wirth
2007	Rendition	Anwar El-Ibrahimi
2007	The City of Your Final Destination	Omar Razaghi
2008	Amsterdam	John
2009	Virtuality	Dr. Adin Meyer
2010	Miral	Hani
2011	Unforgettable	ADA Adam Gilroy
2011	The Good Wife	Wasim Al-Said
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Amun
2014	Non-Stop	Dr. Fahim Nasir
2014	Day Ten	uncredited
2015	Dig	Yussef Khalid
2015	The Affair	Dr. Vic Ullah

External links

• Omar Metwally at the Internet Movie Database