# Mido Hamada

Mido Hamada (Egyptian Arabic: ميدو حمادة) is an Egyptian-German actor in film, theatre, and television.

## Early life and education

Mido Hamada was born in Cairo, Egypt, to an Egyptian family who moved to Germany.
He studied at an American school in Germany, and later attended the Oxford School of Drama.

## Career

His roles include Ahmed Shah Massoud in the television mini-series The Path to 9/11 and smaller roles in the British television film Hannibal and the series Feel the Force. In 2004, he played in the film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. In the 2011 film Unknown, Hamada played a Saudi sheikh involved in an assassination attempt at a Berlin hotel and in funding biotechnological research.
Hamada has also appeared in season 8 of the Fox series 24 as Samir Mehran, a rogue intelligence agent from the fictional Middle Eastern country of Kamistan who assassinates its president Omar Hassan (Anil Kapoor). He served as the season's arch-villain for most of its episodes.
He appeared again in a Fox series on Terra Nova, where he portrayed Guzman, one of the colony security personnel and a trusted colleague to Commander Nathaniel Taylor.
In 2012, Hamada had a role in the Showtime series Homeland, playing a key member of a terrorist cell planning an attack on the United States. In The Situation, he played Zaid, an Iraqi photographer. He portrayed "The Butcher" in the film American Sniper. He also lent his voice for the video game Disney Infinity 3.0. In 2017, he played Eamonn, captain of the bodyguards of the Wizard of Oz, in Emerald City.
In 2019, Hamada played congressman Daniel Maloof in the fourth season of Veronica Mars, produced by Hulu. He also has a role in the 2021 science fiction series Foundation.

## Personal life

Hamada is fluent in German, English, and Arabic.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2004 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Soldier |
| 2005 | Red Mercury | Translator |
| 2006 | The Situation | Zaid |
| 2011 | Unknown | Prince Shada |
| 2014 | American Sniper | The Butcher |
| 2019 | Guddiyan Patole | Kash |
| 2021 | Wildcat | Abu Khalid |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Believe Nothing | Captain | 1 Episode |
| 2004 | Spooks | Butterfly (Uncredited) | 1 Episode |
| 2005 | Transit | Ruben | Television Movie |
| 2005 | The English Harem | Sassan Sahar | Television Movie |
| 2006 | Hannibal | Mago | Television Movie |
| 2006 | Assault on Waco | Special Agent Alsakka | Television Movie |
| 2006 | Feel the Force | Mr. Fuentes | 1 Episode |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 | Massoud | 2 Episodes |
| 2007 | Judge John Deed | Mullah Al Sakka | 2 Episodes |
| 2007 | State of Mind | Taj Kalid, MD | 8 Episodes |
| 2007 | 2057 | N/A | 1 Episode |
| 2010 | NCIS | Prince Abdalla Ibn Alwaan | 1 Episode |
| 2010 | Holby City | Donald Bass | 1 Episode |
| 2010 | 24 | Samir Mehran | 10 Episodes |
| 2011 | Terra Nova | Guzman | 2 Episodes |
| 2012 | Homeland | M.M | 3 Episodes |
| 2012 | Whispers of the Desert | Halid | Television Movie |
| 2013 | The Forbidden Woman | Khalid | Television Movie |
| 2013 | Red Widow | Agent Khalil | N/A |
| 2014 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Fincen Agent Kazimi | 1 Episode |
| 2014 | Hawaii Five-O | Amir Khan | 1 Episode |
| 2014 | Legends | Prince Abboud | 2 Episodes |
| 2015 | The Dovekeepers | Eleazar Ben Ya'ir | 2 Episodes |
| 2017 | Niches Con Platanito | Himself | 1 Episode |
| 2017 | Emerald City | Eamonn | 9 Episodes |
| 2018 | Counterpart | Cyrus | Series Regular |
| 2019 | Veronica Mars | Daniel Maloof | 6 Episodes |
| 2021 | Foundation | Shadow Master Obrecht | Recurring role |
| 2023 | Alexandre Le Grand : au rang des Dieux | Darius III | 6 Episodes |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Additional Voices | |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Video Game | Dr. Smolder Bravestone | German voice |