SIDDIG, Alexander 1965–
(Sid El Fadil, Siddig El Fadil)

PERSONAL

Original name, Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig El Abderahman El Mohammed Ahmed El Abdel Karim El Mahdi; born November 21, 1965, in Sudan; mother, a theatrical consultant; married Nana Visitor (an actress), June 14, 1997 (divorced April, 2001); children: Django El Tahir El Siddig. Education: Attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts; studied geography and anthropology at University College London. Avocational Interests: Reading, listening to music, wine collecting, role playing games, doing projects around home, handyman work, and puttering around the garden.

Career: Actor and director. Directed stage plays at The Arts Threshold Theatre; previously worked as a night-club dancer, insurance salesman, and clothing salesman.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Partygoer, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (also known as Sammy and Rosie ), 1987.

(As Siddig El Fadil) Himself, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine—Behind the Scenes, 1993.

Kareem Nazir, Vertical Limit, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2000.

Ajay, Reign of Fire, Buena Vista, 2002.

Television Appearances; Series:

(As Siddig El Fadil for the first three seasons) Lieutenant Julian Subatoi Bashir, M.D., Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9, Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: DS9 ), syndicated, 1993–1999.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(As Siddig El Fadil) Feisal, A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia, PBS, 1990.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

(As Sid El Fadil) Yousef, The Big Battalions, 1992.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Dr. Julian Bashir, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine—Emissary, syndicated, 1993.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Siddig El Fadil) Lieutenant Julian Subatoi Bashir, M.D., "Birthright: Part 1," Star Trek: The Next Generation, syndicated, 1993.

Ibhn Khaldun, "Nest of Angels," Spooks, BBC, 2003.

Also appeared in Parallel 9.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Business as Usual," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9, Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: DS9 ), syndicated, 1997.

"Profit and Lace," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9, Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: DS9 ), syndicated, 1998.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in Hamlet and Arthur, both London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts; Brother Eichemann and Sinbad the Sailor, both Manchester Library Theater, London.

Stage Director:

Directed Lotus and the Rats, Arts Threshold Theater; Julius Caesar, Arts Threshold Theater.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

Voices of Harold Bride, Lawrence Beesley, and Reporter #1, Titanic Explorer (also known as James Cameron's Titanic Explorer ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1997.

(In archive footage) Dr. Julian Bashir, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion (also known as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode Guide ), 1999.

Voice of Dr. Julian Bashir, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine— The Fallen, 2000.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

People Weekly, July 15, 1996, p. 151.