Sammy Sheik
Date of birth: 1981-11-05
Place of birth: Alexandria, Egypt
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Sameh Sheik , سامي الشيخ
Biography
Sammy Sheik is an Egyptian film and television actor.
Movie Credits
Al-Jabriya Flight 422
2023-02-10
Inspired by true events. A group of hijackers capture Kuwait Airways flight 422 and force it reroute
This Narrow Place
2011-10-20
A Palestinian sneaks into the U.S. to reconnect with his sister, and he plans to have a company, whi
An American Carol
2008-10-03
A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday
Lone Survivor
2013-12-24
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an imposs
Charlie Wilson's War
2007-12-19
A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid
Brake
2012-03-22
A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures high-speed mental and physi
American Sniper
2014-12-25
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of th
Attack on Darfur
2009-11-06
American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on
The Morgue
2008-01-01
A supernatural killer terrorizes a group of people in an eerie morgue.
Family Prayers
2010-06-01
When a young Egyptian married couple runs into serious issues the family steps in.
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006-01-20
To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert B
Run
2025-11-14
The film follows a boat carrying migrants from various African countries through the Mediterranean s
I Am Gitmo
2025-03-26
A Muslim schoolteacher is taken to a CIA black site and then Guantanamo Bay Cuba, where he is interr
The Son of an Afghan Farmer
2012-01-06
Muhad, a Muslim boy from Afghanistan, attends college in California, where he falls in love with an
Mr. Sadman
2009-11-20
In 1990, before the First Gulf War, Mounir, an impressionable and sheltered Saddam Hussein body-doub
Sand Castle
2017-04-21
Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
Cold Hell
2017-01-19
A young Vienna-based taxi driver of Turkish origin witnesses an extremely brutal murder. The perpetr
Girl Rising
2013-03-07
Nine filmmakers each profile a young girl from a different part of the world to weave a global tapes
Three Veils
2011-04-10
The lives of three young Middle Eastern women intertwine as they struggle to defy tradition and crea
Misled
2015-02-28
Two brothers from southwest Detroit struggle to improve their lives. Unable to afford college and fa
White Lie
2018-10-17
Ahmed falls in love with an American girl called Kristy whom he takes to Cairo for a family visit, c
Azimuth
2017-06-05
At the end of The Six Day War of 1967, two soldiers, an Egyptian and an Israeli, encounter each othe
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011-06-28
The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange art
For the Love of Money
2012-06-08
Spanning over two decades, "For the Love of Money" follows the true account of an Israeli immigrant
Cries from Ramah
2005-08-23
When a bombing in a Tel Aviv café takes the lives of both a young Palestinian bomber and a young Isr