Biography
Sayed Badreya
Acting
Egyptian-born film-maker and actor Sayed Badreya realized a childhood dream by winning roles in major Hollywood films such as The Insider, Three Kings, and Independence Day. Growing up in poverty in Port Said, Sayed Badreya's dreams of movie stardom looked as bleak as the prospect of peace in the Middle East. From the Six Day War in '67 through the Yom Kippur War in '73, his only escape from the world he knew was the movie theater, where films transported him to a magical la…
Career works
45
Movies
35
Series
10
Career average
6.5/10
Birth date
05/01/1957
Place of birth
Port Said, Egypt
Filmography highlights
Movies
Rise of the Conqueror
2026 · 6.2
Hello Beautiful
2025 · 10.0
Jellyfish and Lobster
2023 · 8.5
Witness to a Rape
2020 · 2.0
Vanguard
2020 · 6.4
I Am That Man
2019 · 8.0
Boiling Pot
2015 · 5.2
Just Like a Woman
2013 · 5.6
Movie 43
2013 · 4.7
The Dictator
2012 · 6.2
The Three Stooges
2012 · 5.8
This Narrow Place
2011
Cargo
2011 · 5.3
The Space Between
2011 · 6.6
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Family Prayers
2010
Series
