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Raad Rawi
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Raad Rawi – British actor of mixed heritage (Iraqi father, Caucasian mother), born 31 December 1969 (some sources list 1970). Raised and educated primarily in Geneva, Paris, and California. Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and a veteran of the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and Royal Exchange Manchester, with four West End productions including Bombay Dreams (2002). He has been married to Kate Gartside since 1991.
His most notable film roles include the Airport Security Chief in Midnight Express (1978), Aziz in Scandal (1989), Prince Thamer in The Kingdom (2007), Nathir in Traitor (2008, opposite Don Cheadle), Ahmed Zubaidi in Green Zone (2010, directed by Paul G…
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Raad Rawi – British actor of mixed heritage (Iraqi father, Caucasian mother), born 31 December 1969 (some sources list 1970). Raised and educated primarily in Geneva, Paris, and California. Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and a veteran of the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and Royal Exchange Manchester, with four West End productions including Bombay Dreams (2002). He has been married to Kate Gartside since 1991. His most notable film roles include the Airport Security Chief in Midnight Express (1978), Aziz in Scandal (1989), Prince Thamer in The Kingdom (2007), Nathir in Traitor (2008, opposite Don Cheadle), Ahmed Zubaidi in Green Zone (2010, directed by Paul Greengrass), Fassir in Conan the Barbarian (2011), Munem in The Devil's Double (2011), Tihomir Boyanov in Spy (2015), and Gaddafi in A Private War (2018, opposite Rosamund Pike).
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Raad Rawi's Filmography
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Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser
as Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Official Secrets
as Mel
A Private War
as Gaddafi
The Jump
as Old Michael
National Theatre Live: Salomé
as Annas
Spy
as Tihomir Boyanov
One Crazy Thing
as Dad Veer
Mesocafé
as Hushyar
Conan the Barbarian
as Fassir - High Priest
The Devil's Double
as Munem
Green Zone
as Ahmed Zubaidi
Traitor
as Nathir
The Kingdom
as Prince Thamer
Nina's Heavenly Delights
as Mohan Shah
A Line in the Sand
as Omid Torabi
The Life of the Buddha
as King Suddhodana (voice)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
as Pater
Half the Picture
as Kurd / Palestinian
Hostages
as Moussavlan
Supper at Emmaus
The Care of Time
as Emir
Shalom Salaam
as Phil Morris
Scandal
as Aziz
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Lawyer
Mona Lisa
as Arab Servant
Misunderstood
as Doctor
A Cotswold Death
as Ahmed
Midnight Express
as Airport Security Chief
No Poster
Daughter of Eden
as Mustafa