Waleed Zuaiter

Waleed Zuaiter is an American actor and producer of Palestinian descent who started on stage in Washington, D.C., before moving to New York City. Born in Sacramento, California, and raised in Kuwait, he studied philosophy and theater at George Washington University. His New York work includes his praised performance in George Packer's Betrayed and appearances in Homebody/Kabul, Masked, and Mother Courage at the Public Theater. He produced the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival. On screen, he appeared in The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) and Elevator (2012), and he produced and starred in Omar (2013), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won the Best Feature Film prize at the 2013 Asian Pacific Screen Awards. Later credits include London Has Fallen (2016), Billionaire Boys Club (2018), the series Baghdad Central, which brought a 2021 British Academy Television Award nomination, and Oslo (2021). He also starred in Gangs of London in 2022.