Omar Elba

Born: 1983-09-19

Omar Elba (Arabic: عمر علبة) formerly Alexander Black; (born September 19, 1983) is an Egyptian-born American actor, best known for co-starring alongside Tom Hanks in the 2016 movie, A Hologram for the King. He also had a recurring role as Mark Green in the Limetown television series. Elba also starred in Tim (credited as Alexander Black), a 2016 short film about the Ego, Id and Superego. From 2016 until 2018, Elba went by the name Alexander Black to "avoid being typecast in an industry which was stereotyping ethnic actors." This led to at least one film critic believing that an American white actor had been cast for the role of "Yousef", the local Arab driver in A Hologram for the King. Description above from the Wikipedia article Omar Elba, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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A Hologram for the King

as Yousef
Released: 2016-04-22

Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology...

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Berlin, I Love You

as Selim
Released: 2019-02-08

An anthology feature of 10 stories of romance set in the German capital.

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Legally Brown

as Self
Released: 2011-05-26

Legally Brown brings together for one night the funniest headline comedians who just happen to...

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Limetown

as Mark Green
First aired: 2019-10-16

Lia Haddock, a journalist for American Public Radio, unravels the mystery behind the...

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Mo

as Sameer Najjar
First aired: 2022-08-24

In Texas, Mo straddles the line between two cultures, three languages and a pending asylum...

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Ironside

as Omar Najibullah
First aired: 2013-10-02

In the gritty world of the NYPD, no one's tougher than Detective Robert Ironside. He and his...

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