Portrait of Nicholas Kadi

Nicholas Kadi

Acting

Biography

Nicholas Kadi (born Nameer El-Kadi; September 22, 1952) is a Turkish-born Iraqi American actor. Kadi was born in Istanbul, Turkey of Iraqi descent. His father, Nizar el Kadi, was an Iraqi ambassador. Kadi has appeared in numerous television sitcoms and series, such as JAG, Sleeper Cell, Alias, 24, ER, The Young and the Restless and The Wayans Bros. He is fluent in Arabic and French. According to commentary by Rae Dawn Chong and Ron Perlman on La Guerre du Feu (1981) DVD, Kadi met his wife on the set of the film (she was an on-set nurse in Scotland) and Ron is the godfather to their daughter. He is twin brother of Naseer El-Kadi. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicholas Kadi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: September 22, 1952

Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey

Filmography

2023
Down the Road

as Detective Marc

2009
Glee

as Alain Marceau

2006
The Unit

as Rafik Hakim

2005
2005
E-Ring

as Muezzin

2002
Muhammad: The Last Prophet

as Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (voice)

2001
24

as Ahmet

2001
Alias

as Algosaibi

1998
Brimstone

as Al Sumaysif

1998
The Wild Thornberrys

as Marmot (voice)

1998
The Wild Thornberrys

as Marmoset (voice)

1995
JAG

as Ahmad Al-Barzan

1995
JAG

as Capitain Suhare

1995
Congo

as Gorilla

1995
1990
Navy Seals

as Ben Shaheed

1986
L.A. Law

as Gaidar

1986
Popeye Doyle

as Auram Bardas / The Weasel

1985
MacGyver

as Nikolaj Grodsky

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Sergei Onyegin

1981
1981
1978