---
name: "Elmi Rashid Elmi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elmi-rashid-elmi"
fi1m_id: "elmi-rashid-elmi"
imdb_id: "nm10661353"
tmdb_id: 3063993
wikidata_id: "Q137559416"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T03:09:52.325066+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Elmi Rashid Elmi

## Identity

Elmi Rashid Elmi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elmi-rashid-elmi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elmi-rashid-elmi
- **IMDb ID:** nm10661353
- **TMDB ID:** 3063993
- **Wikidata ID:** Q137559416
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137559416, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10661353/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3063993

Actor. Born in Hull, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137559416, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10661353/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3063993

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Swimmers*](https://film.one/film/the-swimmers.md) (66)

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## Biography

Elmi Rashid Elmi is a British actor. Born in Hull, he grew up in the Easton area of Bristol. He trained at the London College of Music, where he graduated with a degree in acting, and began his career performing on stage before moving into screen work.

He is known for the role of Shamir in *Dune* (2021) and Bilal in *The Swimmers* (2022). His father arrived in England from the Horn of Africa in 1992. Elmi has spoken of his interest in sharing refugee stories through his acting.

*Sources: bbc.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Swimmers* (2022), Fi1m 66, as Bilal — [page](https://film.one/film/the-swimmers.md)
- *Dune* (2021), Fi1m 76, as Shamir — [page](https://film.one/film/dune.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Samia* (2024), as Ali
- *Mother Mother* (2024), as Asad
- *Matar* (2023), as Musa
- *Muna* (2023), as Abdi
- *The Swimmers* (2022), as Bilal — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-swimmers.md)
- *Dune* (2021), as Shamir — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/dune.md)
- *Lifeline*, Actor

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