---
name: "Jerry Haleva"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jerry-haleva"
fi1m_id: "jerry-haleva"
imdb_id: "nm0355062"
tmdb_id: 1000228
wikidata_id: "Q2206487"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 May 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T23:28:24.098000+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."
---

# Jerry Haleva

## Identity

Jerry Haleva

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jerry-haleva
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jerry-haleva
- **IMDb ID:** nm0355062
- **TMDB ID:** 1000228
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2206487
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Haleva, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2206487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355062/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1000228

Actor. Born 26 May 1946 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 May 1946, United States
- **Active:** 1991–1998
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Action 2, War 2, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $362m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Haleva, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2206487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355062/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1000228

## Biography

Jerry Haleva is an American actor born on 26 May 1946. He is known for portraying Saddam Hussein in several films, including *Hot Shots!* (1991), *Hot Shots! Part Deux* (1993), *Jane Austen's Mafia!* (1998), *The Big Lebowski* (1998), *The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest* (2002) and *Live from Baghdad* (2002).

Haleva has also worked as a political lobbyist in California, including for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. A Sephardic Jew and Republican Party member, he has served as chief of staff in the California Senate and as an adviser on legislative matters.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, jta.org, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Big Lebowski* (1998), Fi1m 85, as Saddam — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-lebowski.md)
- *Hot Shots! Part Deux* (1993), Fi1m 67, as Saddam Hussein — [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots-part-deux.md)
- *Hot Shots!* (1991), Fi1m 70, as Saddam Hussein — [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Superhero Movie* (2008), as Saddam Hussein
- *Live from Baghdad* (2002), as Saddam Hussein
- *The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest* (2002), as Hologram Saddam
- *Jane Austen's Mafia!* (1998), as Saddam Hussein
- *The Big Lebowski* (1998), as Saddam — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-lebowski.md)
- *Hot Shots! Part Deux* (1993), as Saddam Hussein — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots-part-deux.md)
- *Hot Shots!* (1991), as Saddam Hussein — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots.md)

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