---
name: "Omar Elba"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/omar-elba"
fi1m_id: "omar-elba"
imdb_id: "nm4025491"
tmdb_id: 1163873
wikidata_id: "Q27826881"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 September 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:19:07.105677+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."
---

# Omar Elba

## Identity

Omar Elba

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/omar-elba
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** omar-elba
- **IMDb ID:** nm4025491
- **TMDB ID:** 1163873
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27826881
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Elba, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27826881, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4025491/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1163873

Actor. Born 19 September 1983 in Alexandria, Egypt.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 September 1983, Alexandria, Egypt
- **Also known as:** Alexander Black, عمر علبة, عمر البا
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Elba, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27826881, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4025491/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1163873

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Mo*](https://film.one/tv/mo.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Omar Elba is an Egyptian-American actor. Born on 19 September 1983 in Alexandria, Egypt, he is also known by the former credit Alexander Black.

Elba is known for his role as Yousef in *A Hologram for the King* (2016), Mark Green in the series *Limetown* (2019), Sameer Najjar in *Mo* (2022–2025), Selim in *Berlin, I Love You* (2019) and Zaki Faheem in an episode of *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2013). He wrote, directed and starred in the short film *Tim* (2016). He trained in Shakespeare at the American Conservatory Theater and has performed stand-up comedy.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mo* (2022), Fi1m 85, as Sameer Najjar — [page](https://film.one/tv/mo.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Mo* (2022), series, as Sameer Najjar — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/mo.md)
- *Berlin, I Love You* (2019), as Selim
- *Limetown* (2019), series, as Mark Green
- *A Hologram for the King* (2016), as Yousef
- *Ironside* (2013), series, as Omar Najibullah
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Zaki Faheem

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/omar-elba