---
name: "Omar Metwally"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/omar-metwally"
fi1m_id: "omar-metwally"
imdb_id: "nm1272540"
tmdb_id: 41309
wikidata_id: "Q553338"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 April 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-11T23:26:52.316226+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 Metwally

## Identity

Omar Metwally

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/omar-metwally
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** omar-metwally
- **IMDb ID:** nm1272540
- **TMDB ID:** 41309
- **Wikidata ID:** Q553338
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Metwally, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553338, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1272540/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41309

Actor. Born 10 April 1974 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 April 1974, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2005–2012
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 73 (3), 2010s 55 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 67 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Thriller 2, Fantasy 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $985m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Metwally, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553338, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1272540/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41309

## Biography

Omar Metwally is an American actor. He was born on 10 April 1974 in Queens, New York, and raised in Orange County, California. He earned a BA in history from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MFA in acting from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

Metwally is known for film roles including Ali in *Munich* (2005), Anwar El-Ibrahimi in *Rendition* (2007), and appearances in *Miral* (2010) and *Non-Stop* (2014). His television credits include Dr. Vik Ullah in *The Affair*, Agent Santiago in *Mr. Robot*, and Matt Edwards in *Treadstone*.

He has an extensive stage career, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for *Sixteen Wounded* in 2004 and an Obie Award for Outstanding Performance in *Guards at the Taj*. He won the Trophée Chopard Male Revelation of the Year for his work in *Rendition*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2* (2012), Fi1m 55, as Amun — [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-2.md)
- *The Good Wife* (2009), Fi1m 84, as Wasim Al-Said — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Rendition* (2007), Fi1m 54, as Anwar El-Ibrahimi — [page](https://film.one/film/rendition.md)
- *Munich* (2005), Fi1m 80, as Ali — [page](https://film.one/film/munich.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Doc* (2025), series, as Dr. Michael Hamda
- *Lisey's Story* (2021), series, as Dr. Hugh Alberness
- *Big Sky* (2020), series, as Mark Lindor
- *Treadstone* (2019), series, as Matt Edwards
- *Breakable You* (2017), as Samir Kamali
- *Complete Unknown* (2016), as Farshad
- *Mr. Robot* (2015), series, as Agent Santiago — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-robot.md)
- *Dig* (2015), series, as Yussef Khalid
- *The Slap* (2015), series, as Ajay
- *The Affair* (2014), series, as Dr. Vik Ullah
- *Day Ten* (2014), as William · Writer
- *Non-Stop* (2014), as Dr. Fahim Nasir
- *The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2* (2012), as Amun — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-2.md)
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, as ADA Adam Gilroy
- *Harry's Law* (2011), series, as Hayden Kildare
- *Miral* (2010), as Hani
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Wasim Al-Said — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Virtuality* (2009), as Dr. Adin Meyer
- *Virtuality* (2009), series, Actor
- *Amsterdam* (2009), as John
- *The City of Your Final Destination* (2009), as Omar Razaghi
- *Fringe* (2008), series, as Neil, James Heath — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *Rendition* (2007), as Anwar El-Ibrahimi — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/rendition.md)
- *The Unit* (2006), series, as Wirth
- *Munich* (2005), as Ali — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/munich.md)
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Jesse Fannon — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Nash Bridges* (1996), series, as Mobster #3
- *20 Questions*, series, Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 2004: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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