---
name: "Paul David Magid"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-david-magid"
fi1m_id: "paul-david-magid"
imdb_id: "nm0536046"
tmdb_id: 1076195
wikidata_id: "Q7734600"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:59:35.139561+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."
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# Paul David Magid

## Identity

Paul David Magid

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-david-magid
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-david-magid
- **IMDb ID:** nm0536046
- **TMDB ID:** 1076195
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7734600
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Karamazov_Brothers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7734600, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1076195

Actor. Born in Seattle.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Karamazov_Brothers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7734600, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1076195

## Biography

Paul David Magid is an American actor and performer. He is known for his role as Tarak in the 1985 film *The Jewel of the Nile*, appearing as a member of the Flying Karamazov Brothers.

Magid is a founding member of the Flying Karamazov Brothers, a juggling and comedy troupe established in the 1970s. The group has performed on Broadway in productions including *The Comedy of Errors* (1987) and appeared on television in *Great Performances* (1987) and *Mister Rogers' Neighborhood* (1997). He has also directed short films and co-founded the New Old Time Chautauqua, a touring educational and entertainment organisation.

*Sources: imdb.com, northwestprimetime.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), Fi1m 53, as Tarak — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Darwin, What?* (2020), Director, Writer
- *How to Juggle & Other Matters of Life & Death* (1990), as Dmitri
- *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), as Tarak — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md)

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