---
name: "William El-Gardi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/waleed-elgadi"
fi1m_id: "waleed-elgadi"
imdb_id: "nm1625385"
tmdb_id: 1337806
wikidata_id: "Q8008509"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 November 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T16:53:34.050074+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."
---

# William El-Gardi

## Identity

William El-Gardi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/waleed-elgadi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** waleed-elgadi
- **IMDb ID:** nm1625385
- **TMDB ID:** 1337806
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8008509
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8008509, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1625385/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1337806

Actor. Born 18 November 1978 in Khartoum, Sudan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 November 1978, Khartoum, Sudan
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Also known as:** Waleed Elgadi, وليد القاضي, 瓦利德·埃爾加迪
- **Frequently works with:** [Ben Jacques](https://film.one/person/ben-jacques.md), [James Nunn](https://film.one/person/james-nunn.md), [Jamie Russell](https://film.one/person/jamie-russell.md), [Scott Adkins](https://film.one/person/scott-adkins.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 94 (1), 2020s 62 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Crime 2, Drama 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $148m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8008509, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1625385/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1337806

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*One Shot*](https://film.one/film/one-shot.md) (67)

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## Biography

William El-Gardi, also credited as Waleed Elgadi, is a British-Sudanese actor. Born in Khartoum, Sudan, in 1978, he moved to the United Kingdom at the age of eleven.

He studied English Literature and Philosophy at the University of Liverpool and trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Early in his career he performed under the stage name William El-Gardi before reverting to his birth name after a sabbatical in Sudan in 2010.

El-Gardi is known for film roles including Khalid in *Four Lions* (2010), Sayed in *A Hologram for the King* (2016), Colonel Kaveh Isfahani in *Mosul* (2019), Amin Mansur in *One Shot* (2021) and its 2024 sequel *One More Shot*, and Yassine in *The 355* (2022). His television credits include appearances in *Borgen*, *Tyrant*, *Hijack* and *FBI: International*.

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *One More Shot* (2024), Fi1m 54, as Amin Mansur — [page](https://film.one/film/one-more-shot.md)
- *Hijack* (2023), Fi1m 66, as Dubai ATC Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/tv/hijack.md)
- *One Shot* (2021), Fi1m 67, as Amin Mansur — [page](https://film.one/film/one-shot.md)
- *Four Lions* (2010), Fi1m 94, as Khalid — [page](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Largo* (2025), as Baba
- *Brighton Storeys* (2025), Actor
- *Out There* (2025), series, as Nazar
- *Has Fallen* (2024), series, as Hassan
- *Alexander: The Making of a God* (2024), series, as Bessus
- *One More Shot* (2024), as Amin Mansur — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/one-more-shot.md)
- *Hijack* (2023), series, as Dubai ATC Supervisor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/hijack.md)
- *The 355* (2022), as Yassine
- *One Shot* (2021), as Amin Mansur — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/one-shot.md)
- *FBI: International* (2021), series, as Saleem
- *People in Landscape* (2020), as Eli
- *The Curse of Hobbes House* (2020), as Naser Mohammedin
- *Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar* (2019), as Doctor Al-Memar
- *Mosul* (2019), as Colonel Kaveh Afsahani
- *Unseen* (2018), as Omar
- *A Hologram for the King* (2016), as Sayad
- *Tyrant* (2014), series, as Walid Rashid
- *Crossing Lines* (2013), series, as Antonio Cianetta
- *Borgen* (2010), series, as Sadiq Barghani — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md)
- *To the Marriage of True Minds* (2010), as Hayder
- *Four Lions* (2010), as Khalid — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md)
- *Dirty War* (2004), as Abu Abassi
- *Brothers* (2004), as Samail-Tariq, Afghanistan
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Arab at Computer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Judge John Deed* (2001), series, Actor

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