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borgslayer
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 Sun May 15, 2005 9:48 pm Alexander Siddig |
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What you guys think of this great actor?
I think he is a fantastic actor for his strong voice in films.
I noticed in his imdb.com profile that all of his characters name sound similiar.
Julian Bashir (DS9)
Kareem Nazir (Vertical Limit)
Nasir (Kingdom of Heaven)
Prince Nasir (Syriana)
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Captain Patrick
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| Sun May 15, 2005 9:49 pm |
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he is a good actor.
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Lord Borg
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| Mon May 16, 2005 1:40 am |
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Yeah, hes good. I think hes got a good "I resent you" face lol 
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nadia
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| Mon May 16, 2005 2:09 am |
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Yes he is quite a good actor!
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Quinny
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| Mon May 16, 2005 7:47 am |
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i think he's a great actor.
he played a great part in Kingdom of Heaven.
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Sonic74205
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| Mon May 16, 2005 5:11 pm |
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Yes he is an excellent actor.
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Founder
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| Tue May 17, 2005 11:08 pm |
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This man is an amazing actor. He did great in KOH. Its nice to see good Arabic actors making it big in America. I wish he did more. He was one of my favorite charecters in Deep Space Nine. By the way? His name is not Alexander. He changed it because he was tired of people mispronouncing his real name which is Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig El Abderahman El Mohammed Ahmed El Abdel Karim El Mahdi. 
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Republican_Man
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| Tue May 17, 2005 11:10 pm |
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| Founder wrote: | | This man is an amazing actor. He did great in KOH. Its nice to see good Arabic actors making it big in America. I wish he did more. He was one of my favorite charecters in Deep Space Nine. By the way? His name is not Alexander. He changed it because he was tired of people mispronouncing his real name which is Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig El Abderahman El Mohammed Ahmed El Abdel Karim El Mahdi. |
Wow! No wonder! That's one heck of a name, and yet it doesn't look like he would have that name...He doesn't look Arabic...Seems more British to me...
And he's in Kingdom of Heavan? Cool!
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Founder
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| Tue May 17, 2005 11:12 pm |
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He is Arabic, but was raised in England. He was born in Sudan, Africa. He didn't look very Arabic in DS9, but anywhere else its quite apparent he is. A fabulous actor. Hes been overlooked by Hollywood for far too long. KOH was due for him.
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Omet'Ikilan
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| Tue May 17, 2005 11:30 pm |
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WOW,...all that comes as a big shock...the whole Arabic thing...all this time I thought he was just a tanned Brit....
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nadia
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| Wed May 18, 2005 3:00 am |
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| Omet'Ikilan wrote: | | WOW,...all that comes as a big shock...the whole Arabic thing...all this time I thought he was just a tanned Brit.... |
Yer me 2! But now that I have seen him with a beard like in the picture, you can kinda tell.
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Otter
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| Wed May 18, 2005 5:54 am |
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aint seen him any tv or film work other than DS9
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nadia
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| Wed May 18, 2005 6:00 am |
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whispers to Davee* neither have I Davee but they don't need to know that* 
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sabertooth1217
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| Thu May 19, 2005 8:32 pm |
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I have to say honestly that I have never seen him act in anything other than Star Trek. I really do like how he was able to portray the character of Julian Bashire. In season one he did a remarkable job in making the doctor annoying and... Well not needed other than for medical reasons. He is a great actor and Deep Space Nine clearly shows that time after time. If I had to pick another actor for the role I wouldn�t pick anyone but him. He truly is Dr. Bashir on so many levels.
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Hitchhiker
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| Founder wrote: | | HH? He married Nana Visitor and they had a child. They divorced as well. He was also married before her. |
Ah yes, there we go. See Founder, all I need to know about DS9 is in your brain. . .
I shall craftily figure out a way to download your brain so all of its DS9 knowledge is within my grasp! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
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Lord Borg
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| Fri May 20, 2005 7:06 pm |
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IN response to the question in the now locked Siddig El Fidel & Alexander Siddig topic. I have heard why this was done. Apparently, it was found that his name was hard to pronounce by fans. So, he used "alexander" for easyer pronouncination
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nadia
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| Fri May 20, 2005 7:22 pm |
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| Lord Borg wrote: | | IN response to the question in the now locked Siddig El Fidel & Alexander Siddig topic. I have heard why this was done. Apparently, it was found that his name was hard to pronounce by fans. So, he used "alexander" for easyer pronouncination |
O well then that explaines it!
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madlilnerd
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| Sat May 21, 2005 9:13 am |
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It doesn't matter what race he is, he is a great actor  .
I had a crush on him when I was about 9 
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Tuvok8917
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| Sat May 21, 2005 9:32 am |
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 ... I really didn't know that he was Arabic..
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nadia
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| Mon May 23, 2005 6:06 am |
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| madlilnerd wrote: | It doesn't matter what race he is, he is a great actor .
I had a crush on him when I was about 9 |
lol!
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magenta
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| Mon May 30, 2005 12:52 am |
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he's very hansome and his accent is great.I love the storyline of genetic inhancing,super smart ,super senses!Didnt know he was arabic,thought he was indian/shri lankin?
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madlilnerd
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| Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:23 pm |
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I thought he was hispanic, from Spain, mexico, somewhere like that... but he's a great actor, so I don't really care what nationallity he is.
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Pah-Wraith
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| Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:20 pm |
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he's North African Hamitic rather than Arabic Semitic in race just for the record. The character of Julian Bashir in DS9 was Turkish as seen in the episode in which his parents come to the station. The Name "Bashir" was a slight give away for me that he wasn't portraying a western european average brit
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Founder
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| Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:21 pm |
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| Pah-Wraith wrote: | | he's North African Hamitic rather than Arabic Semitic in race just for the record. The character of Julian Bashir in DS9 was Turkish as seen in the episode in which his parents come to the station. The Name "Bashir" was a slight give away for me that he wasn't portraying a western european average brit |
Where do they reveal that he is Turkish?
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Pah-Wraith
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| Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:17 pm |
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| Founder wrote: | | Pah-Wraith wrote: | | he's North African Hamitic rather than Arabic Semitic in race just for the record. The character of Julian Bashir in DS9 was Turkish as seen in the episode in which his parents come to the station. The Name "Bashir" was a slight give away for me that he wasn't portraying a western european average brit |
Where do they reveal that he is Turkish? |
I haven't actually seen the episode where they dwell into his background recently, but I was reading the DS9 Companion and for that particular Episode the producer discusses how they wanted to bring Bashir's turkish humble parents to the station to reveal a little more about Bashir's character. So I'm assuming that particular episode but don't take my word as gospel or anything.
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