Waleed Zuaiter

A critically acclaimed actor and Academy Award nominated producer, Waleed Zuaiter has an impressive international profile with a career spanning across theatre, film and television. Currently, you can watch Zuaiter on your screens headlining the all-star cast in Fremantle/Euston Films' and Channel 4 UK's Baghdad Central. The show premiered to rave reviews in the UK, the Middle East (a StarzPlay Arabia Original), in the US on Hulu, as it continues healthy sales worldwide. (May 2020) Waleed produced and starred in OMAR, from writer/director Hany Abu-Assad. The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2014 Academy Awards© and won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival (2013), the Grand Prize, Best Feature at the Dubai International Film Festival (2013), Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (2013), and many other accolades around the globe. Waleed was inspired to build on the network of Omar's investors and the greater world cinema industry that embrac