Ramsey Faragallah

Acting

Ramsey Faragallah

Born January 21, 1964Los Angeles, California, USA54 credits

Ramsey Faragallah is an actor, writer, voice over artist & teacher. Onstage he has appeared at the Kennedy Center, The Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theater Club, Rikers Island and other minimum and maximum security prisons, Yale University, Sundance, Woolley Mammoth, The Guthrie Theater, American Repertory Theater, Oregon Shakespeare, Play Co, The McCarter, The Culture Project, Williamstown, Hartford Stage, Red Bull, New York Stage & Film, The New Vic (London) and numerous theaters internationally. His many television appearances include recurring and guest star roles in Tommy, Bull, Mozart in the Jungle, Taken, Madame Secretary, The Black List, Homeland, and the Law & Order trifecta, He has worked alongside Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Kenneth Branagh and appeared in the films of Sidney Pollack, Sidney Lumet and several films of Woody Allen among others and is in the upcoming Rupert Wyatt epic Desert Warrior. Voice over work for Radio Lab, This American Life, Playing on Air, NOVA, Random House, Penguin and & thirteen seasons on the Late Show with David Letterman. Ramsey studied with Ms. Stella Adler, is a member of The Actors Center. He enjoys shooting skeet, trap and sporting clays and is enthusiastically dedicated to restoring, driving & racing vintage automobiles-sometimes even legally.

Known For

Filmography

Our Son
2023Our Son
as Judge ReynoldsMovie
Tommy
2020Tommy
as Shiekh FayedTV
Manifest
2018Manifest
as Nazir TehraniTV
Taken
2017Taken
as ZevTV
Falling Water
2016Falling Water
as Aeskyton CounselorTV
Bull
2016Bull
as Henry WakefieldTV
State of Affairs
2014State of Affairs
as General Abu Said KhanTV
Madam Secretary
2014Madam Secretary
as Omar ArifTV
Mozart in the Jungle
2014Mozart in the Jungle
as Daniel MahajanTV
D
2013Daughter
as MustafaMovie
The Blacklist
2013The Blacklist
as Ali HassanTV
King Kelly
2012King Kelly
as Liquor Store ClerkMovie
NYC 22
2012NYC 22
as Sameer Al-HaraniTV
Homeland
2011Homeland
as Mansour Al-ZahraniTV
Person of Interest
2011Person of Interest
as ' Farooq MadanTV
Unforgettable
2011Unforgettable
as Mr. Al-BayatiTV
B
2010Baby Blue
as WallyMovie
The Unusuals
2009The Unusuals
as Sanjay GhaniTV
The Greatest
2009The Greatest
as Dr. ShambanMovie
Little Spirit: Christmas in New York
2008Little Spirit: Christmas in New York
as Hot Dog Vendor (voice)Movie
Life on Mars
2008Life on Mars
as Raimes' LawyerTV
Army Wives
2007Army Wives
as Sheik Jaffar Al-KahlidTV
The Warrior Class
2007The Warrior Class
as Dr. PatelMovie
30 Rock
200630 Rock
as SheikTV
The Interpreter
2005The Interpreter
as Polygraph TechnicianMovie
Strip Search
2004Strip Search
as Abdul AminMovie
Uptown Girls
2003Uptown Girls
as Limo DriverMovie
People I Know
2002People I Know
as David FieldingMovie
Hollywood Ending
2002Hollywood Ending
as Audition ReaderMovie
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
as Fingerprint DetectiveMovie
The Job
2001The Job
as Fleshy GuyTV
Small Time Crooks
2000Small Time Crooks
as Potters' WaiterMovie
Third Watch
1999Third Watch
as MaharabianTV
Coming Soon
1999Coming Soon
as WahidMovie
The Sopranos
1999The Sopranos
as Fed #1TV
Celebrity
1998Celebrity
as TV Program DirectorMovie
The Peacemaker
1997The Peacemaker
as New York CabbieMovie
Ed's Next Move
1996Ed's Next Move
as Dr. BanarjeeMovie
Insomnia
1994Insomnia
as Lunatic Ice SkaterMovie
Law & Order
1990Law & Order
as Samir HamedTV