Omid Djalili
Acting
Born September 30, 1965 · Chelsea, London, England, UK
Biography
Omid Djalili is a British stand-up comedian, actor, television producer and writer. Djalili was born on 30 September 1965 in St Mary Abbots Hospital in Kensington, London, to Iranian Baháʼí parents Ahmad and Parvaneh Djalili. His parents emigrated from Tehran to London in 1958. He has a brother and sister. His mother was a dressmaker who at one point assisted Iranian singer Googoosh. His father was a liaison officer at the Iranian embassy in which he would provide medical assistance. He was also a photographer whose pictures ended up in the newspaper Kayhan. He attended Holland Park School wh…
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Midsomer Murders
The Graham Norton Show
The One Show
The Bad Guys 2
Question Time
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Have I Got News for You
Top Gear
Dispatches
Gladiator
GMTV
Celebrity Mastermind
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
The Mummy
Relic Hunter
His Dark Materials
Would I Lie to You?
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Room 101
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
Over the Hedge
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Black Books
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Notting Hill
Live at the Apollo
In Your Dreams
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
The World Is Not Enough
Blankety Blank
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Deep Cover
One Night Stand
Spy Game
Dickensian
Beat the Chasers
Jason and the Argonauts