Omar Metwally

Omar Metwally

Omar Metwally is an American actor.

Metwally was born in Queens, New York to an Egyptian father and a Dutch mother, and moved with the family to Orange County, California at age three where he was raised. Metwally gained a BA in History from the University of California, Berkeley, and while acting around the Bay area gained an Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco.

Metwally's film roles include Gavin Hood's Rendition and Steven Spielberg's Munich. He also worked on the James Ivory directed "City of Your Final Destination," which has not yet been released.

Metwally moved to New York in January 2000 and began working there, appearing in 2005 as "Aram" in Beast on the Moon directed by Larry Moss, and receiving a 2004 Tony Award nomination for his work in Sixteen Wounded. He has worked with the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, first as an actor and then as a director.

Metwally's television credits include The Unit, and Grey's Anatomy.

Metwally resides in California.

Filmography

• 2002 - New Americans - Anwar Beshrabi
• 2005 - Life on the Ledge - Druggist
• 2005 - Munich - Ali
• 2006 - Twenty Questions - Mr. Assad
• 2006 - Grey's Anatomy - Jesse Fannon (1 episode)
• 2006 - The Unit - Wirth (1 episode)
• 2007 - Rendition - Anwar El-Ibrahimi
• 2007 - The City of Your Final Destination - Omar Razaghi
• 2008 - Amsterdam