Alexander Siddig

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Birth Name: Siddig el-Fadil

Age: 60, born 21 November 1965

Country of origin: Sudan

Currently Residing In: United Kingdom

Height: 6' 0"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Shana Collier

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Description: Alexander Siddig (full name is Siddig el-Tahir el-Fadil el-Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim el-Mahdi) is best known for his starring role as Dr. Julian Bashir in the long-running series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He made his feature film debut in Stephen Frears' comedy Sammy and Rosie Get Laid. More recently, he co-starred in Ridley Scott's epic Kingdom of Heaven, the action-adventure Vertical Limit, and the BBC's provocative series Spooks. Siddig was born in Sudan and raised there until political turmoil forced his British mother to flee to the U.K., where she sent for him a short time later. His English school Alexander Siddig (full name is Siddig el-Tahir el-Fadil el-Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim el-Mahdi) is best known for his starring role as Dr. Julian Bashir in the long-running series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He made his feature film debut in Stephen Frears' comedy Sammy and Rosie Get Laid. More recently, he co-starred in Ridley Scott's epic Kingdom of Heaven, the action-adventure Vertical Limit, and the BBC's provocative series Spooks.

Siddig was born in Sudan and raised there until political turmoil forced his British mother to flee to the U.K., where she sent for him a short time later. His English schooling was financed by his uncle, actor Malcolm McDowell. Siddig attended a university to study geography and anthropology, thinking the future ability to help his native country might lie in the sciences, not on the stage. But during school, he became interested in acting and directing and left his university to begin studies at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

Being one of the few trained dramatic actors of Arabic descent in London at the time, he was soon cast as a young Palestinian in the television miniseries The Big Battalions, which led to his winning the role of Faisal in A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia. That movie was subsequently broadcast on American television and his performance caught the attention of Star Trek producer Rick Berman.

Siddig spent the first part of this year co-starring in the London West End production of Whose Life Is It, Anyway? starring Kim Cattrall.

Siddig began a relationship with Nana Visitor whilst working on the set of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Their son, Django El Tahir El Siddig, was born on 16 September 1996 and Visitor's pregnancy was written into the storyline of Deep Space Nine. Django is Siddig's first child and Visitor's second son. The couple married in 1997 and divorced in 2001.

Siddig met his second wife, Shana Collier, while filming Cairo Time, for which she was an assistant producer; the couple married in 2015.

Siddig stated he was neither Christian nor Muslim in a 2001 letter to his fanclub, but in a 2004 letter described himself as having "quite recently (after nearly 40 years) discovered that he was Muslim".

In an April 2024 interview, Siddig described his sexuality as "not quite straight". He has described his hobbies as including cooking, woodworking, gardening and computer games.

While filming Deep Space Nine he resided in Los Angeles; afterwards he relocated to New York City with his family. As of 2018, he resides in Massachusetts with his wife. ... (more)