Arabic Descents

Paula Abdul

Descent: Syrian
Occupation: Recording artist, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality
Best Known For: as a judge on the television series, American Idol.

Moustapha Akkad

Descent: Syrian.
Occupation: Film producer and director.
Best Known For: Producing the series of Halloween films and directing The Messenge and Lion of the Desert.

Vince Vaughn

Descent: Partially Lebanese
Occupation: Actor, screenwriter, producer and comedian
Best Known For: He has since appeared in a number of films, mostly comedies, including The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Old School, Starsky & Hutch, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Couples Retreat, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and Wedding Crashers

Danny Nucci

Descent: Moroccan mother
Occupation: Actor
Best Known For: His role as Jack Dawson's Italian friend Fabrizio De Rossi in Titanic.

Alia Shawkat

Descent: Iraqi
Occupation: Actress
Best Known For: Her role as Maeby Fünke in the Fox series Arrested Development

Shannon Elizabeth

Descent: Syrian
Occupation: Actress and former fashion model.
Best Known For: Her roles in comedy films such as Scary Movie, American Pie, and Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back. She as well is also known for her work in horror films such as Thirteen Ghosts, Cursed, and Night of the Demons

Tony Shalhoub

Descent: Lebanese
Occupation: Actor
Best Known For: His role in TV series Monk as Adrian Monk.

Salma Hayek

Descent: Lebanese
Occupation: Actress, director and producer
Best Known For: Her role as Frida Kahlo in the movie Frida

Jamie Farr

Descent: Lebanese
Occupation: Television, film, and theater actor
Best Known For: having played the role Maxwell Q. Klinger in the television sitcom M*A*S*H

George Nader

Descent: Lebanese
Occupation: film and television actor
Best Known For: His role Roy in Robot Monster

Wentworth Miller

Descent: Part Syrian/Lebanese
Occupation: Actor, model, and screenwriter
Best Known For: His role as Michael Scofield in Prison Break

Shakira

Descent: Lebanese
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, and philanthropist

Casey Kasem

Descent: Lebanese
Occupation: Radio personality and voice actor
Best Known For: voicing Shaggy in Scooby-Doo

Michael Ansara

Descent: Syrian
Occupation: Actor and voice-actor
Best Known For: His role as Commander Kang on three different Star Trek TV series and Mr.Freeze in Batman: The Animated Series

Marlo Thomas

Descent: Lebanese
Occupation: Actress and producer
Best Known For: Her starring role on the TV series That Girl

Kathy Najimy

Descent: Lebanese
Occupation: Actress
Best Known For: Her role as Olive Massery on the television series Veronica's Closet, Sister Mary Patrick in Sister Act and the voice of Peggy Hill on the animated television series King of the Hill

Rima Fakih

Descent: Lebanese
Occupation: Beauty pageant contestant, winner of the 2010 Miss USA title, and a professional wrestler!!
Best Known For: in WWE as a WWE Diva

Wendie Malick

Descent: Egyptian
Occupation: Actress and former fashion model
Best Known For: her roles as Judith Tupper Stone in Dream On, Nina Van Horn in Just Shoot Me!, and Victoria Chase in Hot in Cleveland.

Yasmine Bleeth

Descent: Algerian mother
Occupation: Actress
Best Known For: Her role as Caroline Holden in Baywatch.

Danny Thomas

Descent: Lebanese
Occupation: Nightclub comedian and television and film actor
Best Known For: Starring in the television sitcom Make Room for Daddy

DJ Khaled

Descent: Palestinian
Occupation: Record producer, radio personality, DJ, Rapper and record label executive

Frank Zappa

Descent: his father had Lebanese ancestry
Occupation: Composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director

Paul Anka

Descent: Lebanese
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and actor.

Jim Backus

Descent: Lebanese
Occupation: Radio, television, film, and voice actor.
Best Known For: The voice of Mr. Magoo

Omar Berdouni

Descent: Moroccan
Occupation: Actor
Best Known For: His role as Prince Ahmed Bin Khaled in The Kingdom






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Sami Bouajila

Descent: Tunisian
Occupation: Actor
Best Known For: His role as Samir Nazhde from The Siege







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Khalid Abdalla

Descent: Egyptian
Occupation: Actor
Best Known For: His role as Ziad Jarrah in United 93 and Freddy in Green Zone









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Hany Abu-Assad

Descent: Palestinian
Occupation: Director
Best Known For: Directing his Film Paradise Now which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006





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Saïd Taghmaoui

Descent: Moroccan
Occupation: Actor and screenwriter
Best Known For: His role in the series Lost as Caesar








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Lubna Azabal

Descent: Moroccan
Occupation: Actress
Best Known For: Her role in Paradise Now.









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Yigal Naor

Descent: Iraqi
Occupation: Actor
Best Known For: His role as General Al Rawi in Green Zone and as Saddam Hussein in the four episode House of Saddam





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Zineb Oukach

Descent: Moroccan
Occupation: Actress and model
Best Known For: Playing the role of Fatima in the film Rendition









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Omar Metwally

Descent: Egyptian
Occupation: Actor
Best Known For: His role in Rendition and Munich, he'll be in Twilight The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn as Amun.







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Hiam Abbass

Descent: Palestinian
Occupation: Actress
Best Known For: her roles in the films Satin Rouge, Haifa, Paradise Now, The Syrian Bride, Free Zone Dawn of the World, The Visitor, Lemon Tree, and Amreeka




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Ali Suliman

Descent: Palestinian
Occupation: Actor
Best Known For: Starring the film Paradise Now






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Kais Nashif

Descent: Palestinian
Occupation: Actor
Best Known For: Playing the lead role in Paradise Now









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Sayed Badreya

Descent: Egyptian
Occupation: Actor
Best Known For: His roles in major Hollywood films such as The Insider, Three Kings, Independence Day and Stargate







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Anthony Azizi

Descent: Iranian
Occupation:
Best Known For: He has guest-starred on Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, JAG, Gilmore Girls, The Shield, NYPD Blue, The West Wing, Veronica Mars, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Prison Break, The Mentalist and Chuck .. He also starred in the film Phobic and Eagle Eye



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Khaled Nabawy

Descent: Egyptian
Occupation: Actor
Best Known For: His role in Kingdom of Heaven









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Ghassan Massoud

Descent: Syrian
Occupation: Actor and filmmaker
Best Known For: His role as Saladin in Kingdom of Heaven.





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Said Faraj

Descent:
Occupation: Actor
Best Known For: His role as Seyyed Hamza in Green Zone








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Joey Ansah

Descent:
Occupation: Actor and martial artist
Best Known For:









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