| Haaz Sleiman | |
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| Born | Lebanon |
| Years active | 2004-present |
Haaz Sleiman is an American actor originally from Lebanon.[1]
Career [link]
One of Sleiman's first roles was in the 2004 African-American gay comedy film The Ski Trip.[2][3] He co-starred as undocumented Syrian immigrant Tarek in the critically acclaimed 2008 independent film The Visitor, a drama nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Oscar, directed by Thomas McCarthy.[1][3] Sleiman also had small roles in the 2006 film American Dreamz and the 2007 film AmericanEast.[2][3]
In 2006 Sleiman portrayed an American soldier in Iraq on the NBC series ER, and that same year had a recurring role as an Arab billionaire in the CBS series "Company Town".[2][3] He portrayed the terrorist suspect Heydar in three 2007 episodes of the FOX series 24,[2] and appeared on both NCIS and Veronica Mars in 2007.[3]
Sleiman played gay nurse Mohammed "Mo-Mo" De La Cruz in the first season of the Showtime dark comedy series Nurse Jackie, which premiered in June 2009.[3][4][5][6][7]
In 2011, Sleiman played the role of Omar, a Palestinian activist, in the Channel 4 mini-series The Promise.
Haaz also played the role of Kasim Tariq in the CW Network TV show Nikita, appearing in two episodes.
References [link]
- ^ a b Durling, Roger (May 1, 2008). "A Chat with Haaz Sleiman, Star of Tom McCarthy’s The Visitor". Santa Barbara Independent. Independent.com. https://www.independent.com/news/2008/may/01/chat-haaz-sleiman-star-tom-mccarthys-em-visitorem/. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
- ^ a b c d "American East (2007) Cast Biographies: Haaz Sleiman". AmericanEastMovie.com (Internet Archive). Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071016232610/https://americaneastmovie.com/bios_inline.html. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f "Nurse Jackie Actor Bios: Haaz Sleiman". Sho.com. https://www.sho.com/site/nursejackie/actor-bios.do?actor=haaz_sleiman. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
- ^ "Nurse Jackie: Official Site". Sho.com. https://www.sho.com/site/nursejackie/home.do. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
- ^ Starr, Michael (June 30, 2008). "Nurse Edie: First Look at Sopranos Star's Dark, New Hospital Comedy". New York Post. NYPost.com. https://www.nypost.com/seven/06302008/tv/nurse_edie_117899.htm. Retrieved March 8, 2009.
- ^ Juergens, Brian (December 23, 2008). "Meet the gays of The United States of Tara and Nurse Jackie". AfterElton.com. https://www.afterelton.com/taxonomy/term/3633. Retrieved March 8, 2009.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (December 22, 2009). "Exclusive: 'Nurse Jackie' Drops Mo-Mo!". https://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/12/22/haaz-sleiman-leaves-nurse-jackie/?xid=rss-feed-todayslatest-'Nurse+Jackie'+drops+Mo-Mo!&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+entertainmentweekly/latest+(Entertainment+Weekly:++Today's+Latest).
