Sammy Sheik

Acting

Sammy Sheik

Born 1981-11-05 · Alexandria, Egypt

Sammy Sheik is an Egyptian film and television actor.

Acting credits

American Sniper poster
7.4

U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.

American Sniper

2014

Lone Survivor poster
7.4

Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.

Lone Survivor

2013

Charlie Wilson's War poster
6.5

A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets.

Charlie Wilson's War

2007

Transformers: Dark of the Moon poster
6.2

The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes apparent to Optimus Prime that the United States government has been less than forthright with them.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011

Sand Castle poster
6.5

Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.

Sand Castle

2017

Brake poster
5.8

A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures high-speed mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract needed information for their sinister plot.

Brake

2012

An American Carol poster
4.2

A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on a hilarious journey in an attempt to show him the true meaning of America.

An American Carol

2008

Run poster
3.4

The film follows a boat carrying migrants from various African countries through the Mediterranean sea to Italy. When the boat loses orientation and goes off course, things turn violent as the migrants blame the smugglers. After finally making it to shore, the desperate passengers try to evade police and a few manage to get away.

Run

2025

Attack on Darfur poster
5.9

American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on the atrocities they have seen, or to stay behind and help some of the victims they have encountered.

Attack on Darfur

2009

Girl Rising poster
7.0

Nine filmmakers each profile a young girl from a different part of the world to weave a global tapestry of youth in the 21st century.

Girl Rising

2013

Cold Hell poster
6.0

A young Vienna-based taxi driver of Turkish origin witnesses an extremely brutal murder. The perpetrator, a serial killer, makes eye contact with her; a deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues.

Cold Hell

2017

For the Love of Money poster
4.3

Spanning over two decades, "For the Love of Money" follows the true account of an Israeli immigrant who searches for his piece of the American dream.

For the Love of Money

2012

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World poster
5.0

To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what makes followers of Islam laugh.

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

2006

The Morgue poster
4.7

A supernatural killer terrorizes a group of people in an eerie morgue.

The Morgue

2008

Three Veils poster
4.2

The lives of three young Middle Eastern women intertwine as they struggle to defy tradition and create their own realities. From an arranged marriage and a lesbian love affair to an abusive family situation, the film delicately tackles some of the issues Middle Eastern women are confronted with today.

Three Veils

2011

VISA poster
NR

Four young Egyptians start their careers in the marketing field until they meet a businessman who persuades them to invest in a new digital currency. Even though they work with him, he chooses to defraud them, take their money, and run away to America with it. They start to follow him in order to get their money back.

VISA

2026

Azimuth poster
5.0

At the end of The Six Day War of 1967, two soldiers, an Egyptian and an Israeli, encounter each other in the Sinai desert. Two soldiers - one goal: Survival.

Azimuth

2021

I Am Gitmo poster
NR

A Muslim schoolteacher is taken to a CIA black site and then Guantanamo Bay Cuba, where he is interrogated and tortured, despite professing his innocence.

I Am Gitmo

2025

Al-Jabriya Flight 422 poster
10.0

Inspired by true events. A group of hijackers capture Kuwait Airways flight 422 and force it reroute, putting the lives of the passengers and the crew at risk

Al-Jabriya Flight 422

2023

Mr. Sadman poster
NR

In 1990, before the First Gulf War, Mounir, an impressionable and sheltered Saddam Hussein body-double, loses his job and moves to Los Angeles in search of a new start. But once the real Saddam invades Kuwait and makes international headlines, Mounir learns the truth about the Iraqi dictator and vows to shed his Saddam persona forever. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to be anyone else.

Mr. Sadman

2009

This Narrow Place poster
NR

A Palestinian sneaks into the U.S. to reconnect with his sister, and he plans to have a company, which built a bomb that killed his brother in Gaza, make a part for a rocket that he will launch into Israel.

This Narrow Place

2011

Walk a Mile in My Pradas poster
4.2

A little Christmas magic causes two coworkers with contrasting lifestyles to switch sexual orientations.

Walk a Mile in My Pradas

2011

White Lie poster
6.6

Ahmed falls in love with an American girl called Kristy whom he takes to Cairo for a family visit, causing many paradoxes due to the difference in customs and traditions. Kristy is surprised to learn that Ahmed wants to marry her and stay in Egypt, which she has not taken into account.

White Lie

2018

The Son of an Afghan Farmer poster
NR

Muhad, a Muslim boy from Afghanistan, attends college in California, where he falls in love with an American journalism student, Victoria. Shortly after, his father suffers a stroke and Muhad must return home to tend to the family farm. As time passes, most of the crops are wiped out by the ongoing drought. Muhad is forced to head North with the rest of the farmers to harvest the poppies. Victoria has settled into her new life as a journalist for a local newspaper in San Francisco. When she follows a lead on a story about the ongoing war on drugs in Afghanistan, she is surprised to find her once innocent, first love is now a major player in the opium poppy trade.

The Son of an Afghan Farmer

2012