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London
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London /ˈlʌndən/ is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain and it was founded by the Romans, who named it Londinium. Londons ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its 1. 12-square-mile medieval boundaries. London is a global city in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism. It is crowned as the worlds largest financial centre and has the fifth- or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world, London is a world cultural capital. It is the worlds most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the worlds largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic, London is the worlds leading investment destination, hosting more international retailers and ultra high-net-worth individuals than any other city. Londons universities form the largest concentration of education institutes in Europe. In 2012, London became the first city to have hosted the modern Summer Olympic Games three times, London has a diverse range of people and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken in the region. Its estimated mid-2015 municipal population was 8,673,713, the largest of any city in the European Union, Londons urban area is the second most populous in the EU, after Paris, with 9,787,426 inhabitants at the 2011 census. The citys metropolitan area is the most populous in the EU with 13,879,757 inhabitants, the city-region therefore has a similar land area and population to that of the New York metropolitan area. London was the worlds most populous city from around 1831 to 1925, Other famous landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Pauls Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and The Shard. The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world, the etymology of London is uncertain. It is an ancient name, found in sources from the 2nd century and it is recorded c.121 as Londinium, which points to Romano-British origin, and hand-written Roman tablets recovered in the city originating from AD 65/70-80 include the word Londinio. The earliest attempted explanation, now disregarded, is attributed to Geoffrey of Monmouth in Historia Regum Britanniae and this had it that the name originated from a supposed King Lud, who had allegedly taken over the city and named it Kaerlud. From 1898, it was accepted that the name was of Celtic origin and meant place belonging to a man called *Londinos. The ultimate difficulty lies in reconciling the Latin form Londinium with the modern Welsh Llundain, which should demand a form *lōndinion, from earlier *loundiniom. The possibility cannot be ruled out that the Welsh name was borrowed back in from English at a later date, and thus cannot be used as a basis from which to reconstruct the original name. Until 1889, the name London officially applied only to the City of London, two recent discoveries indicate probable very early settlements near the Thames in the London area
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Bryan Adams
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Bryan Guy Adams, OC OBC is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, photographer, philanthropist and activist. Adams also had the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Heaven, Adams has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 2008, Adams was ranked 38th on the list of All-Time top artists in the Billboard Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts. Bryan Guy Adams was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, to British parents, Elizabeth Jane and Captain Conrad J. Adams, Adams travelled with his parents to diplomatic postings in Portugal and Vienna, Austria, during the 1960s, and to Israel during the early 1970s. Adams has a brother, Bruce. Before that at age 15–16 he fronted various pub bands like Sweeney Todd that released If Wishes Were Horses and was seen sitting in with other cover bands. He and his guitarist Keith Scott met during those club years, in 1978, at 18, Adams met Jim Vallance through a mutual friend in a Vancouver music store. Vallance was the drummer and principal songwriter for Vancouver-based rock band Prism and had recently quit that band to focus on a career as a studio musician. They agreed to meet at Vallances home studio a few days later, later in 1978, Adams signed to A&M records for one dollar. Some of the first demos written in 1978 have surfaced over the years, most notably Im Ready and Remember, both songs were covered by other artists even before his first album was released. Also recorded during time was the disco song Let Me Take You Dancing featuring Adamss vocal sped up to meet the 122BPM dance tempo. The song made the Canadian RPM chart in March 1979 along with its B-Side Dont Turn Me Away, straight From The Heart was also written during this period. The song was recorded for Adamss third album Cuts Like A Knife in 1983 and released as a single. Adamss self-titled debut album was released in February 1980, and marked the beginning of what was to become a long songwriting partnership between Adams and co-writer Jim Vallance. With the exception of Remember and Wastin Time, most of the album was recorded from 29 October up until 29 November 1979 at Manta Studios and co-produced by Adams, the album was certified gold in Canada in 1986. Adamss second album, You Want It You Got It, was recorded in two weeks and it marked Adamss first album co-produced by Bob Clearmountain. It was released in 1981 and contained the FM radio hit Lonely Nights, Adams also co-wrote songs for other artists during this time including Billboard charted songs like No Way to Treat a Lady for Bonnie Raitt and Dont Let Him Know for Prism. Cuts Like a Knife, which was released in January 1983, was Adamss breakout album due mainly to the lead singles, straight from the Heart was the most successful song, reaching number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100
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George Arliss
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George Arliss was an English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award, born in London and baptised as Augustus George Andrews but commonly listed as George Augustus Andrews, his relatives referred to him as Uncle Gus. He started work in the office of his father but left at age eighteen to go on the stage. He began his career on the stage in the British provinces in 1887. By 1900, he was playing Londons West End in supporting roles and he embarked for a tour of America in 1901 in Mrs Patrick Campbells troupe. Intending to remain in the US only for the length of the tour, Arliss stayed for twenty years and he began his film career with The Devil, followed by Disraeli and four other silent films. Today, only The Devil, $20 a Week, and The Green Goddess and he remade Disraeli in sound, converting successfully at the age of 61 from a star of the legitimate theatre, and then silent films, to the talkies. Arliss made ten sound films exclusively for Warner Bros. under a contract that gave the star an unusual amount of control over his films. Curiously, his casting of actors and rewriting of scripts were granted him by the studio that are not even mentioned in his contract. One of these films, The Man Who Played God, was Bette Daviss first leading role, until the end of Daviss life, she would credit Arliss for personally insisting upon her as his leading lady and giving her a chance to show her mettle. The two also co-starred in The Working Man in 1933, Arliss built a production unit at Warners both in front of and behind the cameras. His stage manager, Maude Howell, became an assistant producer and was one of the few female executives in Hollywood at that time. After his first three films, Arliss approved an undistinguished director, John Adolfi, to each of his films from that point on. Adolfi soon found himself regarded as a director of the critically and financially acclaimed Arliss films. Arliss preferred to use the same actors, such as Ivan Simpson and Charles Evans. Yet Arliss had an eye for discovering unknown newcomers, such as James Cagney, Randolph Scott and Dick Powell, despite his extensive involvement in the planning and production of his films, Arliss claimed credit only for acting. Working closely with Warners production chief, Darryl F. Zanuck, Arliss is remembered primarily for his witty series of historical biographies such as Alexander Hamilton, Voltaire, The House of Rothschild, The Iron Duke, and Cardinal Richelieu. However, he had a string to his bow, a series of domestic comedies such as The Millionaire, A Successful Calamity, The Working Man
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Jamie Bamber
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Jamie St John Bamber Griffith is an English actor, known for his roles as Lee Adama in Battlestar Galactica and Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin in the ITV series Law & Order, UK. He also had a role in the Hornblower series and was a regular on the British series Ultimate Force. In 2013, Bamber starred in the TNT medical drama Monday Mornings, Bamber has five brothers and one sister, actress Anastasia Griffith. He is fluent in languages, having spent part of his childhood in Paris. Bamber appeared in the 1994 student film Shifting Sands, in the role of Lee Adama, Londoner Bamber speaks with an American accent which is frequently cited for its accuracy, he credits being exposed to his fathers American accent from childhood. He also darkened his hair, in an effort to closely resemble Edward James Olmos. Reciprocally, Olmos wore contact lenses with blue irises to match Bambers eyes, Bamber wrote the foreword for Titan Books Battlestar Galactica, The Official Companion Season Three by David Bassom. Of the shows dramatic resonance, he said. thats what good drama lets us do and it allows us to see and to feel things we otherwise would not. And great drama allows us to do that on level, the psychological, the personal. I am proud to say that in the pared down world of Battlestar Galactica there is no plot, no character and no relationship that does not breathe the oxygen of all three levels at once. Bamber is also known for his role as DS Matt Devlin. Bamber guest starred in the season premiere of Joss Whedons Dollhouse where his character is wed to Echo during one of her missions. He played the role of detective Caolán Longstreet in 17th Precinct, the pilot was not picked up by NBC for the fall 2011 season, it would have also re-united him with his Galactica co-stars James Callis and Tricia Helfer. Bamber starred as neurosurgeon Dr. Tyler Wilson in Monday Mornings, the series debuted in February 2013, it was cancelled after one season. Bamber currently has a role on the CBS procedural drama series NCIS, playing Jake Malloy. Bamber played the role in the 2008 film Pulse 2, Afterlife. Earlier he starred in The Devils Tattoo along with Kerry Norton and he made his French-language acting debut in 2012 in Martin Valentes Un jour mon père viendra, portraying the American fiancé of the female lead played by French pop star Olivia Ruiz. According to Bamber, his character is based on Andre Agassi
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Riz Ahmed
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Rizwan Riz Ahmed, also known as Riz MC, is an English actor and rapper. As an actor, he was known for his work in independent films such as The Road to Guantanamo, Shifty, Four Lions, Trishna. Since then, he has appeared in the films Una, Jason Bourne, and he also starred in the HBO miniseries The Night Of as Nasir Khan, the show and his performance were critically lauded, earning him Golden Globe and SAG nominations. As a rapper, he is a member of the Swet Shop Boys, Ahmed was born in Wembley, London, into a Muslim British Pakistani family. His parents moved to England from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan during the 1970s, Ahmed attended Merchant Taylors School, Northwood through a scholarship programme. He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University, with a degree in PPE and he later studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Ahmeds film career began in the Michael Winterbottom film The Road to Guantanamo, in which he played the part of Shafiq Rasul, a member of the Tipton Three. He and another involved in the film were detained at Luton Airport upon their return from the Berlin Film Festival where the film won a Silver Bear Award. In 2007, he portrayed Sohail Waheed in the Channel 4 drama, Ahmed then portrayed Riq in the five-part horror thriller Dead Set for E4 and Manesh Kunzru in ITV1s Wired in 2008. In July 2009 he appeared in Freefall alongside Sarah Harding and he featured in the title role of the 2009 independent film Shifty, directed by Eran Creevy. Ahmed plays a young drug dealer in the film which sees a life in the day of this character. He was nominated for Best Actor at the 2008 British Independent Film Awards for this role, alongside Colin Farrell, Ahmed also had a supporting role in Neil Marshalls historical thriller Centurion. In 2012, he starred as one of the roles in the London-based film Ill Manors. Ahmed received his third British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Actor, in 2014, Ahmed appeared in Dan Gilroys directorial debut film Nightcrawler where he played role of Rick, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal. Ahmed received acclaim for his portrayal in the film and gained numerous awards nominations during awards season. In 2016, Ahmed played the role of Nasir Naz Khan in the HBO miniseries The Night Of, also that year, he appeared in Rogue One, the first film in the new Star Wars anthology films as Bodhi Rook, a defected imperial pilot. In 2006, Ahmed released a satirical social-commentary rap track entitled Post 9/11 Blues, the song was initially banned from British airplay because the lyrics were deemed politically sensitive. Other tracks he has released include Sour Times which was accompanied by a video featuring Scroobius Pip, Plan B and he was selected as a BBC Introducing artist in 2007, playing the Glastonbury Festival and the BBC Electric Proms
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Alfie Allen
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Alfie Evan James Allen is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Theon Greyjoy in the HBO series Game of Thrones since 2011, Allen was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of film producer Alison Owen and Welsh-born actor Keith Allen. His older sister is singer Lily Allen, her song Alfie is about him and he went to Windlesham House School in Sussex, Embley Park School near Romsey, St Johns College in Portsmouth and the Fine Arts College in Hampstead, where he studied for his A-levels. He is also a cousin of British singer Sam Smith. Allens first professional appearance was in a one-off Channel 4 comedy, You Are Here in 1998, co-written by Matt Lucas, the same year, Allen and his sister Lily appeared in the 1998 film, Elizabeth, which was produced by their mother. Starting in Chichester on 31 January 2008, he took over Daniel Radcliffes role in a revival of Equus on a nationwide tour, in April 2009, he co-starred with then partner Jaime Winstone in the music video for Dust Devil by Madness. He also had a role in the BBC2 film, Freefall, originally auditioning for the role of Jon Snow, Allen came to international attention when he was cast as Theon Greyjoy in the HBO medieval fantasy series Game of Thrones in 2011. He has continued to work in films, appearing in Soulboy, The Kid, Freestyle, in 2012, he starred in the British thriller Confine. In 2016 Allen filmed a two part documentary for the History Channel titled Football, A Brief History exploring the routes of Association Football and he is a self-confessed Arsenal fan while his father supports Fulham. Part of the filming took Allen to Scottish football club Rangers, Alfie Allen at the Internet Movie Database
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Aml Ameen
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Ameen was born in London, to Jamaican and Vincentian parents. He learned his craft at the Barbara Speake Stage School. As a child he appeared in West End in shows such as Oliver. at age 11 he performed on stage with Michael Jackson at the 1996 BRIT Awards in a performance famously invaded by Pulps singer Jarvis Cocker. Ameens family is important to him and consists of 7 siblings, Mikel, Aretha, Alysha, Nadina, Gisel, Jason. His first acting role was in 2004s Bella and the Boys and his next role was a one-off appearance in an episode of the BBC television series Holby City. He also starred in the British youth-centred film Kidulthood as the central character Trife and now hes starring again in Second Chance and he played PC Lewis Hardy in the long-running ITV police series The Bill, his most famous and popular role to date. Lewis Hardy is a character who has swapped his life as a street kid to try to make a difference on the right side of the law. He has a few problems with authority and regularly bumps heads with his seniors, after Hardy was put undercover and was shot, he was transferred to Operation Trident. Ameen featured in a film on Channel 4 called Fallout, part of their Disarming Britain mini-season, the London Lite paper described this as his most memorable performance. He featured as AJ in Silent Witness Series 12 Parts 1 and 2, in June 2008, Ameen began Actors Student Alliance, a drama school set up to discover and teach untapped talent in London. From its inception, the school has gone on to producing a short film, now in its second year, the school has expanded into a management company. He performed at Tricycle Theatre on the Not Black and White season in October 2009, described as exceptionally charismatic Aml Ameen the freshest, most inspiring voice in the play by Time Out London. He received outstanding reviews in the National press, Ameen starred in Jason Barretts British feature film The Naked Poet in which he played character Ryan. For this performance, he won Best Actor at the VIPF Awards in 2010, Ameen also starred in David E. Kelleys legal drama Harrys Law in the first season, which began to air on NBC during the 2011 television season. Ameens first Hollywood film role is in George Lucass Red Tails and he played Alby in the 2014 film adaptation of the young adult, science-fiction, dystopian novel, The Maze Runner. In 2015, Ameen was one of the eight characters in the initial run of the Netflix series Sense8, produced by the Wachowskis. However, conflicts with the Wachowskis resulted in his replacement with Toby Onwumere after filming two episodes of the season in 2016. He was named one of The Times newspapers Ones To Watch for 2006, additionally, he presented an award at the Mobo Awards 2006
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Simon Amstell
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Amstell was born in Gants Hill, Redbridge, east London in 1979, to David and Tina Amstell. He was brought up in a Jewish family, and he was the eldest of four children and he was educated at Beal High School, a state comprehensive school in Ilford. Amstells first television appearance was in 1993 when he appeared as a contestant on the Channel 4 game show GamesMaster, in 1994 he appeared on Good Morning with Anne and Nick performing an impression of Dame Edna Everage. Also that year, he appeared in an episode of Family Catchphrase, describing himself as a magician and showing one of his tricks to the shows presenter Andrew OConnor. Amstell and his family won a television and a video recorder, Amstell started performing on the comedy circuit when he was in his early teens and later became the youngest finalist to appear in the BBC New Comedy Awards. His first professional appearance was in 1998 as a presenter on the UK childrens channel Nickelodeon. He then began presenting the Channel 4 show, Popworld – where he gained a following for his groundbreaking work in making pop stars uncomfortable. From 2000 to 2006, Amstell presented Popworld on Channel 4 with Miquita Oliver, another was a Si-chiatrist interview with Luke Pritchard and Hugh Harris of The Kooks in which Amstell played the role of psychiatrist and Pritchard and Harris his patients. Amstell first appeared on the comedy show Never Mind the Buzzcocks as a guest during Mark Lamarrs tenure as host, following Lamarrs departure, he was one of the series guest hosts before being appointed as permanent host beginning in October 2006. He said at the time that he hoped to beat the universal, exceptionless rule that when a new host takes over an old show it is a horrible, in June 2007, Amstell and long-term collaborator Dan Swimer wrote Imagine. A Mildly Amusing Panel Show, a version of Alan Yentobs arts programme Imagine. Yentob and Amstell play themselves in an interview between what a number of commentators described as overtly sexual clips taken from Amstells Never Mind the Buzzcocks episodes. It was followed in February 2008 by Never Mind the Buzzcocks, A Moving Tribute, Amstell won several awards for his work on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In March 2007, he won the 2006 Royal Television Society Award for Best Entertainment Performance, in December 2007, he won two British Comedy Awards for Best Comedy Entertainment Personality and Best Comedy Entertainment Series for Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In addition, Never Mind the Buzzcocks won the Best Entertainment Programme award at the Broadcast Awards 2008, Amstells era was the reason why Never Mind the Buzzcocks was chosen as the 36th-best TV show of the decade by The Times. This was later denied by Fielding, during Fieldings period as a guest captain before his permanent role, he had been involved in a semi-sarcastic confrontation with Amstell during the show, who mocked his surreal sense of humour. The British Comedy Guide suggested there was tension between the two of them, Amstell also caused The Ordinary Boys frontman Samuel Preston to storm off set after reading passages from the autobiography of his then-wife Chantelle Houghton. In 2009, BBC2 commissioned a series titled Grandmas House from Tiger Aspect Productions, written by and starring Amstell
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Peter Andre
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Peter Andre is an English-born Australian singer, songwriter, businessman, presenter and television personality. He gained popularity as a singer, best known for his successful singles Mysterious Girl and he is also known for appearing on the third series of Im a Celebrity. Get Me Out of Here. And the thirteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, in which he was partnered with Janette Manrara, during his time on Im A Celebrity, Andre developed an on-screen romantic relationship with fellow contestant Katie Price. Andre and Price got married two years after the finale, they had two children, and released the 2006 album A Whole New World together, before divorcing in 2009. In 2009, Andre released the album Revelation with the single Behind Closed Doors and he followed it up with his sixth studio album Accelerate in 2010. Peter Andre was born on 27 February 1973 in Harrow, London and is of Greek Cypriot descent, in 1979, as a six-year-old, Andre and his family relocated to Sydney before settling on Australias Gold Coast at nine years old. In 1989, 16-year-old Andre became a contestant on Australian talent show New Faces, during this time, Andre lived in a beachside apartment in Surfers Paradise and attended Benowa State High School on the Gold Coast. In the early 90s, Andre established himself on the Australian music scene, in 1992, Andre released his debut single, Drive Me Crazy, which peaked at #72 on the Australian singles chart. However, his musical breakthrough occurred with his single, Gimme Little Sign. In 1993, he received an ARIA Award for highest-selling Australian single of the year, Andres second studio album, was released on 30 September 1996, peaking to number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. The album included the hit single Mysterious Girl, which peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, as a result, he returned to the UK in the mid 90s. He was raised as a Jehovahs Witness, but is now lapsed, during their marriage, Andre and Katie Price launched the Katie & Peter franchise on ITV2 which documented their life together. Their 2009 separation resulted in their shows being recorded, Peter Andre, The Next Chapter continued on ITV2 until 2011, followed by Peter Andre, Here 2 Help and Peter Andre. In July 2010, Andre and Jason Manford were team captains on the ITV series Odd One In, in 2013, Andre was a guest judge on the ITV entertainment series Your Face Sounds Familiar. In 2013, he guest-presented five episodes of Sunday Scoop on ITV, since 11 November 2013, Andre has presented 60 Minute Makeover, which has been re-branded as Peter Andres 60 Minute Makeover. In 2014, Andre released the song Kid for the film Mr. Peabody & Sherman which is the single from his album Big Night. On 8 October 2014, Andre co-hosted the ITVBe opener with Jamelia, in 2014, Andre became the new face to feature in supermarket Icelands television commercials. Andre starred in the ITV weekly show Give a Pet a Home which works alongside the RSPCA in Birmingham, in August 2015, he was announced as a contestant for the thirteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing which began in September 2015 in which he was partnered with Janette Manrara
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John Abbott (actor)
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John Albert Chamberlain Kefford was an English character actor professionally known as John Abbott. His memorable roles include the invalid Frederick Fairlie in the 1948 film The Woman in White and he also played Sesmar on an episode of Lost in Space, The Dream Monster. Abbott was known as a Shakespearean actor and he was born in Stepney, London on 5 June 1905. He had a sister, Ivy Skeates of Cambridge and a brother, in 1934 he began his long career in show business when he made his professional stage debut in a revival of Drydens Aureng-zebe with Sybil Thorndike. His first Broadway role was that of Count Mancini in He Who Gets Slapped in 1946 and he also appeared on Broadway in Monserrat and The Waltz of the Toreadors. He made his debut in Mademoiselle Docteur and went on to act in scores of films in the next 30 years. Among his film credits are Mission to Moscow, Jane Eyre, A Thousand and One Nights, Humoresque and his television appearances in that time were even more numerous, beginning with pioneering broadcasts by the BBC before the Second World War. In the early days of the Second World War, Abbott worked at the British Embassy in Moscow, when the time came to leave, he had to go by way of the United States. While in the U. S. he was offered a part in Hollywood in 1941, on American television during the 1950s, 60s and 70s, he had roles in a wide variety of shows, from Gunsmoke to Washington Square to Tender Is the Night to Star Trek. Although he was blacklisted during the Red Scare of the 1950s, eventually, in his final years, Abbott taught acting students for free. Abbott died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from natural causes on 24 May 1996 at the age of 90
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Khalid Abdalla
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Khalid Abdalla is a British Egyptian actor and activist. He came to prominence after starring in the 2006 Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning film. Written and directed by Paul Greengrass, it chronicles events aboard United Airlines Flight 93, Abdalla played Ziad Jarrah, the pilot and leader of the four hijackers on board the flight. He starred as Amir in The Kite Runner and acted with Matt Damon in Green Zone, Abdalla appears as himself in Jehane Noujaims documentary on the ongoing Egyptian revolution, The Square, which won the Audience Award at Sundance Festival in 2013. Abdalla is on the board of the National Student Drama Festival, three months after it began, Mosireen became the most watched non-profit YouTube channel in Egypt of all time, and in the whole world in January 2012. Abdalla was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Egyptian parents, abdallas father and grandfather were well-known anti-regime activists in Egypt. His parents were physicians who immigrated to the UK before he was born. Abdalla was educated at Kings College School, an independent school for boys in Wimbledon in South West London and his classmates included actor Ben Barnes and he became interested in acting after becoming involved in his schools thriving drama scene. After spending a gap year travelling around the Middle East, Abdalla went on to Queens College, Cambridge where he read English and he was active in the student drama scene alongside the likes of contemporaries Rebecca Hall and Dan Stevens. He was a joint winner with Cressida Trew, his future wife, in 2003, Abdalla played the title role in Christopher Marlowes Tamburlaine the Great at the Rose Theatre. This was the production of Peter Halls Canons Mouth Theatre Company composed of young actors intent on discovering a new voice for the great metaphorical dramas of the Renaissance. Abdallas first screen role was in a 2005 episode of Spooks entitled Infiltration of a New Threat, in 2006, Abdalla made his Hollywood debut in United 93, a film about the September 11 attacks, and garnered critical acclaim for his portrayal of one of the terrorist hijackers. He was cast in the role of the film The Kite Runner. In preparation for that role, he spent time in Kabul learning Dari Persian, in 2008, Abdalla appeared as Guy Pringle in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Fortunes of War. He starred as Freddy in Green Zone with Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass, in 2009-10 Abdalla produced and acted in the independent Egyptian film In the Last Days of the City, directed by Tamer El Said, and currently in post-production. In November 2010 Abdalla was awarded recognition for achievements in cinema at the Cairo International Film Festival. In 2011 he was narrator in documentary film East to West, in 2016 he appeared as Muhammad XII of Granada in the film Assassins Creed. In January–February 2011, Abdalla was among protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo and he also appeared on Wolf Blitzer on CNN on 9 February 2011 and Anderson Cooper to reflect his views on the protest
