- Born
Raad Rawi
Raad Rawi – British actor of mixed heritage (Iraqi father, Caucasian mother), born 31 December 1969 (some sources list 1970). Raised and educated primarily in Geneva, Paris, and California. Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and a veteran of the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and Royal Exchange Manchester, with four West End productions including Bombay Dreams (2002). He has been married to Kate Gartside since 1991.
His most notable film roles include the Airport Security Chief in Midnight Express (1978), Aziz in Scandal (1989), Prince Thamer in The Kingdom (2007), Nathir in Traitor (2008, opposite Don Cheadle), Ahmed Zubaidi in Green Zone (2010, directed by Paul Greengrass), Fassir in Conan the Barbarian (2011), Munem in The Devil's Double (2011), Tihomir Boyanov in Spy (2015), and Gaddafi in A Private War (2018, opposite Rosamund Pike).
As actor
Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser
Official Secrets
The Jump
A Private War
National Theatre Live: Salomé
Spy
One Crazy Thing
Conan the Barbarian
The Devil's Double
Mesocafé
Green Zone
Traitor
The Kingdom
Nina's Heavenly Delights
A Line in the Sand
The Life of the Buddha
Half the Picture
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
Supper at Emmaus
Hostages
The Care of Time
Scandal
Shalom Salaam
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Mona Lisa
Misunderstood
A Cotswold Death
Midnight Express
Daughter of Eden