Native name هاز سليمان Years active 2004–Present Full Name Haaz Sleiman Name Haaz Sleiman | Role Television actor Occupation Actor | |
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Awards Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Independent Spirit Awards (nominated)
Gotham Awards (nominated) Residence Los Angeles, California, United States Nominations Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance Movies and TV shows The Visitor, Killing Jesus, Nurse Jackie, Dorfman, The Ski Trip Similar People Tom McCarthy, Richard Jenkins, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass, Liz Brixius Profiles | ||
Citizenship Lebanon
United States | ||
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Haaz Sleiman (Arabic: هاز سليمان; born July 1, 1976) is a Lebanese-American television and film actor. He most notably played the role of Tarek in the 2007 film The Visitor and the role of Jesus in the American TV mini-series Killing Jesus, in addition to a number of American TV series.
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- Community connection with siham awada jaafar keegan michael key haaz sleiman
- Maria hinojosa interviews haaz sleiman
- Career
- Personal life
- Awards and nominations
- References
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Career
Haaz Sleiman was born and raised in Lebanon. He moved to the United States when he was twenty-one years old, and he developed a love for acting in film, television, and theater.
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. He portrayed the terrorist suspect Heydar in three 2007 episodes of the FOX series 24 and appeared on both NCIS and Veronica Mars in 2007.
He co-starred as Tarek, an undocumented Syrian immigrant in the critically acclaimed 2007 independent film The Visitor, a drama directed by Tom McCarthy. The film was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award. Sleiman also had small roles in the 2006 film American Dreamz and the 2007 film AmericanEast.
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.
In 2011, Sleiman played the role of Omar, a Palestinian activist, in the Channel 4 mini-series The Promise.
Sleiman also played the role of Kasim Tariq in the CW Network TV show Nikita; he appeared in two episodes.
Sleiman played Dr Rabia, a gay Syrian doctor in Channel 4's, The State.
Personal life
On August 22nd, 2017 Sleiman came out as gay via a Facebook video.