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21 November 1965, Sudan
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Alexander Siddig
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  • (16 September 1996) Son, Django El Tahir El Siddig, born.
  • Grew up in England where he Attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
  • Originally credited as "Siddig El Fadil", he changed his professional name to "Alexander Siddig" because (as reported by him at Star Trek conventions) nobody could pronounce "El Fadil".
  • One of his uncles (his father's brother) was the Sudanese prime minister. Another one (his mother's brother) is Malcolm McDowell.
  • He was at one time considered for the role of Benjamin Sisko, the station commander of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993). However, he was apparently considered too young. The role eventually went to Avery Brooks. However, the producers were impressed enough with Siddig and offered him the role of Dr. Julian Bashir.
  • Cousin of Lilly McDowell and Charlie McDowell.
  • Son Django was born around 11pm. After spending all night with his son and wife, Siddig went to work at "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) the following day at 5:30am to continuing filming the episode "Let He Who Is Without Sin".
  • Fellow "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) cast member, Andrew Robinson, is the godfather of Siddig's son Django.
  • Shares a birthday with Björk, Goldie Hawn, Rachel Rogers, Nicollette Sheridan, & Juliet Mills
  • In 2005, he appeared in two films set in the Middle East, Kingdom of Heaven (2005) and Syriana (2005). In both films, he played a character named Nasir.
  • Ex-brother-in-law of Ian Tucker and Zan Charisse.
  • Ex-son-in-law of Robert Tucker.
  • His "Star Trek: DS9" character Dr. Bashir has been seen as having similar high moral values as the real life Middle Eastern Doctor Bashar, featured in Time Magazine, in 2003.
 
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