Waleed Zuaiter (born 1971) is an American actor and producer who has performed in on-stage productions in Washington, DC, Berkeley, California, and New York City, as well as several film and television productions. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He is the producer and co-star of Omar (film) which was nominated for an Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Picture.
Served as dialect coach to John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Rob Schneider in Adam Sandler's You Don't Mess with the Zohan.
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Fluent in Arabic.
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Shared his Broadway debut in the production of Eliam Kraiem's "Sixteen Wounded" with close friend Omar Metwally. Waleed played his older brother Ashraf, a part that was originally written as his uncle but was later changed to cast Waleed who was initially hired as Omar's understudy.
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His son, Laith Zuaiter, appeared with him in a pilot for NBC (M-O-N-Y). The pilot was directed by Spike Lee who had attended the same elementary school in Brooklyn as Laith, P.S. 29.
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Was residing in Kuwait in August, 1990 at the time of Saddam Hussein's invasion of the country. After a month long stay in Kuwait under Iraqi rule, he was forced to flee with his family by car over a three day trip through Baghdad and into Jordan.
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Brother of Abbas "Eddy" Zuaiter and Ahmad Zuaiter, both high ranking executives for Soros Fund Management LLC, Hedge Fund Tycoon George Soros's firm.
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Fluent in Arabic Born in Sacramento California, grew up in Kuwait before entering George Washington University.
$1.3 Million
