Haaz Sleiman

Sleiman was born in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and raised in Beirut, Lebanon.[2] He immigrated to the United States when he was twenty-one years old.[3]

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.[4][5] He portrayed the terrorist suspect Heydar in three 2007 episodes of the FOX series 24[5] and appeared on both NCIS and Veronica Mars in 2007.[4]

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.[1][4] Sleiman also had small roles in the 2006 film American Dreamz and the 2007 film AmericanEast.[4][5]

Sleiman played nurse Mohammed "Mo-Mo" De La Cruz in the first season of the Showtime dark comedy series Nurse Jackie, which premiered in June 2009.[4][6][7][8][9]

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 Syrian doctor in Channel 4's The State.

In 2013, Sleiman started as the titular character in the short lived Off-Broadway musical Venice.[10]

In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, Sleiman claimed that he is Muslim, Christian, and Jewish.[11] On August 22, 2017, he came out as gay via a Facebook video.[2][12]

• Won 2nd place during the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards for "Best Ensemble Cast" for The Visitor
• Nominated for Best Supporting Actor during Independent Spirit Awards for role in The Visitor
• Nominated for Best Ensemble Cast for The Visitor during the Gotham Awards

• Haaz Sleiman at IMDb