Alexander Siddig is a Sudanese-born English actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Julian Bashir in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He has appeared in films such as Reign of Fire, Kingdom of Heaven, Syriana, Clash of the Titans and The Fifth Estate as well as TV series such as Spooks, 24, Family Guy, Merlin and Da Vinci's Demons.
"Siddig" is pronounced as two distinct syllables: "Sid-dig", with the emphasis on the second syllable.
On Game of Thrones
Starting in Season 5 of Game of Thrones, Siddig portrays Prince Doran Martell, the head of House Martell and ruler of Dorne. This follows the introduction and death of Doran's younger brother Oberyn Martell (played by Pedro Pascal) in Season 4.
Siddig described the challenges of playing the role, in which his character is confined to a wheelchair with painful gout in his feet:
- "Pedro's way of playing it is very much how I had to play it, so he set the tone. Keeping that sense of charm and fluidity and the Latin oomph while you are in a wheelchair is tough, because you use the whole body to express yourself. It was a good challenge."[1]
External links
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Alexander Siddig on Wikipedia -
Alexander Siddig on IMDb