Omid Djalili

About

Omid Djalili is a British stand-up comedian, actor, television producer and writer. Djalili was born on 30 September 1965 in St Mary Abbots Hospital in Kensington, London, to Iranian Baháʼí parents Ahmad and Parvaneh Djalili. His parents emigrated from Tehran to London in 1958. He has a brother and sister. His mother was a dressmaker who at one point assisted Iranian singer Googoosh. His father was a liaison officer at the Iranian embassy in which he would provide medical assistance. He was also a photographer whose pictures ended up in the newspaper Kayhan. He attended Holland Park School where he failed A-level exams a record six times and faked his results to gain entry to Ulster University in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, studying English and theatre studies having been turned down by 16 drama schools. Djalili cited Jack Lemmon, Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro,...

Known for

Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997Jason and the ArgonautsSeries • 2000GladiatorMovie • 2000Relic HunterSeries • 1999His Dark MaterialsSeries • 2019The Bad Guys 2Movie • 2025Notting HillMovie • 1999Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndMovie • 2007Over the HedgeMovie • 2006The MummyMovie • 1999Celebrity MastermindSeries • 2003Harvey Birdman, Attorney at LawSeries • 2000The Ruth Rendell MysteriesSeries • 1987Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainMovie • 2018Spy GameMovie • 2001Black BooksSeries • 2000The World Is Not EnoughMovie • 1999Deep CoverMovie • 2025Shaun the Sheep MovieMovie • 2015In Your DreamsMovie • 2025Little CrackersSeries • 2010WhoopiSeries • 2003The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsMovie • 2018Love AgainMovie • 2023