Well known for playing Dr. Julian Bashir in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Doran Martell in HBO series Game of Thrones, Alexander Siddig is an English actor and director.

Short Bio of Alexander Siddig

Born Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi on 21st November 1965 in Omdurman, Sudan.

Sudanese-born English actor Alexander Siddig is known for Game of Thrones and Peaky Blinders

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Sudanese-born English actor Alexander Siddig is known for Game of Thrones and Peaky Blinders
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As of 2020, Siddig is 55 years old and stands 5 feet 11 and a half-inch tall. He holds dual (Sudanese-English) nationality and has mixed ethnic descent.

Following his high school, he went to St Lawrence College, Ramsgate. Likewise, he studied geography and anthropology at the University College London. Moroever, he also enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Net Worth & Career Detail

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Alexander is worth $3 million as of September 2020. He amassed his fortune from his successful acting career.

Siddig made his career breakthrough as Dr. Julian Bashir in the sci-fi televisions series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In addition, he starred in the show alongside Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, and Terry Farrell.

He then starred in films like The Hamburg Cell, Syriana, Hannibal, The Last Legion, A Lost Man, and Cairo Time.

From 2015 to 2016, Siddig began portraying Doran Martell in the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones alongside Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Sophie Turner.

Siddig as Doran Martell in Game of Thrones

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Siddig as Doran Martell in Game of Thrones
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Similarly, in 2016, Alex was cast as Ruben Oliver in the British gangster drama show Peaky Blinders. In the show, he co-starred alongside Cillian Murphy, Sam Neil, Paul Anderson, and Annabelle Wallis.

Moreover, from 2017 to 2018, he portrayed Ra’s al Ghul in the American action crime drama series Gotham opposite Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, and David Mazouz.

Is He Dating Anyone At The Moment?

As per various sources, Siddig is reportedly single at the moment. Previously he was married to American actress Nana Visitor.

The duo first met on the set of Star Trek and eventually started dating after hanging out for a while. Likewise, they welcomed their son, Django El Tahir El Siddig, on 16th September 1996.

They got married on 14th June 1997 admist family and friends. Sadly, the couple ended their marriage in 2001 and went separate ways.