OMAR METWALLY is an actor and director who works on film, stage and television. He appeared on Broadway in Sixteen Wounded, receiving a Tony Award® nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play. Off-Broadway and regional credits include American Hero (Williamstown Theater Festival), As You Like It (Delacorte Theater/The Public), The Fever Chart (Public Theater), Beast on the Moon (Century Center for the Performing Arts), Homebody/Kabul (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Creditors (La Jolla Playhouse), Sixteen Wounded (Long Wharf Theater), as well as work with the American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep, Trinity Rep, The Magic Theater, Campo Santo, The Rude Mechanicals and others. Omar’s film work includes Steven Spielberg’s Munich, Gavin Hood’s Rendition, Non-Stop, Julian Schnabel’s Miral, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II and Amsterdam, among others. He was awarded the Chopard Trophy at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Rendition. Omar will be seen this spring in the new television series “Dig,” created by Gideon Raff. Other television credits include “The Slap,” “Virtuality,” “The Good Wife,” “Harry’s Law,” “Fringe,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Unit” and others. He directed the world premiere of Sharif Abu Hamdeh’s play Habibi at Campo Santo, as well as work for the NY Arab American Comedy Festival. Omar is a graduate of UC Berkeley and received his MFA in acting from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
