Guest Author - Sandy Mullins

I am sure, if you are not familiar with the Baha’i Faith, that you wonder if there are any Baha’is that are celebrities or people I might know or have seen somewhere. Omid Djalili is one, a comedian that has earned Best Comic in 1996 on “The Big, Big, Talent Show” in ITV, a show case for new stars and several other British awards since then

Omid stared in an award winning play created by his actress wife Annabel Knight called “A Strange Bit of History” which received some of the best reviews for his role in a one man play. It won the “Most Outstanding New Work” award back in 1994 at Edinburgh. Omid played more than a dozen different characters, dramatizing some of the events in the early days of the Baha’i Faith.

The couple, both Baha’is met at friends wedding, later married and have three children. They acted in Eastern Europe and Czech Republic and traveled to Scotland. He has been staring in TV and movies since 1998. His first American movie was “The Mummy”. He has since starred in “Gladiator” and “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”. You might recognize him from the TV show “Whoopi” where he stared as Nasim. Omid Djalili was a regular in Whoopi’s employ in her New York Hotel.

So, look for Omid in the future and even possibly catch his comedy stand up show if you ever get the chance.

Look for more articles about famous Baha’is in the future.

Omid Djalili Website

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