Alexander Siddig in Game of Thrones: The Red Woman
Alexander Siddig (1965 -)
a.k.a. Siddig El Fadil
Film Deaths[]
- Vertical Limit (2000) [Kazeem Nazir]: Killed in an explosion along with Ben Mendelsohn, when they clumsily let nitroglycerine leak out of its container and is detonated by the heat rays of the sun.
- Reign of Fire (2002) [Ajay]: Burned to death when the dragon breathes fire on the fortress.
- Syriana (2005) [Prince Nasir Al-Subaai]: Killed in an explosion, along with his family and George Clooney, when a missile strikes his car.
- The Last Legion (2007) [Theodorus Andronikos]: Stabbed to death by his own subordinate Mira.
- Doomsday (2008) [Prime Minister John Hatcher]: Commits suicide by shooting himself in the mouth, after being infected with the Reaper virus; we only see the blood spatter on the wall after the camera pans upward.
- Spy(ies)/Espion(s) (2009) [Malik]: Shot by his own bodyguard in a car park shootout.
- Miral (2010) [Jamal]: Dies offscreen of sickness.
- 21 Bridges (2019) [Adi]: Shot in the eye by Darren Lipari, when Darren shoots the peep hole to Alexander's apartment, just as Alexander is looking through it. Alexander is dragged away by Stephan James, while Taylor Kitsch shoots back at Darren. After complaining that he has gone blind, Alexander advises Stephen to take the hard drive and escape, before Alexander dies from his injury.
- Skylin3s (2020) [Radford]: Torso dismembered by the Matriarch.
- Deliver Us (2023) [Cardinal Russo]: Attacked by wolves after he gets caught in a bear trap.
Television Deaths[]
- The Big Battalions (1992 TV Mini Series) [Yousef]: Fatally shot by Gil (played by Yoav Tzafir), a soldier in the IDF and Special Forces, after crowded chaos erupts during a dedication ceremony.
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: By Inferno's Light (1997) [Dr. Bashir/Changeling]: Playing a dual role as both the real "Dr. Bashir" and a shape-changing imposter, the "Changeling" is killed in an explosion when the bomb on his ship detonates. (The real "Dr. Bashir" survives the episode.)
- Spooks/MI-5: Nest of Angels (2003) [Ibhn Khaldun]: Killed in explosion by a suicide bomber.
- Agatha Christie's Poirot: Cards on the Table (2005) [Mr. Shaitana]: Stabbed in the chest by Alex Jennings while Alexander is asleep in his chair, in an "indirect suicide" after Alexander had deliberately provoked his guests in hopes of getting one of them to murder him, with Alexander having taken a sleeping drug so that his death would be painless. His body is shown afterward when David Westhead tries to wake him up and discovers that he's dead, and the murder is shown in a flashback later on when David Suchet explains what happened.
- Hannibal (2006 TV Movie) [Hannibal]: Commits suicide by ingesting poison.
- 24: Day 6: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (2007) [Hamri Al-Assad]: Killed in an explosion by a bomb that Chad Lowe had planted in the podium at Alexander's press conference.
- Merlin: The Moment of Truth (2008) [Kanen]: Stabbed in the stomach by Bradley James with a sword during the final battle.
- Waking the Dead: End Game (2009) [Dr Mohammed]: Tortured by Nathan Constance, who stabs him fatally with a broken bottle, in a scenario organized and manipulated by Ruth Gemmell.
- Primeval: Series 5, Episode 6 (2011) [Philip Burton]: Vaporized when he tries to shut down the artificial anomaly which expands and destroys the whole laboratory complex.
- Falcón (2012, TV Mini-Series) [Julio Menéndez]: Commits suicide by shooting himself.
- Da Vinci's Demons: Season 3, Episode 10: Ira Deorum (2013) [Al-Rahim]: Killed by lightening machine constructed by Lucrezia.
- Atlantis: S2 Ep1 (2015) [King Minos]: Whilst Alex doesn't appear in the show after season 1 the second season opens with his character's funeral.
- Tut (2015 mini-series) [Amun]: In the third and final episode of the mini-series, Siddig is slashed in the throat with King Tut's (Avan Jogia) sword after making his treasonous measures be made rapidly clear and after Siddig's assassins have all been killed by Nonso Anozie's soldiers.
- Game of Thrones: The Red Woman (2016) [Doran Martell]: Stabbed in the chest with a hidden blade, and then pushed to floor by Indira Varma while his niece (Rosabell Laurenti Sellers) and his guards looks on. He eventually bleeds to death while Indira continues to mock him.
- Gotham: They Who Hide Behind Masks (2017) [Ra's Al Ghul]: In a flashback sequence he is stabbed to death in a war hundreds of years in the past. He is brought back to life when he is put in the Lazarus Pit.
- Gotham: The Blades Path (2017) [Ra's Al Ghul]: Stabbed to death by David Mazouz which causes him to turn into a skeleton after. He is brought back life in the episode To Our Deaths and Beyond
- The Kennedys: After Camelot (2017 mini-series) [Aristotle Onassis]: Dies of respiratory failure in the presence of Katie Holmes and Erin Agostino.
- Gotham: No Man's Land (2017) [Ra's Al Ghul]: Stabbed in the heart by David Mazouz and Erin Richards with the Demon Blade which causes him to turn into dust.
Gallery[]
Alexander Siddig in Merlin: The Moment of Truth
Alexander Siddig in Gotham: They Who Hide Behind Masks'
Alexander Siddig in Gotham: The Blades Path
Alexander Siddig in Gotham: No Man's Land
Notable Connections[]
- Nephew of Malcolm McDowell
- Ex-Mr. Nana Visitor