Tamer Hassan

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Tamer Hassan
Tamer Hassan Blood Out 2011 (cropped).jpg
Hassan at the Blood Out premiere
Born (1968-03-18) 18 March 1968 (age 56)
New Cross, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present
Children2
Website tamerhassan.com

Tamer Hassan (born 18 March 1968) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as the leader of the Millwall firm, opposite Danny Dyer in The Football Factory (2004). He has also appeared in Layer Cake (2004), Batman Begins (2005), The Business (2005), Kick-Ass (2010), The Hooligan Factory (2014), Game of Thrones (2016) and Snatch (TV series) (2017–2018).

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Early life

Hassan was born and brought up in New Cross, London into a Turkish Cypriot family. [1] [2] [3]

Hassan first started working on market stalls at an early age and started boxing at the age of 10. He began an amateur boxing career at the age of 17 where he won two British titles. Having sustained an injury in amateur boxing, he turned to running his own nightclubs and restaurants. [4] [3]

Acting career

Hassan started acting in television before his role in The Calcium Kid . [4] He was cast as the leader of a fictional football firm in The Football Factory , alongside Danny Dyer and Frank Harper. [4] The film's director Nick Love subsequently cast him in the primary supporting role for The Business . [5]

Hassan has had roles in films including The Ferryman , [5] Batman Begins , [5] Cass , [5] Eastern Promises , [5] and Clash of the Titans , [5] in which he portrayed Ares, the ancient Greek god of war. In 2011, he played "The Boss", a shady police officer, in the British film noir Jack Falls . He played "Chavez" in Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead. [5]

In 2016 he joined the HBO series Game of Thrones in Season 6 as Khal Forzo. [6]

Personal life

Hassan is married and has two children: a son who is a professional football player, [7] and a daughter, Belle, who appeared in the fifth series of Love Island in 2019. [8]

He is a director of Nasdaq-listed company Lottery.com Inc. [9] He is also a fan of Millwall. [10]

Filmography

Actor
YearFilmRoleNotes
1987 No Way Out Officer at Party
2002Dju!Himself
2002 Judge John Deed [5] Hussain HusainiEpisode: "Political Expediency"
2003 The Bill [4] Hasan ErgunsahEpisode: "090"
2004 Murder City Michael SamuelsEpisode: "Big City Small World"
2004 The Calcium Kid [4] [5] Pete Wright
2004 Spivs Villa
2004 The Football Factory [5] Fred
2004 Layer Cake [5] Terry
2005Hannibal v Rome [5] HannibalTV movie
2005 Unleashed (aka Danny the Dog) [5] Georgie
2005 Batman Begins Faden's Limo Driver
2005 7 Seconds [5] Rahood
2005 The Business [5] Charlie
2005RevealedHannibalEpisode: "Hannibal of the Alps"
2005 The Comic Strip Presents... LuccioEpisode: "Sex Actually"
2007 The Ferryman [5] Dave 'Big Dave'
2007 Eastern Promises [5] Chechen Assassin
2007 The Omid Djalili Show Himself2 episodes
2001–2007 Casualty [4] Stan / Barry Rayfield2 episodes
2008 Sucker Punch [5] Del
2008 West 10 LDN [5] GoutTV movie
2008 Beyond the Rave Rich Crocker
2008 Cass Ray
2008 EastEnders [4] Ahmet2 episodes
2009K [5] Alberto
2009 Goal! III Ronnie
2009iD3Tommaso
2009 City Rats Jim
2009 Hotel Babylon Gomez2 episodes
2009 Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead Carlos Chavez
2009 Dead Man Running Nick Kane
2010 Kick-Ass Matthew
2010 Clash of the Titans Ares
2010 The Last Seven Jack Mason
2010 Bonded by Blood Pat Tate
2010Magic BoysSplendid Ben
2010Service ManCorporal Thomas
2010 Jack Falls The Boss
2011 Blood Out Elias
2011 Red Faction: Origins Stoller
2011AmocDell
2011 The Double Boz
2011 Freerunner Reese
2011The HikeDean
2011 The Reverend Harold Hicks
2010–2015 NCIS Agah Bayar4 episodes
2014 24: Live Another Day Basher2 episodes
2014 The Hooligan Factory JackCameo
2015 Robot Overlords Wayne
2016 Game of Thrones Khal ForzoEpisode: "Book of the Stranger"
2016 Bitter Harvest Sergei
2016 The Promise Faruk Pasha
2016 Plebs PtolemyEpisode: "Jugball"
2017–2018 Snatch Henry 'Hate 'Em All Henry'Main Cast
2019Queen of DiamondsHarrisShort Film
2021ForkDagon
2022House RedAdamo
2024Mother for an HourJoePost Production
2024Bad Day at the OfficeSolomanPost Production
2024 Celebrity MasterChef HimselfContestant
Producer
YearFilmNotes
2009 Dead Man Running Executive producer
2012Service ManExecutive producer
2016 Bitter Harvest Co-producer

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