Hisham Tawfiq

Actor May 17 (age 55) New York City, New York, USA 1999–2023 (24 year career)

6.7 avg rating

Biography

Hisham Tawfiq is an American actor, best known for playing Dembe Zuma, part of the security detail and very close friend to Raymond "Red" Reddington in NBC's The Blacklist.

Known For

Film

The Blacklist

Dembe Zuma

Film

Dead Man Down

Harry's Jamaican #3

Film

Skate Kitchen

Lawrence

Film

Five Minarets in New York

High Roller

Film

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

FDNY Vestry

Film

Gun Hill

Captain Sanford

Film

30 Rock

African Dictator

Film

Jinn

Imam Khalid

Filmography

Acting (23)

Movies (10)

Jinn

as Imam Khalid

Skate Kitchen

as Lawrence

A Girl

as Sterling

Dope Fiend

as Prince

Gun Hill

as Captain Sanford

Dead Man Down

as Harry's Jamaican #3

6.2

Five Minarets in New York

2010

as High Roller

5.6

Say Grace Before Drowning

2010

as Chris

Lost Money

2003

Snitch in New York

2002

as Hutch

Television (13)

Found

as Alonso Mitchell

The Equalizer

as Sameer Bentang

Harlem

as Dr. Obinna Tseggai

7.4

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self

6.4

Conrad

2018

as Officer Daniel Nack

The Blacklist

as Dembe Zuma

The Blacklist

as Dembe Zuma

Golden Boy

as Father Steven Truitt

Ironside

as Cop

Kings

as Serviceman Walter

30 Rock

as African Dictator

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Souleyman Camara

7.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as FDNY Vestry

7.9