Tyrant (2014– ) 8.0
Series tells the story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. |
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Tyrant (2014– ) 8.0
Series tells the story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. |
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Ashraf Barhom | ... |
Jamal Al-Fayeed
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(12 episodes, 2014)
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Adam Rayner | ... |
Barry Al-Fayeed
(10 episodes, 2014)
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Jennifer Finnigan | ... |
Molly Al-Fayeed
(10 episodes, 2014)
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Fares Fares | ... |
Fauzi Nadal
(10 episodes, 2014)
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Moran Atias | ... |
Leila Al-Fayeed
(10 episodes, 2014)
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Noah Silver | ... |
Sammy Al-Fayeed
(10 episodes, 2014)
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Anne Winters | ... |
Emma Al-Fayeed
(10 episodes, 2014)
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Salim Dau | ... |
Yussef
(10 episodes, 2014)
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Mehdi Dehbi | ... |
Abdul
(10 episodes, 2014)
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Alice Krige | ... |
Amira Al-Fayeed
(10 episodes, 2014)
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Justin Kirk | ... |
John Tucker
(10 episodes, 2014)
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Raad Rawi | ... |
General Tariq Al-Fayeed
(9 episodes, 2014)
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Alexander Karim | ... |
Ihab Rashid
(8 episodes, 2014)
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Amir Boutrous | ... |
Ziad
(8 episodes, 2014)
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Sibylla Deen | ... |
Nusrat Al-Fayeed
(7 episodes, 2014)
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Cameron Gharaee | ... |
Ahmed Al-Fayeed
(7 episodes, 2014)
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Nathan Clarke | ... |
Munir Al-Yazbek
(6 episodes, 2015)
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Armin Karima | ... |
Kasim Al-Yazbek
(6 episodes, 2015)
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Melia Kreiling | ... |
Daliyah
(6 episodes, 2015)
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Waleed Elgadi | ... |
Walid Rashid
(5 episodes, 2014)
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Barry Al-Fayeed has been living in the United States for twenty years, during which time he got married to Molly Olson, and had two children (Sammy and Emma), with both Molly and he working as physicians, Barry as a pediatrician, in Pasadena. This life belies the fact that at age sixteen, he, under his given name Bassan, escaped his family life in the middle eastern country of Abbudin, where the Al-Fayeeds have been the dictatorial rulers for generations, often of violent and repressive regimes which he could not morally tolerate. He has not been back to Abbudin since. On the urging of his mother, Barry decides to go back to Abbudin with Molly and family in tow. He may find that leaving Abbudin this second time around is more difficult as he gets ensconced in the troubles the Al-Fayeeds are facing in general in continuing to rule the country as a repressive dictatorship. The longer Barry stays, the more it in turn affects the only life of democratic freedom Molly, Sammy and Emma have ... Written by Huggo
I'm impressed with the courage it took to put this on TV. This is not an easy subject to cover and the honesty it is dealt with says a lot about the willingness of the entire crew to take risks.
The acting is superb and everyone gives their character the exact nuance required to convey the sliminess, brutality, tortured indecision, suffering, or shallowness required.
I never thought I'd see such depth and truth portrayed on a mere TV series. The people who put this on have guts and I'm impressed. I will continue to watch for as long as the producers, directors and actors are willing to avoid shallowness or cave to "political correctness."
I'm not a big fan of sex, nudity, or brutality on TV but this story could not be properly told without representing the characters as they really are.
Congratulations! And I'll be praying for you.