George Calil

{{Short description|English actor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|3|29}}

| birth_place = England

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1996–present

| father = Ely Calil

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George Calil (born 29 March 1973){{Cite web|title=George Calil|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0130005/|access-date=2021-08-25|website=IMDb}} is an English actor known for his role in the TV mini-series Band of Brothers, where he portrayed Sergeant James H. "Mo" Alley, Jr.

Early life

Calil was born in England in 1973. He is the son of Lebanese businessman Ely Calil.

Career

In 2004, Calil starring in the special drama September Tapes, as Don Larson, American journalist who travels to Afghanistan one year after 9/11, in an effort to learn the truth about the search for Osama bin Laden. The film premiered and sold at the Sundance Film Festival. Also in 2004 he played the role of Pompey the Great in the remake of the 1960 film Spartacus.

In 2005 he starred in four feature films, Rollin' with the Nines, Pterodactyl, and The Film Maker, and in 2006 he played the lead role of Detective Alex Taylor in the feature film Lycanthropy.

Personal life

He also starred in the BBC drama, Holby City, in which he played the drug dealing boyfriend of Sandy. Sandy was played by Laura Sadler, who was Calil's girlfriend in real life. In June 2003, 22-year-old Sadler died after falling from the balcony of Calil's London home after the pair had allegedly taken cocaine.{{cite web|date=September 4, 2003|title=Sadler death 'ruled accidental'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3080766.stm|publisher=BBC News}} Calil was arrested after Sadler's death but he was eventually released without charge after police confirmed they were treating Sadler's death as an accident.{{Cite web|title=CNN.com - Balcony fall star still critical - Jun. 17, 2003|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/06/17/britain.sadler/index.html|access-date=2021-08-25|website=www.cnn.com}}

Filmography

= Film =

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1996

|Tiger Heart

|Jack

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2004

|September Tapes

|Don 'Lars' Larson

|

2004

|EMR

|Agent 6

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2005

|Pterodactyl

|Sterling

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2006

|Rollin' with the Nines

|Detective Newmyer

|

2006

|The Other Half

|Alex

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2006

|Lycanthropy

|Alex Taylor

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2007

|Rise of the Footsoldier

|Police Killer

|

2008

|Bad Day

|Harry McCann

|

2009

|31 North 62 East

|Jacob

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= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2001

|Band of Brothers

|James H. (Mo) Alley Jr.

|8 episodes

2001

|The Lost Battalion

|Pvt. Lowell R. Hollingshead

|Television film

2002

|Relic Hunter

|Relic Hunter

|Episode: "So Shall It Be"

2002

|Waking the Dead

|David Gold

|2 episodes

2002–2003

|Holby City

|Sean Hunt

|11 episodes

2004

|Spartacus

|Pompey

| rowspan="2" |Miniseries

2006

|The Miracles of Jesus

|Jesus

2007

|Wraiths of Roanoke

|Thomas Stevens

|Television film

2009

|The Bill

|Kevin Gearie

|Episode: "Innocence Betrayed"

References