Wesam Keesh

{{Short description|American actor}}

Wesam Keesh is an American actor who played Adam "Malachi" Mintock on season two of Law & Order: Organized Crime.{{Cite news |last=Hurley |first=Laura |date=2022-02-25 |title=Law And Order: Organized Crime Star Talks Malachi's Upcoming 'Intense' Scenes And Growing Feelings For Jet |language=en |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/law-and-order-organized-crime-star-talks-malachis-upcoming-intense-scenes-and-growing-feelings-for-jet |access-date=2022-02-26}} He previously appeared in Awkward, For the People, Good Girls, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Zoobiquity and has been cast in Echo as of 2020 where he will play FBI agent Riley Burnside.{{Cite news |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2020-03-04 |title=Wesam Keesh Joins 'Echo' NBC Drama Pilot |language=en-US |url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/wesam-keesh-echo-nbc-drama-pilot-series-regular-1202874205/ |access-date=2022-02-26}}{{Cite news |last=Wagmeister |first=Elizabeth |date=2016-03-15 |title='Awkward' Star Cast in Fox Medical Drama Pilot 'Zoobiquity' |language=en-US |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/zoobiquity-cast-west-keesh-fox-medical-drama-pilot-1201730781/ |access-date=2022-02-26}}

He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to a Syrian immigrant family; his father grew up in Jaramana, Damascus Governorate.{{Cite web |last=Misasi |first=Mads |date=2019-04-01 |title=Wesam Keesh Breaks Down the Importance of 'For the People' in Today's World [Exclusive Interview] |url=https://telltaletv.com/2019/04/wesam-keesh-breaks-down-the-importance-of-for-the-people-in-todays-world-exclusive-interview/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=telltaletv.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=330&si=tyoAdqUM97wlaLXN&v=RHo9ysevYbI&feature=youtu.be |title=Wesam's World #72 - Sam Keesh |date=2019-08-09 |last=Wesam's World |access-date=2024-08-30 |via=YouTube}} Wesam attended Union High School and the University of Tulsa.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Michael |date=2020-03-06 |title=Tulsa actor Wesam Keesh cast in NBC crime procedural pilot |pages=Tulsa World |url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/entertainment/tulsa-actor-wesam-keesh-cast-in-nbc-crime-procedural-pilot/article_58e80031-a2d2-5b80-bc9b-6cf83e7a9941.html |archive-date=2020-03-06 |access-date=2022-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306082656/https://www.tulsaworld.com/entertainment/tulsa-actor-wesam-keesh-cast-in-nbc-crime-procedural-pilot/article_58e80031-a2d2-5b80-bc9b-6cf83e7a9941.html}}