Sean Hayes

His success has led him to film appearances in Cats & Dogs (2001), as Jerry Lewis in Martin and Lewis (2002), Pieces of April (2003), The Cat in the Hat (2003) and Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! (2004). Siddig is the nephew of English actor Malcolm McDowell and of former Sudanese Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi. He won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001. They had a son in born 1996, Django El Tahir El Siddig. Siddig and Visitor divorced in 2001. The show became a hit and Hayes' comedic performance earned him four Emmy Award nominations. Siddig married fellow Star Trek actor Nana Visitor in 1997. In 1998, he was cast in the NBC comedy television series Will & Grace, as the constantly unemployed, gay, aspiring actor, Jack McFarland. He is half Arab and half British.

His film debut in the independent film Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1996) brought him to attention, when the film became a success at the Sundance Film Festival. He acted under his original name Siddig El Fadil until he changed it during the production of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Trained in the theater in his native Chicago, Hayes moved to Los Angeles in 1995, where he found work as a stand-up comedian. Siddig was born in Sudan but spent most of his life in England. Sean Patrick Hayes (born June 26, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. He is most famous for playing Dr Julian Bashir in the Star Trek television series Deep Space Nine. Siddig El Fadil (born 21 November 1965) is a Sudanese/English actor also known as Alexander Siddig.