Alexander Siddig

Alexander Siddig, (born 21 November 1965) is confirmed to play Philip Burton in Primeval Series 4 and Series 5.

Siddig was born in Sudan and has spent most of his life in England. He was born to an English mother who worked as a theatrical consultant and a Sudanese father. His maternal uncle is English actor Malcolm McDowell, with whom he appeared in 2008 in Neil Marshall's Doomsday, and his paternal uncle is the former Sudanese Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi. He is also descended from Muhammad Ahmad Al-Mahdi. He attended St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate. He was credited under the shortened name Siddig El Fadil until October 1995 (three seasons into his run on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), when he changed his stage name to Alexander Siddig, as he thought it would be less confusing and easier to pronounce by native English speakers than his original name – not to mention a lot quicker than his full name. On set he became known as 'Sid'. In 1996, Siddig and his co-star Nana Visitor became involved – their son, Django El Tahir El Siddig, was born in 1997, as the couple married in 1996. They divorced in 2001. In 2005 he was briefly involved with his Whose Life Is It Anyway? co-star (and fellow Star Trek and Sex and the City alum) Kim Cattrall.