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- Sponge
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Patrick Sabongui was born in Montreal, Quebec, on January 9, 1975, to a psychologist and a French teacher/librarian. Patrick has three older brothers and a younger sister and grew up in a trilingual household, speaking French, English and Arabic. On television, you've seen him regularly as Captain David Singh on CW's The Flash (2014), in film you'd recognize him as Master Sargeant Marcus Waltz in Godzilla (2014) and The Persian General from 300 (2006).
In the theatre, on regional stages he is known for the Canadian premiere of Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Disgraced" (2015) and for originating the role of Foster Bryant in the World Premiere production of "Inside the Seed" (2013).
His background as a competitive athlete, martial-artist, and mountaineer has added a dimension of action to many of his roles. His most recent project is series regular, Hassan Al Afshar, on Sony/Crackle's first original drama, The Art of More (2015) starring Dennis Quaid, Kate Bosworth, Cary Elwes and Christian Cooke.
Sabongui earned a BFA in Drama for Human Development from Concordia University, Montreal (2000); a collegiate degree in Drama from Vanier College, Montreal (1997); a Certificate from the National Theatre Conservatory Intensive, Colorado (2002); and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting from the University of California (2005). Throughout his training, he continued to work professionally on stage and on screen: playing the title role in Hamlet in 1993 in an award-winning production at Vanier College and continuing to accumulate roles in films and on TV.
He appeared in a landmark episode of E-Ring (2005) (opposite Benjamin Bratt), then later that year he landed a role in 300 (2006), and guest-starred on 24 (2001) (opposite Kiefer Sutherland).
Since then, he has worked with such influential directors as Steven Spielberg, Zack Snyder (3 times), Gareth Edwards, Tarsem Singh, David Nutter, John Cassar, Richard Donner, Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard, Roland Emmerich, Gary Fleder, as well as various directors who cycled through seasons of Stargate: Atlantis (2004), The Flash (2014), and The Art of More (2015).
Sabongui is also the writer, producer, and director of several award-winning short films and plays and continues to develop new works as a filmmaker and theatre artist.- IMDb Mini Biography By: M Public Relations
- SpouseKyra Zagorsky(August 5, 2002 - present) (2 children)
- Children
- RelativesMarie-Marguerite Sabongui(Sibling)
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Pronounshe/him
- Race / EthnicityMiddle Eastern / North African
- He has played the same character (Captain David Singh) in three different series: Arrow (2012), The Flash (2014) and Supergirl (2015).
- Patrick holds a BFA in Drama for Human Development from Concordia University, Montreal.
- Brother of Marie-Marguerite Sabongui
- He is the son of Leila, an educator of French and librarian, and Wadid Sabongui, a psychologist. His parents are Egyptian.
- Patrick earned an MFA in Drama (specialization in Acting) from the University of California, Irvine.
- [on 'Inside the Seed', a play about the ethics of biogenetics] I'm no expert, but I trust in nature more than I trust in industry. This play forces me to appreciate both sides of the equation. On the one hand, human innovation has graced us with longer, more comfortable lives. On the other, we are taxing the planet's resources and have to learn to manage our food and energy supplies.
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