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Elie Samaha(I)

  • Producer
  • Actor
  • Writer
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Elie Samaha was born on 10 May 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon. He is a producer and actor, known for Battlefield Earth (2000), The Boondock Saints (1999) and The Art of War (2000). He was previously married to Tia Carrere.
BornMay 10, 1955
BornMay 10, 1955
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    Known for

    Battlefield Earth (2000)
    Battlefield Earth
    2.5
    • Producer
    • 2000
    Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Norman Reedus in The Boondock Saints (1999)
    The Boondock Saints
    7.6
    • Producer
    • 1999
    The Art of War (2000)
    The Art of War
    5.7
    • Producer
    • 2000
    Val Kilmer in Spartan (2004)
    Spartan
    6.5
    • Producer
    • 2004

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Prophets of Change
      • executive producer
      • Post-production
    • Paralysis
      • executive producer
      • In Production
    • Exorcist Archives
      • executive producer
      • Completed
    • Dove Cameron in Love Me Dead (2024)
      Love Me Dead
      7.3
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Wesley Snipes, Bill Bellamy, Colleen Camp, Kevin Hart, Faizon Love, Gary Owen, Chris Spencer, Caryn Ward, J.B. Smoove, Tiffany Haddish, Piper Curda, Raigan Harris, Spence Moore II, Emelina Adams, and Ryan Alexander Holmes in Back on the Strip (2023)
      Back on the Strip
      4.2
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Louis Gossett Jr., Jack Noseworthy, Catherine Curtin, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Nathan Kress, Paul Becker, Madeleine Mantock, and Colin Critchley in Breaking Brooklyn (2018)
      Breaking Brooklyn
      5.5
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Pandas (2018)
      Pandas
      7.4
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Keanu Reeves and Ana de Armas in Exposed (2016)
      Exposed
      4.3
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • The 3rd Annual Noble Awards
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • KDOC First Night 2013
      6.8
      TV Special
      • executive producer (as Eli Samaha)
      • 2012
    • Andie MacDowell, Tim Allen, Jenna Elfman, Lindsay Sloane, Elisha Cuthbert, Paz Vega, and Jenna Dewan in The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (2009)
      The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
      5.1
      • executive producer
      • 2009
    • Columbus Day (2008)
      Columbus Day
      5.2
      • executive producer
      • 2008
    • Impulse (2008)
      Impulse
      4.7
      Video
      • executive producer
      • 2008
    • The Anna Nicole Smith Story (2007)
      The Anna Nicole Smith Story
      4.1
      • executive producer
      • 2007
    • 7-10 Split (2007)
      7-10 Split
      4.3
      • executive producer
      • 2007
    • Richard Gere in The Flock (2007)
      The Flock
      5.7
      • producer
      • 2007
    • Gretchen Mol and Seann William Scott in American Loser (2007)
      American Loser
      5.4
      • producer
      • 2007
    • Michelle Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd in I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)
      I Could Never Be Your Woman
      6.0
      • executive producer
      • 2007

    Actor

    • 20 Dates (1998)
      20 Dates
      5.6
      • Voice of the Producer (voice)
      • 1998
    • Angel City
      TV Movie
      • 1991

    Writer

    • Tia Carrere, Eric Roberts, Joe Pantoliano, and Clarence Williams III in The Immortals (1995)
      The Immortals
      5.4
      • story
      • 1995
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Eli Samaha
    • Born
      • May 10, 1955
      • Beirut, Lebanon
    • Spouse
      • Tia CarrereNovember 22, 1992 - February 2000 (divorced)
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      First husband of Tia Carrere.
    • Quotes
      Whether it's real estate or dry cleaning or restaurants or nightclubs, import or export, it's all about cost and efficiency. You look at the (film) companies that are not in business right now, and it's because many of them overpaid.

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