Danny Boushebel

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Danny Boushebel is an American actor, writer, producer, and director with a career spanning Hollywood film, prestige television, and international cinema. He is best known for his role as Blythe Sason on HBO's Vice Principals alongside Danny McBride and Walton Goggins, and for appearing in Season One of Netflix's Stranger Things. He recurred on NCIS: LA as Wasim Ghulam and has guest starred on FBI, House of Cards, Homeland, The Blacklist, Quantico, Madame Secretary, MacGyver, Elementary, Damages, Pan Am, and Drop Dead Diva. On the feature film side, Danny has worked with some of the most acclaimed directors in world cinema. He stars in Much Loved (2015) — directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nabil Ayouch — which world premiered in the Director's Fortnight at Cannes 2015, screened at TIFF and BFI, and is now on Netflix. He appeared in She's Lost Control (2014), directed by Anja Marquardt and produced by Oren Moverman, which world premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. He also starred in Beneath the Surface (2014), which world premiered in the Court Métrage at Cannes 2014, and in Unfreedom (Netflix), Anna Nicole (Lifetime, dir. Mary Harron), Know Your Enemy (Amazon). On stage, Danny received a New York Times review for his lead performance in Baghdadi Bath (2009) at La MaMa ETC. He also starred in Alicia Keys' hit music video "Underdog" (2020) and a Toyota Super Bowl commercial (2018). Fluent in Arabic across all regional dialects, Danny brings a rare linguistic and cultural range to every role — an edge that has defined a career built on complex, multi-ethnic characters. In 2026, Danny founded Omnific Productions, LLC. Through Omnific Productions, Danny has developed a slate of 11+ original, fully owned IP spanning film and television — collectively earning 74+ awards and nominations across major screenplay and industry competitions. Screenplays and pitch decks available upon request.

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2018
Know Your Enemy
Movie Amal
2018
FBI
TV show Uncle Hisham
2018
Nigerian Prince
Movie British Clerk
2016
MacGyver
TV show Sayid
2016
Army of God
Movie Aadil
2016
Vice Principals
TV show Blythe Sason
2016
Stranger Things
TV show English Teacher
2015
Quantico
TV show Hassan Darr
2015
Much Loved
Movie Ahmad / Le client saoudien de Randa / Randa's Saudi client
2015
Unfreedom
Movie Malik
2014
Madam Secretary
TV show Dr. Kawani
2014
Murder City Angels
Movie Bachrach
2014
She's Lost Control
Movie Dr. Moran
2013
The Blacklist
TV show Bank Manager
2013
Anna Nicole
Movie Sali Elaha
2013
Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words
Movie European Emcee