What does this Medjai warrior have in common with this Starfleet officer?
Is it the ability to look really cool, the same actor, or both?
"Save the girl. Kill the creature.".
Yeah, it's both.
The handsome Ardeth Bay made quite an impression as a part of the Brendan Fraser-led "Mummy"
movie series. A capable friend to both Rick O'Connell and Rick's eventual wife,
Evelyn, Ardeth —the chief of the Medjai — works with
them to prevent the mummy Imhotep from resurrecting his lover, Anck-Su-Namun.
"May Allah smile upon you always."
"And --" (gestures vaguely)
"--yourself."
Ardeth pops up again in "The Mummy Returns," where he is pressed into
service when a resurrected Imhotep kidnaps Evy. During the second film,
he develops a special rapport with Jonathan, Evy's brother, and Rick and Evy's son, Alex.
"By putting this on you have started a chain
reaction that could bring about the next apocalypse."
"You, lighten up. You, big trouble. You, get in the car."
Ardeth doesn't appear in "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," and was last seen
wishing Evy and Rick well as they left Egypt for the final time in "Returns."
Even if you've managed to miss him in his recent work,
the man who portrayed Ardeth has still made his mark on film and television.
Here's what the man who played "The Mummy's" mystic hero is up to today.
"Hello. My name is Ardeth Bey."
The first "Mummy" film established Oded Fehr as an actor to watch,
and his subsequent work showed off his range. The same year "The Mummy" was released,
Fehr showed up in the raunchy comedy "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo."
He reprised his role as the debonair charmer Antoine in the movie's 2005 sequel.
After the release of "The Mummy Returns," Fehr appeared for two seasons in the NBC drama "UC:
Undercover" as main character Frank Donovan.
He shows up as Carlos Olivera in the 2004 "Resident Evil" film series installment
"Resident Evil: Apocalypse," a role he reprised in sequel "Resident Evil:
Retribution". He appeared in the original "Charmed" TV series as the villainous Zankou,
starred in the Showtime series "Sleeper Cell," and had a three-episode arc on "NCIS."
Fehr went on to play the villainous Asim Naseri in the "24" revival "24:
Legacy," put in three appearances as Jafar on ABC's "Once Upon a Time," and he also
had a recurring role on the USA network show "Covert Affairs" as Mossad agent Eyal Lavine.
"Oh, and by the way, if you're looking for this? You're welcome to join me."
In addition to his many appearances on TV,
he's also an in-demand voiceover artist whom you may have heard before in some surprising places.
"We can't stay here. If the Vek succeed, it's the end of everything."
"Destiny 2" is a massive multiplayer game with a rich sci-fi story that mixes deep lore and
ballistic action. In 2017, Fehr played the titular character in an expansion pack to
the game titled "Curse of Osiris," a job that earned him major brownie points with his son.
During an interview with Inquisitr, Fehr revealed that he got a big boost of encouragement from
his son, a major "Destiny" fan, while working on the game. The actor explained,
"I have to give kudos to my son here because my son has been with me from the beginning
with this ... He had to promise he would not share one bit of information with anybody ... I
cannot even tell you how difficult it was for him to keep his mouth shut."
Even though Fehr's son had to work hard to keep from spilling any secrets,
the actor did share that his "Destiny 2" role made him "the coolest dad in the world."
In another major voice acting get,
Fehr also voiced Ra's al Ghul for HBO Max's animated "Young Justice" TV series.
"Are you proud of this little debacle? I believe the 'detective' would be quite disappointed."
In 2018, he starred in every episode of Hulu's "The First,"
a fictionalized account of America's first mission to Mars. He also appeared as Agent
Levi Shur across four episodes of NBC's "The Blacklist" and played the villain
Karim Farouk in the first season of the CBS series "Blood and Treasure" in 2019.
Most memorably, he was Admiral Charles Vance on the Paramount+ series "Star Trek:
Discovery," cutting a striking figure as the dashing Starfleet officer.
Fehr was also a principal figure in a recent crossover between three series,
appearing as the character Colin Kent on one episode each of CBS' "FBI,"
"FBI: Most Wanted," and the Paramount+ spin-off series "FBI: International."
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