Hisham Tawfiq is an American actor, best known for playing Dembe Zuma, part of the security detail and very close friend to Raymond "Red" Reddington in NBC's The Blacklist.

KNOWN FOR

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2023
The Blacklist
2013
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2010
30 Rock
2012
The Equalizer
2024
Nurse Jackie
2012
Found
2025
Harlem
2021
Kings
2009
Golden Boy
2013
Ironside
2013

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
24
2025
Found
as Alonso Mitchell
2024
The Equalizer
as Sameer Bentang
2023
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2021
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jules
2021
Harlem
as Dr. Obinna Tseggai
2018
Skate Kitchen
as Lawrence
2018
Jinn
as Imam Khalid
2018
A Girl
as Sterling
2018
Conrad
as Officer Daniel Nack
2017
Dope Fiend
as Prince
2014
Gun Hill
as Captain Sanford
2013
Dead Man Down
as Harry's Jamaican #3
2013
The Blacklist
as Dembe Zuma
2013
Golden Boy
as Father Steven Truitt
2013
Ironside
as Cop
2012
30 Rock
as African Dictator
2012
Nurse Jackie
as Angry Patient
2010
Five Minarets in New York
as High Roller
2010
Say Grace Before Drowning
as Chris
2010
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Souleyman Camara
2009
Kings
as Serviceman Walter
2007
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as FDNY Vestry
2003
Lost Money
2002
Snitch in New York
as Hutch