Career
Sheik is best known for his recurring role of "Masheer" on the hit Fox series 24. Sammy is originally from Alexandria, Egypt, where his family still lives. One of his first and many breaks was given to him by Albert Brooks.
Soon thereafter, Sheik started landing roles on numerous hit series.
He played the calculating hooded eyed killer, Mohamed El-Razani on the Forex series, Over There, the terrorist ring leader, Masheer Abu Marzuq on Fox"s 24, which led to the role of Jamal Bin Mohamed on 24"s spinoff show The Rookie. Sheik played the recurring role Hany on the Showtime hit show United States of Tara.
In March 2010, he was appointed as a United Nations-Y Peer ambassador for the Middle East.