Career
He has also made cameo appearances in productions such as Ricky Gervais" Politics. Atalla made his first appearance on television in 1999 when he co-presented a Channel 4 series on disability, Freak Out. In 2007, Atalla set up Roughcut television, an independent production company.
Atalla and Roughcut produced Trinity for ITV2 in 2008.
Roughcut television has since produced multiple shows for all the United Kingdom"s major broadcasters, including Trollied (Sky 1), Cuckoo (British Broadcasting Corporation Three), World"s Craziest Fools - Starring Mr. T (British Broadcasting Corporation Three), Anna & Katy (Channel 4), People Just Do Nothing (British Broadcasting Corporation Three), Mad Mad World ( Independent Television 1) and Top Coppers (British Broadcasting Corporation Three).
Roughcut also released its first iOS app in January 2013 - The Official Mr. T appendix Atalla developed polio as a baby, and uses a wheelchair.
He was born into a middle-class family in Cairo.
He emigrated to London due to his father"s job.