Sodad Iskander

Sodad Iskander was born 1973 in Baghdad Iraq in his parents bedroom He is Chaldean a minority descended from the ancient Sumerians Chaldeans are today Roman Catholics He was the son of Younan Iskander and Warda Marogi and was the first child of seven siblings The family moved to London UK in 1978 due to a job offer that his father had been given Sodad went to an English catholic school St Mary Abbots Primary School where acting was a great part in education There Sodad realized he loved standing on stage He thrived After 5 years in London in the year of 1983 his fathers contract ended and they would have to return to Iraq But since Iraq was in a very protracted war with Iran Sodads parents did not want to take Sodad and his now 3 siblings back to a country at war They fled to Sweden Here they started a new life and thanks to the English school both Sodad and his younger siblings quickly merged into the community They made many friends and a whole new era began where the Swedish people showed them love and with open arms He started his career in 199192 by being an extra in the longrunning Rederiet Then he started picking some little extra roles here and there Between 20062008 he got a permanent extra role as a station policeman in the popular crime series BECK and got many contacts in the industry from there