Haaz Sleiman (/ˈhɑːz ˈsleɪmən/; Arabic: هاز سليمان; born July 1, 1976) is a Lebanese actor.

[1] He most notably played the role of Tarek in the 2007 film The Visitor for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male and the role of Jesus in the American TV mini-series Killing Jesus, in addition to a number of American TV series.

[4][5] He portrayed the terrorist suspect Heydar in three 2007 episodes of the FOX series 24[5] and appeared on both NCIS and Veronica Mars in 2007.

[4] He co-starred as Tarek, an undocumented Syrian immigrant in the critically acclaimed 2007 independent film The Visitor, a drama directed by Tom McCarthy.

Sleiman also played the role of Kasim Tariq in the CW Network TV show Nikita; he appeared in two episodes.