René Ifrah is an American actor born in Germany and raised in Brooklyn, New York City. He is best known for his role as Bibi Hamed on the Showtime series Homeland, for which he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. He is also known for his recurring roles on Showtime's crime drama Sneaky Pete, where he played the character of Wali; the Showtime Drama series The Affair; and the Showtime comedy series Nurse Jackie.