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Thursday, March 30th, 2023 6:13 PM

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Fake actor/director

This person is totally fake I didn't find even a photo of him. Never seen his name on the series "tash ma tash" Searched the short films and didn't find any https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5755477/

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2 years ago

I am interested in finding out more about how to report fake movies/actors/directors, as well. (New to IMDB community.) I did not realize so many people tried to fake credits on IMDB. I assume that staff regularly peruse this section and make required changes to the website?

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@leesimon1438​ You can start threads here reporting fake pages (group them as one thread if there's several at once) and experienced contributors and/or staff will investigate. Good to do some research of your own first to see if it qualifies as a suspicious name page or title page where you cannot find factual evidence of it being legitimate.

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2 years ago

This looks fine to me, I was able to verify some things I checked. I don't think anything is fake on this page. Some of his award winning shorts are on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@fahadolayan8209/videos And this is a reliable source with an interview with him: https://www.nyfa.edu/film-school-blog/the-truth-about-new-york-film-academy-acting-alum-fahad-olayan/ Your confusion probably comes from the possible wrong release dates on these a few tash ma tash episodes because in the above New York Film Academy interview it's stated he started acting on that series in 2013 while here he's attached to a few episodes dated early. So either he's attached to some incorrect episodes or episode release dates would need to be fixed.

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@mbmb​ then didn't act in Tash ma tash. Unless he has an evidence. The episodes are in correct release date.

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OK this says he acted in that series "in the 90s at age 13": https://www.prlog.org/12654150-saudi-arabian-actor-fahad-olayan-makes-his-way-in-hollywood.html there is probably a typo in nyfa link where 2013 meant 1993 I found this relatively recent episode on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ2WGq-KsdY maybe you can check credits or check if someone similar to the pictures on nyfa link appear in the episode. The things I checked that I was able to check with english oncredit credits were correct, had onscreen credits with his name, and I checked some awards from their official sites and were able to verify these too. So I don't think there's anything suspect on this page. I would suggest you to check attached episodes carefully. There may also be a mixup with this person with regards to episodes of this show. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8430022/