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Yusuf Amir, Liberty City Gangster

Meet one of the main shot-callers in The Ballad of Gay Tony.

Sep. 24 2009

Posted by: Brad

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DIG THAT F-BOMB

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Edited By fillmoejoe

Getting that Arab money! Guess this was the guy Playboy X was talking about in GTA IV.

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OMID OMID OMID
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LoL they had to play Arab Money song in the back :P

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Isn't he that Iranian-british comedian?

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This DLC is going to be great!!

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@Aas said:
" Isn't he that Iranian-british comedian? "
It does sound like him.
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damnit, october 29th is so far away

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Yusuf Amir, wasnt Playboy planning to work with him or something in the main GTA storyline, it sounds familiar

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have been waiting for the episodes to buy the GTA IV dlc and im pumpeeddd!! 
october is going to be too crazy!

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@Aas said:

" Isn't he that Iranian-british comedian? "

It's  Omid Djalili.
He's awesome, and I'd buy the game simply because he's in it.
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@D0tti said:
" @Aas said:
" Isn't he that Iranian-british comedian? "
It does sound like him. "
It is him 
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@fillmoejoe: Yeah i was thinking that as well
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this is arab money

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I love how every gangster in Liberty City "owns this city"

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i like this

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Looks great.

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Yet another gangsta that "Owns this city", and that "worked to get there". lol.

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THIS IS THE BEST TRAILER EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE BUILT THE PIRAMIDS...LOL

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@mikecardii said:
" I love how every gangster in Liberty City "owns this city" "
Lmao. So true. Every GTA trailer always has a line like that.
 
Trailer looks great though. I love every GTA trailer. I just wish I liked playing the game more. I haven't ever beat it yet. Just too repetitive for me.
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Man. I am confident Grand Theft Auto has the best trailers now.

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i would just like to point out that the gibberish at the beginning of the song is not arabic in any way

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WE GETTIN ARAB MONEY!

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Excited as fuck about this and i'm glad I didn't buy the first DLC...can't wait for this to come out!

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Good trailer.

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Fucking Arab Money

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Easily one of GTA4's best trailers thus far. Damn rockstar seems to know which music to fit with everything xP
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So this is the guy behind the construction site in Niko's story. He seems like what Roman would be if he were a crime boss.

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I knew they'd bring him back after mentioning him so many times in the main storyline. I like him.

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@WinterSnowblind said:
" @Aas said:

" Isn't he that Iranian-british comedian? "

It's  Omid Djalili. He's awesome, and I'd buy the game simply because he's in it. "
I knew that was him! I bloody hope these come to PS3 at some point
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@TripMasterMunky said:
" @mikecardii said:
" I love how every gangster in Liberty City "owns this city" "
Lmao. So true. Every GTA trailer always has a line like that.  Trailer looks great though. I love every GTA trailer. I just wish I liked playing the game more. I haven't ever beat it yet. Just too repetitive for me. "
Same as you, took me about 6 months to beat that game, even then I skipped alot of the movies.
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@TripMasterMunky said:
" @mikecardii said:
" I love how every gangster in Liberty City "owns this city" "
Lmao. So true. Every GTA trailer always has a line like that.  Trailer looks great though. I love every GTA trailer. I just wish I liked playing the game more. I haven't ever beat it yet. Just too repetitive for me. "
Oh yeah I totally agree. The trailer looks fantastic and I may have to end up buying the DLC. I loved the Lost and the Damned DLC.
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Rockstar's really pulling everything for this. Im sure with how The Lost and Damned was underwhelming, they're making sure Ballad has tons of hype.

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Yet another awesome trailer
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You know I think I am going to like this dlc better than the first one

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@Ineedaname said:
" @TripMasterMunky said:
" @mikecardii said:
" I love how every gangster in Liberty City "owns this city" "
Lmao. So true. Every GTA trailer always has a line like that.  Trailer looks great though. I love every GTA trailer. I just wish I liked playing the game more. I haven't ever beat it yet. Just too repetitive for me. "
Same as you, took me about 6 months to beat that game, even then I skipped alot of the movies. "
I beat it in 2 weeks,simply because of the story. Weird,isn't it?
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That is sooo Omid Djalili as the voice actor.  Character model even kind of looks like him too.  He was the small slightly squat guy who tagged along in "The Mummy" for anyone not up to speed on their British comedians.

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Another classic GTA character it looks like.

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Wonder if Luis can wield the golden uzi.

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SHHHHAWTAYYYYYYYYY.  Everyone sounds better Auto-Tuned.
 
@RagingLion said:

" That is sooo Omid Djalili as the voice actor.  Character model even kind of looks like him too.  He was the small slightly squat guy who tagged along in "The Mummy" for anyone not up to speed on their British comedians. "

That's where we first fell in love with him.  Since then, just some of the notable roles have been in Harvey Birdman, Sky Captain, Pirates 3, and 50 CENT BotS!
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THis is is awesome!

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god damn it like Rockstar be printing GOLD over there i tells ya

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this looks so good my face melted

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I was going to buy this anyway but the fact that he was actually singing along to Arab Money is going to make me buy it twice as hard.
 
I love you, Rockstar.

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its so lol that a lot of the characters in this game, 'worked hard' to 'own the city'. Ive been to new york and some of the people are cocky but its funny to see a game company make fun of the stereotype 

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Hope they speed up the PlayStation DLC very soon.

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I used to know a guy that was just like this. I liked to joke around with him. 
 
Me: You're not black. (jokingly)

Him: I'm African! That's black.
 
Me: Psh, no you're not.
 
Him: I'm from Egypt!
 
Me: That doesn't count. That's not really African.
 
Him: What?! That doesn't make any sense!
 
 
Good times.

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Too awesome. Can't wait for this.

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I like how Rockstar doesn't just push the boundaries of violence, which has become it's penchant and which anyone can do, but also pushes the boundaries of sexuality in the video game medium.  I'm thinking of the penis shot, and the usage of a gay character as the central protagonist. 
 
This video shows that Rockstar will also push the boundaries by using characters of a race that, if you only watched American news and entertainment, would seem to live in America only as mad terrorists.  I can hardly think of a movie, or any American medium for that matter, which portrays Arab-Americans realistically; not just mad bombers bent on destroying America for no good reason but purely maniacal ones. 
 
Bravo.