Haithem was born in Basra, a southern Iraqi City on the border of Iran and Kuwait. His father was working two jobs to raise his eight children including Haithem. Haithem didn't get to study acting at an early age, but when he was five years old, he used to watch western movies everyday and was inspired by John Wayne and Lee Majors from "The Six Million Dollar Man".
Haithem lived through two wars, the Iran/Iraq war and the US/Iraq war. Post the 1991 Iraqi uprising, Haithem escaped Iraq and gained political asylum with the United States arm forces. Following this, he was sent to a Saudi Arabian refugee camp in the desert for four years. He immigrated to the US in 1994. Haithem became a United States citizen on March 24, 2005. He studied acting at Stella Adler Acting School in Hollywood. He also studied accent reduction and dialect training at the Los Angeles City College. He speaks fluent Arabic and has written a few screenplays;
1- BARBED FENCES. War Drama. Inspired by a true story. Dedicated to the 32 thousand Iraqi victims that suffered a Saudi human rights violations during their refuge years. Comparable: PAPILLON. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.

2- S-CLASS. Action. Crime Drama. Thriller. Discuses the stereotype against the Muslims in America, shining a light on a struggling Iraqi actor whose goal in life is to make his own movie and showcases his rich heritage, but when his world collides with a few dangerous men, he let go of his dreams and does what’s right for the greater good. Comparable: COLLATERAL. DRIVER.

3- CANADA. Action. Drama. Upon his arrival in Vancouver airport, an Iraqi American man becomes a fugitive after being mistaken for a foreign terrorist by the Canadian intelligence. Comparable. North by Northwest.

- Haithem Antonio Badrani