Middle East actors
by giaghina | created - 05 Sep 2014 | updated - 10 Dec 2014 | Public
1. Karim Abdel Aziz
Actor | The Blue Elephant
Karim Abdel Aziz was born in Egypt on 17-8-1975. He was raised by his father the director Mohamed Abdel Aziz who has a valuable history in the Egyptian cinema; hence the technical environment in which he grew up had a prominent role in the ease of entry and work in the field of cinematography. ...
Welad El- am (Cousins) ولاد العم الفيل الأزرق The Blue Elephant
2. Hiam Abbass
Actress | Blade Runner 2049
Hiam Abbass also Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and film director. Abbass was born in Nazareth, Israel, to a Muslim Arab family. She was raised in the village of Deir Hanna. Since the late 1980s, she has lived in Paris and holds French citizenship. During the filming of the Steven Spielberg ...
la source des femmes "Etz Limon" - Lemon trees The Syrian bride Inheritance Dancing Arabs Zaytoun
3. Hany Adel
Actor | Eshtebak
Hany Adel is known for Clash (2016), Hidden Strike (2023) and Renegades (2018).
Asmaa
4. Saleh Bakri
Actor | Bikur Ha-Tizmoret
Saleh Bakri was born on March 1, 1977 in Jaffa, Israel. He is an actor, known for The Band's Visit (2007), The Present (2020) and Wajib (2017).
la source des femmes Salt of This Sea (ملح هذا البحر - 2008
5. Leïla Bekhti
Actress | Paris, je t'aime
She is a French film and television actress, best known for her roles in Tout ce qui brille (2007) and, in 2006, Paris, je t'aime and Sheitan.
She has already been nominated for 9 awards and won 4, including a César (french movies award) in 2012 as most promising actress.
She met her husband on the ...
6. Hafsia Herzi
Actress | Tu mérites un amour
Hafsia Herzi , born in Manosque, is a French actress and director. She grew up in Marseille.
Hafsia Herzi, of Tunisian origin by her father and Algerian by her mother, is the youngest of a family of four children (two brothers and a sister, Dalila).
In 2019, she released her first feature film as a ...
la source des femmes coucous (La graine et le mulet) Inheritance
7. Biyouna
Actress | Nass Mlah City
Biyouna was born in Belcourt (Alger, Algeria) in 1954 during the war of liberation against France. Her sister was a famous singer known as Leila Djazaria. Her mother was selling tickets in a famous theater "le Dounyazad". As a little girl she often watched famous Egyptian singers and actresses at ...
la source des femmes
8. Mohamed Majd
Actor | Hanna
Born in 1940, Mohamed Majd took his first steps on the stage in the late 1950s. After 10 years acting in theaters, he turned to the cinema and acted in the shorts of Abdelmajid R'chich then alongside Anthony Quinn in the historical epic : The Message (1975), Moustapha Akkad. Renowned Moroccan actor...
la source des femmes
9. Maged El-Kidwani
Actor | 678
Maged El-Kidwani was born on December 10, 1967 in Shobra, Cairo, Egypt. He is an actor, known for Cairo 678 (2010), Saa'a wi Nos (2012) and Hepta: The Last Lecture (2016).
Kairo 678 Asmaa
10. Suheir Hammad
Actress | Milh Hadha al-Bahr
Suheir Hammad was born on October 25, 1973 in Amman, Jordan. She is an actress and writer, known for Salt of This Sea (2008), When I Stretch Forth Mine Hand (2009) and Lest We Forget (2003).
Salt of This Sea (ملح هذا البحر - 2008 also When I Stretch Forth Mine Hand, 2012 Let Fury Have the Hour, 2009
11. Nadine Labaki
Actress | Et maintenant on va où?
Nadine Labaki was born on February 18, 1974 in Beirut, Lebanon. She is an actress and director, known for Where Do We Go Now? (2011), Capernaum (2018) and Caramel (2007). She has been married to Khaled Mouzanar since October 2007.
Caramel Et maintenant on va où?
12. Yasmine Al Massri
Actress | Miral
Yasmine Al Massri is an international actress, contemporary artist and dancer. Born in Lebanon, from a Palestinian father and an Egyptian mother. At age 20, she moved to Paris to study, and graduated from the prestigious L'Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris in Multimedia and live performances.
Her ...
Caramel (2008) Al Juma Al Akheira (2011) Al-mor wa al rumman (2007)
13. Abdellatif Kechiche
Writer | La vie d'Adèle
Abdellatif Kechiche was born on December 7, 1960 in Tunis, Tunisia. He is a writer and director, known for Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), Games of Love and Chance (2003) and Poetical Refugee (2000).
La vie d'Adèle coucous (La graine et le mulet) Bezness (1992)
14. Sabrina Ouazani
Actress | Le passé
Sabrina Ouazani was born on December 6, 1988 in Saint Denis, France. She is an actress and director, known for The Past (2013), Games of Love and Chance (2003) and Inch'Allah (2012).
la source des femmes El pasado (2013), Inch'Allah (2012) "Des hommes et des dieux" (2010)
15. Hind Sabri
Actress | The Blue Elephant 2
Hend Sabry is a Cairo-based Tunisian actress and lawyer. She was born in Tunis on 20th November and received her license in law at the Faculty of Law of Tunis in 2001. Later she completed her masters in law intellectual property and copyright in 2004. Her acting debut was at the age of fourteen in ...
Asmaa the Yacoubian building (2006)
16. Khaled Nabawy
Actor | Kingdom of Heaven
Egyptian actor Khaled Nabawy managed to quickly grab audiences attention and film critics respect through his choice of material, following his discovery by famous director, Youssef Chahine. He presented Khaled as the Hollywood's way in making stars, he put him in the best view and allowed the ...
17. Hasan El-Raddad
Actor | Kheyanah Mashruah
Hasan El-Raddad is known for Kheyanah Mashruah (2006), Gawazah Miri (2014) and Girls (2007). He has been married to Aimi Samir Ghanem since November 4, 2016.
Ehky ya Scheherazade (Mujeres del Cairo) كف القمر Kaf El Qamar
18. Mohamad Ramadan
Actor | Ehky ya Scheherazade
Mohamed Ramadan began acting while at school. He has received the award for greatest nationwide talent three times consecutively - an unprecedented achievement. He started his career with small roles in TV series like "The Cinderella," until he had his big break in Yousry Nasrallah's "Ehky Ya ...
Ehky ya Scheherazade (Mujeres del Cairo)
19. Hani Salama
Composer | Control Room
Hani Salama was born on July 4, 1977 in Cairo, Egypt. He is an actor and composer, known for Control Room (2004), The Other (1999) and Ouija (2006). He is married to Riham Salama. They have two children.
20. Basem Samrah
Actor | El Medina
Bassem Samra, a renowned, award wining, Egyptian Actor, born on May, 24th,1971 , has started his Acting career in 1990 with late director Mr. Youssef Chahine. After that, he starred in the feature film, Al Madina, where he depicted an unforgettable character. Mr. Samra has earned a place among the ...
El Medina - Die Stadt (1999) The Yacoubian building (2006) Kairo 678 (2010) Basra (2008) Après la bataille (2012) بعد الموقعة
21. Khaled El-Sawi
Actor | The Blue Elephant
Khaled El-Sawi was born on November 25, 1963 in Alexandria, Egypt. He is an actor and assistant director, known for The Blue Elephant (2014), El Farah (2009) and The Yacoubian Building (2006).
الفيل الأزرق The Blue Elephant
22. Nahed El Sebaï
Actress | 678
Nahed El Sebaï is an Egyptian young actress, she was born in Cairo, Egypt 25 May 1987,into a family considered to be one of Egypt's pioneers in the cinema industry, AS She is the granddaughter of the well-known Egyptian actor Farid Shawqi and his wife the famous Egyptian singer and actress Huda ...
Ehky ya Scheherazade (Mujeres del Cairo) Kairo 678 Après la bataille (2012) بعد الموقعة
23. Menna Shalabi
Actress | Nawara
With a significantly eminent talent and undeniable powerful presence, Menna Shalaby managed to establish a name for herself in the cinema and television industries early on, thanks to her exceptional talent and commanding attitude. She rose to become one of the most recognized, admired, and ...
Après la bataille (2012) بعد الموقعة
24. Mona Zaki
Actress | Dam el ghazal
Although she had no interest at all on being an actress, Mona Zaki is now a remarkable leading star. Mona started her career in acting accidentally, when she met Mohamed Sobhi, the famous Egyptian Actor and Director. Mona is a Mass Communication student at the fourth grade. Her dream is to prove ...
Ehky ya Scheherazade (Mujeres del Cairo) Welad El- am (Cousins) ولاد العم Al Ayati Sadat (2001)
25. Nilli Karim
Actress | The Blue Elephant
Nelly Karim is an Egyptian actress, fashion model and ballerina. She was born December 18, 1974 in Alexandria, Egypt for An Egyptian father and Russian Mother. Nelly Karim has drawn attention for her 2006 refusal to portray "seductive roles". She won Best Actress award in the Cairo International ...
الفيل الأزرق The Blue Elephant Kairo 678
26. Adel Emam
Actor | Omaret yakobean
He is a graduate of the faculty of agriculture. He started his career in cinema in several films with actor Salah Zulfikar in 1960s, such as Talat loussuss (1966), Marti, mudir aam (1966) and Afrit merati (1968). Then he became more popular in theaters for his role in Madrasat Al Moshaghebin (...
Omaret Yacoubian - عمارة يعقوبيان Alzheimer (2010)
27. Nour El-Sherif
Actor | Leila Sakhina
Nour El-Sherif was born on April 28, 1946 in Egypt. He was an actor and producer, known for Leila Sakhina (1995), Al-Ragol Al-Akhar (1999) and El Hag Metwali's Family (2001). He was married to Poussi. He died on August 11, 2015 in Cairo, Egypt.
Omaret Yacoubian - عمارة يعقوبيان Il destino (Al-massir - Francia, Egitto 1997)
28. Makram Khoury
Actor | Ta'am al Tufah, Ahmar
Palestinian-Israeli actor Makram Khoury was the youngest artist and the first Arab to win the Israel Prize, the highest artistic honor in the country.
He is one of Israel's most respected actors, playing leads in all the major theatres as well as acting in films and on television.
Khoury is an ...
The Syrian bride "Etz Limon" - Lemon trees
29. Clara Khoury
Actress | Baghdad Central
Clara Khoury was born on December 29, 1976 in Haifa, Israel. She is an actress, known for Baghdad Central (2020), Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf (2019) and Body of Lies (2008).
The Syrian bride Al qods fee yom akhar - Rana's wedding
30. Elia Suleiman
Director | Yadon ilaheyya
Elia Suleiman was born on July 28, 1960 in Nazareth, Israel. He is a director and writer, known for Divine Intervention (2002), It Must Be Heaven (2019) and The Time That Remains (2009). He is married to Yasmine Hamdan.
Intervención divina (2002) Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996) The Time that Remains (2009)
31. Eran Riklis
Director | Etz Limon
Eran Riklis has been active in the movie world since 1975. After graduating from Beaconsfield National Film School in England, he made his first film in 1984, "On a clear Day you can see Damascus", a political thriller based on a true story. Seven years later, he shot "Cup Final", later hailed by ...
"Etz Limon" - Lemon trees The Syrian bride
32. Eyad Sheety
Actor | Bikur Ha-Tizmoret
Eyad Sheety is known for The Band's Visit (2007), Arabani (2013) and In Between (2016).
La banda nos visita (2007) La sposa siriana (2004) Arabani (2013)
33. Uri Gavriel
Actor | The Dark Knight Rises
Uri Gavriel was born on April 3, 1955 in Bnei Brak, Israel. He is an actor, known for The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Byzantium (2012) and One Week and a Day (2016).
34. Adnan Tarabshi
Actor | Fauda
Adnan Tarabshi is known for Fauda (2015), Syrian Bride (2004) and Free Zone (2005).
35. Ashraf Barhom
Actor | The Kingdom
Ashraf Barhom was born on January 8, 1979 in Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Israel. He is an actor, known for The Kingdom (2007), Coriolanus (2011) and Clash of the Titans (2010).
36. Eliane Raheb
Producer | Aanaf hob
Eliane Raheb is known for Miguel's War (2021), Those Who Remain (2016) and This Is Lebanon (2008).
ITAR productions sleepless nights - Layla bala naaum
37. Nizar Hassan
Director | Janoub
Nizar Hassan was born in 1960 in Nazareth, Israel. He is a director and producer, known for South (2008), Sleepless Nights (2012) and Cut (2000).
Isteqlal (Independance), 1994 - Yasmine (1996) - Ustura (Mythology, 1998) - Cut (2000) - Tahaddi (Challenge, 2001) - Ejteyah (Invasion 2003) - Karm Abu Khalil (Abu Khalil Grove), 2005 - Janoub (South), 2008
38. Nisreen Faour
Actress | Amreeka
Nisreen Faour is a Palestinian actress
Faour was born in Tarshiha, Israel and moved to the United States to study theater and performance when she was 16. She studied theater directing at the University of Haifa. She has performed in a number of award - winning theatrical plays. She also appeared in...
Amerrika (2009), Villa Touma (2014) The Savior (2013) Eyes of a Thief (2014)
39. Ula Tabari
Actress | Munich
Ula Tabari is known for Munich (2005), Enquete personnelle (2002) and Diaspora (2005).
Munich (2005), Villa Touma (2014) Inheritance (2012)
40. Yussuf Abu-Warda
Actor | Ha-Borer
Yussuf Abu-Warda was born on August 19, 1953 in Jish, Israel. He is an actor, known for The Arbitrator (2007), Tyrant (2014) and Promised Land (2004).
Amreeka (2009), Kedma (2002) and Ha-Borer (2007) Inheritance (2012), The Savior (2013) Kadosh (1999)
41. Cherien Dabis
Producer | Amreeka
Cherien Dabis is a critically acclaimed and award winning Palestinian American film and television director, writer, and actress. Born in the U.S. and raised in Ohio and Jordan, Dabis studied film at Columbia University's School of the Arts.
Most recently, Dabis was Emmy nominated for Outstanding ...
Amerrika (2009), May in the Summer (2013) and Make a Wish (2006), Villa Touma (2014)
42. Hussein Yassin Mahajne
Actor | Ha-Buah
Hussein Yassin Mahajne is known for The Bubble (2006), Thirst (2004) and Villa Touma (2014).
Atash (2004), Ha-Buah (2006), Jaffa (2009) Checkpoint (2011), Villa Touma (2014)
43. Annemarie Jacir
Director | Lamma shoftak
Annemarie Jacir was born on January 17, 1974 in Bethlehem, Palestine. She is a director and writer, known for When I Saw You (2012), Salt of This Sea (2008) and Wajib (2017).
Lamma shoftak -When I Saw You (2012), La sal de este mar (2008), Like Twenty Impossibles (2003),
44. Rashid Masharawi
Director | Eid milad Laila
Rashid Masharawi was born in 1962 in Al Shati, Gaza Strip, Palestine. He is a director and writer, known for Laila's Birthday (2008), Ticket to Jerusalem (2002) and Attente (2005).
Eid milad Laila (2008), Attente (2005), Ticket to Jerusalem (2002) and Falastine Stereo (2013), Haïfa (1996)
45. Areen Omari
Actress | Ticket to Jerusalem
Areen Omari is known for Ticket to Jerusalem (2002), Attente (2005) and The Olive Harvest (2003).
Eid milad Laila (2008), Private (2004) and Ticket to Jerusalem (2002)
46. Ali Suliman
Actor | The Kingdom
Ali Suliman is one of the most prominent Arab actors in the international film industry. This is evidenced by his dominant presence across the 2021's international festivals with a slew of remarkable works, including Amira (2021) by director Mohamed Diab at the Venice International Film Festival, ...
Al Juma Al Akheira
47. Nadira Omran
Actress | Bab el shams
Nadira Omran is known for Bab el shams (2004), When Monaliza Smiled (2012) and The Alleys (2021).
Lamma dehket Monaliza (2012), Al Juma Al Akheira (2011) and Homma aailiyya (2012)
48. Shady Khalaf
Actor | Abdu Mouta
Shady Khalaf is known for Abdu Mouta (2012), Kheyanah Mashruah (2006) and A Thousand Nights (2018).
Lamma dehket Monaliza (2012), Mujeres de El Cairo (2009) and Kalemni Shokran (2010)
49. Suha Najjar
Actress | Lamma shoftak
Suha Najjar is known for When I Saw You (2012), When Monaliza Smiled (2012) and Samt (2004).
Lamma shoftak (2012) and Lamma dehket Monaliza (2012)
50. Fouad Al Shomali
Actor | Lamma dehket Monaliza
Fouad Al Shomali is known for When Monaliza Smiled (2012) and Attente (2005).
Attente (2005) and Lamma dehket Monaliza (2012)
51. Ruba Blal
Actress | Sufat Chol
Ruba Blal was born on December 5, 1979 in Nazareth, Israel. She is an actress, known for Sand Storm (2016), Our Boys (2019) and The Dead of Jaffa (2019).
Lamma shoftak (2012), Inheritance (2012), Miral (2010), Ha-Buah (2006) and Atash (2004)
52. Fadi Haddad
Editor | Solitaire
Fadi Haddad is known for Solitaire (2016), When Monaliza Smiled (2012) and El-Mahraja (2018).
Lamma dehket Monaliza (2012) also Al Juma Al Akheira and Amal
53. Hany Adel
Actor | Eshtebak
Hany Adel is known for Clash (2016), Hidden Strike (2023) and Renegades (2018).
Asmaa (2011) Microphone (2010 Fatat el masnaa (2013)
54. Youssra
Actress | Al assifa
Yousra is Egypt's most renowned multi-faceted celebrity that has been gracing the silver screen for more than 30 years. Since the 1970s, Yousra starred in some of the most important films in the history of Egyptian cinema. Her roles in films and TV series are trailblazing and continue to influence ...
El edificio Yacobián (2006), Der Emigrant (1994) and Al assifa (2000)
55. Essad Youniss
Actress | 200 Pounds
Essad Youniss was born on April 12, 1950 in Cairo, Egypt. She is an actress and producer, known for 200 Pounds (2021), El Wad Sayed El Nassab (1990) and El-Avukatoo (1983).
El edificio Yacobián (2006), Bakiza Wa Zaghloul (1986) and Laylat El Qabd Ala Bakiza Wa Zaghloul (1988) Alzheimer (2010)
56. Khaled Saleh
Actor | Tito
Khaled Saleh was born on January 23, 1964 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Tito (2004), The Best of Times (2004) and Chaos, This Is (2007). He died on September 25, 2014 in Cairo, Egypt.
(1964-2014) Cairo, Egypt Chaos (2007), El edificio Yacobián (2006) and Alrayes Omar Harb (2008), Mallaki Iskandariya (2005), Tito (2004)
57. Bushra
Actress | Hidden Worlds
Egyptian actress and singer. She began artwork since the beginning of the third millennium through a comedy series (Youth Online) in 2002, and participated later in several series, including (Emperor, The Aunt Nour, dignitaries), which enabled it to achieve significant penetration in record time, ...
Kairo 678
58. Mohamed Diab
Writer | Eshtebak
Mohamed Diab is an Egyptian filmmaker and the lead director on Marvel Studio's MOON KNIGHT starring Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke and May Calamawy.
He began his career as a screenwriter, achieving commercial success in the Middle East. In 2010 he made his directorial debut CAIRO 678, about a trio of ...
writer (Ahlam Hakekeya, 2007, El Gezira, 2007, Badal Faed, 2009, Alf Mabrouk, 2009) and director (Kairo 678)
59. Ahmed Helmy
Actor | Asef ala el-Izag
Ahmed Helmy made his first big screen appearance in film Aboud on the Boarder (1999), in which he co-starred alongside Alaa Waley El Din. Ahmed, through his amazing breakthrough performance, and comic sense of humor, nabbed all the attention he needed in this film. He quickly made a jump to ...
Aboud ala el hedoud (1999) Omar 2000 (2000), El Nazer (2000) Husband of Mona Zaki 2007 Keda Reda, 2008 Asef Ala Al Izaag 2009 1000 Mabrouk, 2010 Assal Eswed, 2010 Bolbol Hayran, 2011 X-Large, 2013 AAla Gosety, 2014 Sonia fi Masr (Made in Egypt)
60. Hany Abu-Assad
Director | Omar
Hany Abu-Assad a Palestinian/Dutch movie director and writer. From the famous movies Abu-Assad has directed so far are : Rana's Wedding (2002), Paradise Now (2005) and Omar (2013), The mountains between us (2017). He has been nominated twice for Academy Awards for his movies 'Paradise Now' in 2006 ...
61. Tawfik Abu Wael
Writer | Our Boys
Tawfik Abu Wael was born on January 25, 1976 in Israel. He is a writer and director, known for Our Boys (2019), Thirst (2004) and Alumim (2021).
62. Rashid Masharawi
Director | Eid milad Laila
Rashid Masharawi was born in 1962 in Al Shati, Gaza Strip, Palestine. He is a director and writer, known for Laila's Birthday (2008), Ticket to Jerusalem (2002) and Attente (2005).
63. Mohamed Bakir
Director | Asia
Mohamed Bakir is known for Asia (2013), My Bride (2021) and On My Dead Body (2012).
64. Michel Khleifi
Director | Urs al-jalil
Michel Khleifi was born on November 3, 1950 in Nazareth, Israel. He is a director and writer, known for Wedding in Galilee (1987), Hikayatul jawahiri thalath (1995) and Nashid el-Hajar (1991).
65. Elyes Baccar
Director | Tunis Ellil: Tunis by Night
Elyes Baccar is born in Tunisia and lives in Los Angeles, California. He is a well acclaimed and an award-winning International Director and Screenwriter of feature films, documentaries, series and TV formats. He studied Directing at the French Film School (CLCF), attended the European Foundation ...
66. Azza El-Hassan
Director | Zaman al-akhbar
Azza El-Hassan is known for Zaman al-akhbar (2001), Title Deed from Moses (1998) and Kings and Extras (2004).
67. Lubna Azabal
Actress | Incendies
Lubna Azabal was born on August 15, 1973 in Brussels, Belgium. She is an actress, known for Incendies (2010), Coriolanus (2011) and Body of Lies (2008).
68. Atef El-Tayeb
Director | Leila Sakhina
Atef El-Tayeb was born on December 26, 1947. He was a director and assistant director, known for Leila Sakhina (1995), Gallipoli (1981) and El-Zammar (1985). He died on June 23, 1995.
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