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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-05-30 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine

Makram J. Khoury

Biography:

Makram J. Khoury  is an Israeli Arab, born May 30, 1945 in Jerusalem. He was the youngest artist and the first Arab to win the Israel Prize, the highest civic honor in Israel. He is one of the most accomplished and well-known Israeli Arab actors.

Known For

Acting

2024

2023

2022

Cairo Conspiracy as Sheikh Negm

2021

2020

Messiah as Mullah Umar
Manayek as Leon Bachar

2019

2018

2017

Unlocked as Yazid Khaleel

2015

Atlit as Mafous
Abulele as Hani

2014

Desert Dancer as Mehdi
Magic Men as Avraham Kofinas
Farewell Baghdad as Prime Minister
Write Down, I Am an Arab as Narrator (voice)
The Cut as Omar Nasreddin

2013

Complicit as Colonel Hazem Ashraf

2012

Inheritance as Abu Majda

2010

Miral as Governor Khatib

2009

Italians as Hamed

2008

Lemon Tree as Abu Kamal
House of Saddam as Tariq Aziz

2006

Djihad! as Médecin de l'hôpital

2005

Free Zone as Samir aka "The American"
Munich as Wael Zwaiter

2004

2001

The Body as Nasir Hamid

1999

The West Wing as Palestinian Chairman Nizar Farad

1997

The Milky Way as Mukhtar
The Milky Way as Mukhtar

1995

1994

The Patriots as Barak

1992

Double Edge as Ahmed Shafik

1990

1987

Wedding in Galilee as The governor

1986

The Smile of the Lamb as Col. Moshe Katzman

1984

1983

1982

Big Shots as Ben-Shooshan

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Writing