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.
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Known For
Acting History
2024
The Master and Margarita as Kaifa
2023Los Farad
2023A House in Jerusalem as Shlomi
2022Cairo Conspiracy as Sheikh Negm
2022The Taste of Apples Is Red as Sheikh Kamel
2022Nicht ganz Koscher as Gaon
2022Jerusalem
2021Laila in Haifa as Kamal
2020Manayek as Leon Bachar
2020Messiah as Mullah Umar
2019Spider in the Web as Nader
2018The Tower
2018A Letter to a Friend in Gaza
2018Voice Over
2017Unlocked as Yazid Khaleel
2015Wounded Land
2015Abulele as Hani
2015A Tale of Love and Darkness as Halawani
2015A Tale of Love and Darkness as Al Hilwani
2015RSC Live: The Merchant of Venice as Shylock
2015The City
2015Atlit as Mafous
2014The Cut as Omar Nasreddin
2014Desert Dancer as Mehdi
2014Write Down, I Am an Arab as Narrator (voice)
2014Farewell Baghdad as Prime Minister
2014Magic Men as Avraham Kofinas
2013The Physician as Imam
2013Sweets
2013Complicit as Colonel Hazem Ashraf
2012Inheritance as Abu Majda
2010Miral as Governor Khatib
2009Carmel
2009Italians as Hamed
2008House of Saddam as Tariq Aziz
2008Lemon Tree as Abu Kamal
2007Shred of Hope as Julian
2006Djihad! as Médecin de l'hôpital
2006Forgiveness as Dr. Isaac Shemesh
2005Munich as Wael Zwaiter
2005Free Zone as Samir aka "The American"
2004The Syrian Bride as Hammed
2001The Body as Nasir Hamid
1999The West Wing as Palestinian Chairman Nizar Farad
1997The Milky Way as Mukhtar
1995Tale of the Three Jewels as Abu Iman
1994The Patriots as Barak
1992Double Edge as Ahmed Shafik
1990Canticle of Stones
1989Crossfire
1987Wedding in Galilee as The governor
1986The Smile of the Lamb as Col. Moshe Katzman
1985On a Narrow Bridge
1984Kasach
1983Michel Ezra Safra and Sons
1982Big Shots as Ben-Shooshan
—The Way of the Wind as Jonas