Kamel El Basha
Known For
Acting
Born
1962-03-14 in Jerusalem, Palestine
Biography
Kamel El Basha is a Palestinian actor of screen and stage, theater director, play-writer and producer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s. He gained critical acclaim in 2017 when he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor (male) during the 74th Venice International Film Festival for his role as Yasser Abdallah Salameh in The Insult by the Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri. It was El Basha's first major role on screen, although he had appeared in a number of theatrical productions, actually also directing some of them. He is the former artistic director of the Palestinian National Theater in Jerusalem from 2007 to 2011 and the artistic director of Quds Art since 2012.
Most Known For
Mo
as Uncle Ali
Culprits
as Youssef Mizouni / Cracker
Into the Dark
Palestine 36
as Abu Rabab
Reasons for Travel
as إبراهيم
Indigenous
Rogue Arrows
House of Gods
as Sheikh Mohammad Al-Hamedi
Room 207
The Insult
as Yasser Abdallah Salameh
Thank You for Banking with Us
as Uncle
Huda's Salon
as Doctor
Asad
as Mahrous
Palestine Islands
as Younès
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
as Abu Ibrahim
An Orange from Jaffa
as Farouk
The Translator
as Professor Raed
Curfew
My Father's Scent
as Omar
