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Kamel El Basha

Mar 14, 1962 (63 years old) in Jerusalem, Palestine

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.

Known For

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Palestine 36
Abu Rabab
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Mo
Uncle Ali
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Huda's Salon
Doctor
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The Translator
Professor Raed
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Thank You for Banking with Us
Uncle
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The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
Abu Ibrahim
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Curfew
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The Insult
Yasser Abdallah Salameh
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Asad
Mahrous
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Culprits
Youssef

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