Kamel El Basha
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.
Filmography (25 titles)
MovieThe Land's Oath
Narrator · 2026
7.5MovieAsad
محروس · 2026
9.5ShowIndigenous
Ibrahim · 2026
5.7MovieMy Father's Scent
Omar · 2026
10.0MovieI Know You Can Hear Me
Salim · 2025
7.8MoviePalestine 36
Abu Rabab · 2025
8.0MovieThank You for Banking with Us
Uncle · 2025
MovieI'll Get Back to You
Abu Bassam · 2025
9.5ShowDawa'i El-Safar
إبراهيم · 2024
7.7ShowHouse of Gods
Sheikh Mohammad Al-Hamedi · 2024
6.0MovieAn Orange from Jaffa
Farouk · 2024
5.9ShowCulprits
Youssef Mizouni / Cracker · 2023
6.0MoviePalestine Islands
Younès · 2023
5.5MovieOur Males and Females
The Father · 2023
MovieHamza - Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me
2022
6.1ShowRoom 207
2022
7.0ShowMo
Uncle Ali · 2022
6.1MovieHuda's Salon
Doctor · 2022
6.2ShowInto the Dark
2021
5.7MovieThe Translator
Professor Raed · 2021
6.8MovieCurfew
2020
8.0ShowRogue Arrows
2018
6.9MovieThe Reports on Sarah and Saleem
Abu Ibrahim · 2018
7.5MovieThe Insult
Yasser Abdallah Salameh · 2017
4.0MovieLove, Theft and Other Entanglements
2015