Acting

Mohammad Bakri

Born 1953-11-27 · Galilee, Palestine

Died 2025-12-24

Mohammed Bakri (also credited as Mohammad Bakri, 1953-2025) was a popular Palestinian actor, director and playwright. He began to act in theatre in 1976. During his career, he worked with many directors such as Costa-Gavras, Amos Gitai, Rashid Masharawi, Saverio Costanzo, Michel Khleifi and Annemarie Jacir. His sons Saleh, Ziad and Adam Bakri are also actors.

Credits

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All That's Left of You
as Older Sharif
2025
Le Monde
as The blind man
2025
Le Monde
Director
2025
Janin, Jenin
Director
2025
Janin, Jenin
Writer
2025
Janin, Jenin
Cinematography
2025
Janin, Jenin
Editor
2025
House of David
as Dayan
2025
Upshot
as Suleiman
2024
Khaled & Nema
as Abu Mariam
2024
Cairo Conspiracy
as General Al Sakran
2022
The Stranger
as Abu Adnan
2021
Strange Cities Are Familiar
as Ashraf
2019
The Tower
as Grandpa Lufti (voice)
2018
In His Place
as Mohammad
2018
Wajib
as Abu Shadi
2017
American Assassin
as Ashani
2017
The Night Of
as Tariq
2016
Of Kings and Prophets
as Samuel
2016
Inertia
as Max
2015
The Bureau
as Ahmad Shahanah
2015
The Warren
as Abu Mahmoud
2014
Blackness
as Father
2014
Blackness
Director
2014
Blackness
Writer
2014
Tyrant
as Sheik Rashid
2014
Giraffada
as Hassan
2014
The Savior
as Herod - Devil
2014
Fairuz
as Yussef
2014
Wild Horses
as Ashraf
2012
Water
as Himself
2012
Water
Director
2012
The Salt Fisherman
as The Fisherman
2011
Homeland
as Abdul Qadir G'ulom
2011
Homeland
2011
The Flowers of Kirkuk
as Old Sherko
2010
Sense of Morning
as Mahmoud
2010
Weddings and Other Disasters
as Sergio Bauer
2010
Zahra
Director
2009
Zindeeq
as M.
2009
Laila's Birthday
as Abu Laila
2009
The Lark Farm
as Nazim
2007
Nuzhat al-Fuad
as Ezra - Kahiri
2006
Since You've Been Gone
Director
2005
Private
as Mohammad B.
2004
Jenin, Jenin
Writer
2003
Jenin, Jenin
Director
2003
The Olive Harvest
as Raeda's father
2003
Il bambino di Betlemme
2002
In Search of Peace
as Self
2001
Desperado Square
as Avram Mandabon
2001
The Body
as Abu Yusef
2001
1948
as Self (interviewer)
1998
1948
Director
1998
Short Stories About Love
1998
Sous les pieds des femmes
as Amin 1996
1997
The Milky Way
as Mahmud
1997
Haifa
as Haifa
1996
Tale of the Three Jewels
as Aida's father
1995
Scar
1995
The Mummy Lives
as Alexatos
1993
Double Edge
as Mustafa Shafik
1992
Beyond the Walls II
as Issan
1992
Cup Final
as Ziad
1991
Shelter
1989
Rami og Julie
as Rami's Cousin
1988
Death Before Dishonor
as Gavril
1987
Esther
as Mordecai
1986
Beyond the Walls
as Issan
1984
Hanna K.
as Selim Bakri
1983
La maison de la mémoire
as Abdel Al
1983
Fellow Travellers
1983
Fly Little Bird
as Abdullah Sharif
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