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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Lion
Character:
MOVIE • 2026
Palestine 36
Character: Abu Rabab
MOVIE • 2025
My Father's Scent
Character:
MOVIE • 2025
Thank You for Banking with Us
Character: Uncle
MOVIE • 2025
I'll Get Back to You
Character: Abu Bassam
MOVIE • 2025
Reasons for Travel
Character: إبراهيم
TV • 2024
House of Gods
Character: Sheikh Mohammad Al-Hamedi
TV • 2024
An Orange from Jaffa
Character: Farouk
MOVIE • 2024
Culprits
Character: Youssef
TV • 2023
Palestine Islands
Character: Younès
MOVIE • 2023
Our Males and Females
Character: The Father
MOVIE • 2023
Hamza - Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me
Character:
MOVIE • 2022
Room 207
Character:
TV • 2022
Mo
Character: Uncle Ali
TV • 2022
Huda's Salon
Character: Doctor
MOVIE • 2022
Into the Dark
Character:
TV • 2021
Curfew
Character:
MOVIE • 2020
Rogue Arrows
Character:
TV • 2018
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
Character: Abu Ibrahim
MOVIE • 2018
The Insult
Character: Yasser Abdallah Salameh
MOVIE • 2017
Crew
