---
name: "Amrou Al-Kadhi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/amrou-al-kadhi"
fi1m_id: "amrou-al-kadhi"
imdb_id: "nm2090270"
tmdb_id: 1683344
wikidata_id: "Q96480372"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 June 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T18:59:07.151666+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Amrou Al-Kadhi

## Identity

Amrou Al-Kadhi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/amrou-al-kadhi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** amrou-al-kadhi
- **IMDb ID:** nm2090270
- **TMDB ID:** 1683344
- **Wikidata ID:** Q96480372
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrou_Al-Kadhi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96480372, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2090270/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1683344

Writer. Born 23 June 1990 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 June 1990, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** Amrou Alkadhi, Amrou Al Kadhi
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 writing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 62 (1), 2020s 62 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrou_Al-Kadhi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96480372, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2090270/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1683344

## Coming up

- *The Great Beyond* (2027-09-29), as Council Officer

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Little America*](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Amrou Al-Kadhi is a British-Iraqi writer, actor, drag performer and filmmaker. Born in London on 23 June 1990, they studied History of Art at the University of Cambridge. Al-Kadhi has worked professionally as an actor since the age of 13 and performs in drag as Glamrou.

As a writer, Al-Kadhi contributed the teleplay for the finale of the Apple TV+ anthology series *Little America* (2020) and wrote an episode of the BBC America series *The Watch* (2021). They have also written episodes of *Hollyoaks*. Their memoir *Life as a Unicorn* was published in 2019 and won the Somerset Maugham Award. Al-Kadhi wrote and directed the feature film *Layla* (2024), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

Al-Kadhi has directed and written several short films, including *Anemone* (2018). Acting credits include *Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (2021), *Carnival Row* (2019), *Christopher Robin* (2018) and *Back to Black* (2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tvguide.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (4)

- *Back to Black* (2024), Fi1m 48, as Artist Development Man — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-black.md)
- *Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (2021), Fi1m 56, as Host Two — [page](https://film.one/film/venom-let-there-be-carnage.md)
- *Christopher Robin* (2018), Fi1m 62, as Nemir Azizi — [page](https://film.one/film/christopher-robin.md)
- *Munich* (2005), Fi1m 80, as Yussef's Son — [page](https://film.one/film/munich.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Little America* (2020), Fi1m 82, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Great Beyond* (2027), as Council Officer
- *Original Sin* (2025), as Interviewer · Director, Writer
- *Maintenance Required* (2025), as Bryant
- *Layla* (2025), Director, Writer
- *Mr Loverman* (2024), series, as Rafi
- *Back to Black* (2024), as Artist Development Man — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-black.md)
- *Until I Kill You* (2024), series, as Nabil
- *The Souvenir: Part II* (2021), as Julie's Interviewer
- *Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (2021), as Host Two — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/venom-let-there-be-carnage.md)
- *American Horror Stories* (2021), series, as Anna Rexhia
- *The Watch* (2021), series, Writer
- *Little America* (2020), series, Teleplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)
- *The Cleansing Hour* (2019), as Dante
- *Carnival Row* (2019), series, as Zephyr
- *Skin* (2019), as Daniel
- *Boys On Film 19: No Ordinary Boy* (2019), as Nazeem/Queen Za Dream (segment "Run[a]way Arab") · Writer, Director
- *Christopher Robin* (2018), as Nemir Azizi — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/christopher-robin.md)
- *Anemone* (2018), Writer, Director
- *Run(a)way Arab* (2018), as Nazeem/Queen Za Dream · Writer, Director
- *Victoria Sin* (2017), Director, Writer
- *Clash* (2017), Director, Writer
- *Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied* (2016), as Ramsey (segment "Nightstand") · Writer
- *Nightstand* (2015), as Ramsey · Writer
- *Munich* (2005), as Yussef's Son — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/munich.md)

## Gallery

- ![Amrou Al-Kadhi](https://film.one/media/person/342497/gallery-4bf81fabc811.jpg) Amrou Al-Kadhi — Frank Schulenburg (original uploaded as Own Work), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Sundance_Film_Festival_2024_-_Layla_-_Amrou_Al-Kadhi-104A1507_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Sundance_Film_Festival_2024_-_Layla_-_Amrou_Al-Kadhi-104A1507_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Amrou Al-Kadhi at their book signing of 'Unicorn' in 2019](https://film.one/media/person/342497/gallery-e8a9f9a1c2d0.jpg) Amrou Al-Kadhi at their book signing of 'Unicorn' in 2019 — HAMZJAHANZEB, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Glamrou_09_2019_Book_signing.jpg/1280px-Glamrou_09_2019_Book_signing.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Glamrou performs as themself as part of their show 'Glamrou: From Quran to Queen' at the Soho Theatre in September 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/342497/gallery-34d1ea0e4ae0.jpg) Glamrou performs as themself as part of their show 'Glamrou: From Quran to Queen' at the Soho Theatre in September 2022. — HAMZJAHANZEB, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Glamrou_-_September_2022.jpg/1280px-Glamrou_-_September_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Somerset Maugham Award 2020: Somerset Maugham Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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