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name: "Mohammad Bakri"
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born: "27 November 1953"
died: "24 December 2025"
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# Mohammad Bakri

Actor. Born 27 November 1953 in Galilee, Palestine. Died 24 December 2025.

## Details

- **Born:** 27 November 1953, Galilee, Palestine
- **Died:** 24 December 2025
- **Also known as:** محمد بكري, מוחמד בכרי, 모하메드 바크리, Mohammed Bakri
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Bakri, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2721648, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0049235/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24289

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Night Of*](https://film.one/tv/the-night-of.md) (81)

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## Biography

Mohammad Bakri (also credited as Mohammed Bakri) was a Palestinian actor and director with Israeli citizenship. Born in Bi'ina in the Galilee region of Israel, he studied acting and Arabic literature at Tel Aviv University before beginning his professional career in theatre with companies including Habima Theatre in Tel Aviv and al-Kasaba Theatre in Ramallah.

Bakri appeared in films and television series including *Hanna K.* (1983), *Beyond the Walls* (1984), *The Body* (2001), *Tyrant* (2014), *The Bureau* (2015), *The Night Of* (2016) as Tariq, *American Assassin* (2017), *Homeland* (2020) as Abdul Qadir G'ulom, *Cairo Conspiracy* (2022) as General Al Sakran, and *House of David* (2025) as Dayan. He also directed documentaries such as *Jenin, Jenin* (2002). Three of his sons, Saleh, Ziad and Adam Bakri, are actors. He died in Nahariya, Israel, in December 2025.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bfi.org.uk, jpost.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Night Of* (2016), Fi1m 81, as Tariq — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-of.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

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

- *All That's Left of You* (2025), as Older Sharif
- *Le Monde* (2025), The blind man, Director
- *Janin, Jenin* (2025), Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
- *House of David* (2025), series, as Dayan
- *Upshot* (2024), as Suleiman
- *Khaled & Nema* (2024), as Abu Mariam
- *Cairo Conspiracy* (2022), as General Al Sakran
- *The Stranger* (2021), as Abu Adnan
- *Strange Cities Are Familiar* (2019), as Ashraf
- *The Tower* (2018), as Grandpa Lufti (voice)
- *In His Place* (2018), as Mohammad
- *Wajib* (2017), as Abu Shadi
- *American Assassin* (2017), as Ashani
- *The Night Of* (2016), series, as Tariq — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-of.md)
- *Of Kings and Prophets* (2016), series, as Samuel
- *Inertia* (2015), as Max
- *The Bureau* (2015), series, as Ahmad Shahanah
- *The Warren* (2014), as Abu Mahmoud
- *Blackness* (2014), Father, Director, Writer
- *Tyrant* (2014), series, as Sheik Rashid
- *Giraffada* (2014), as Hassan
- *The Savior* (2014), as Herod - Devil
- *Fairuz* (2014), as Yussef
- *Wild Horses* (2012), as Ashraf
- *Water* (2012), Director
- *The Salt Fisherman* (2011), as The Fisherman
- *Homeland* (2011), series, as Abdul Qadir G'ulom
- *The Flowers of Kirkuk* (2010), as Old Sherko
- *Sense of Morning* (2010), as Mahmoud
- *Weddings and Other Disasters* (2010), as Sergio Bauer
- *Zahra* (2009), Director
- *Zindeeq* (2009), as M.
- *Laila's Birthday* (2009), as Abu Laila
- *The Lark Farm* (2007), as Nazim
- *Nuzhat al-Fuad* (2006), as Ezra - Kahiri
- *Since You've Been Gone* (2005), Director
- *Private* (2004), as Mohammad B.
- *Jenin, Jenin* (2003), Writer, Director
- *The Olive Harvest* (2003), as Raeda's father
- *Il bambino di Betlemme* (2002), Acting
- *Desperado Square* (2001), as Avram Mandabon
- *The Body* (2001), as Abu Yusef
- *1948* (1998), Director
- *Short Stories About Love* (1998), series, Acting
- *Sous les pieds des femmes* (1997), as Amin 1996
- *The Milky Way* (1997), as Mahmud
- *Haifa* (1996), as Haifa
- *Tale of the Three Jewels* (1995), as Aida's father
- *Scar* (1995), Acting
- *The Mummy Lives* (1993), as Alexatos
- *Double Edge* (1992), as Mustafa Shafik
- *Beyond the Walls II* (1992), as Issan
- *Cup Final* (1991), as Ziad
- *Shelter* (1989), Acting
- *Rami og Julie* (1988), as Rami's Cousin
- *Death Before Dishonor* (1987), as Gavril
- *Esther* (1986), as Mordecai
- *Beyond the Walls* (1984), as Issan
- *Hanna K.* (1983), as Selim Bakri
- *La maison de la mémoire* (1983), as Abdel Al
- *Fellow Travellers* (1983), Acting
- *Fly Little Bird*, as Abdullah Sharif

## Gallery

- ![Delegation to the film All That's Left of You at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/702856/gallery-5b020df539f3.jpg) Delegation to the film All That's Left of You at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2025) — Jan Beránek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/59th_Karlovy_Vary_International_Film_Festival%2C_All_That%27s_Left_of_You_05.jpg/1280px-59th_Karlovy_Vary_International_Film_Festival%2C_All_That%27s_Left_of_You_05.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mohammad Bakri](https://film.one/media/person/702856/gallery-a0b4e1960e0b.jpg) Mohammad Bakri — Eman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Mohammad_Bakri.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Palestine Appreciation Award 2023: Palestine Appreciation Award (won)

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

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