Kamel El Basha
Known for Acting · 26 credits
- Born
- 1962-03-14 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Jerusalem, Palestine
- Also known as
- كامل الباشا · Kamel el-Bacha
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.
Known For
TV Shows (8)
Movies (18)
Asad
2026
as Mahrous
Palestine 36
2025
as Abu Rabab
The Insult
2017
as Yasser Abdallah Salameh
I Know You Can Hear Me
2025
as Salim
Thank You for Banking with Us
2025
as Uncle
The Translator
2021
as Professor Raed
Huda's Salon
2022
as Doctor
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
2018
as Abu Ibrahim
My Father's Scent
2026
as Omar
Curfew
2020
An Orange from Jaffa
2024
as Farouk
Dreams of Sultan Al-Mansi
Hamza - Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me
2022
Love, Theft and Other Entanglements
2015
Palestine Islands
2023
as Younès
The Land's Oath
as Narrator
Our Males and Females
2023
as The Father
I'll Get Back to You
2025
as Abu Bassam
About 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 f… With 26 credits spanning from 2015 to 2026, Kamel El Basha has appeared in 18 films and 8 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kamel El Basha Movies
- Asad (2026) — as Mahrous
- Palestine 36 (2025) — as Abu Rabab
- The Insult (2017) — as Yasser Abdallah Salameh
- I Know You Can Hear Me (2025) — as Salim
- Thank You for Banking with Us (2025) — as Uncle
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