Kamel El Basha
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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
Credits
Palestine 36 (2025)
as Abu Rabab
The Insult (2017)
as Yasser Abdallah Salameh
Wedding, Berlin (—)
Actor
Huda's Salon (2022)
as Doctor
Palestine Islands (2023)
as Younès
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (2018)
as Abu Ibrahim
Asad (2026)
as محروس
Conversation with the Sea (2026)
Actor
Thank You for Banking with Us (2025)
as Uncle
The Translator (2021)
as Professor Raed
I Know You Can Hear Me (2025)
as Salim
An Orange from Jaffa (2024)
as Farouk
Hamza - Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me (2022)
Actor
The Land's Oath (2026)
as Narrator
Love, Theft and Other Entanglements (2015)
Actor
My Father's Scent (2026)
as Omar
Our Males and Females (2023)
as The Father
Curfew (2020)
Actor
I'll Get Back to You (2025)
as Abu Bassam
Dreams of Sultan Al-Mansi (—)
Actor