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 former artistic director of the Palestinian National Theater in Jerusalem from 2007 to 2011 and the artistic director of Quds Art since 2012.
Acting
Movie
The Insult
as Yasser Abdallah Salameh
2017
TV
Mo
as Uncle Ali
2022
TV
Culprits
as Youssef Mizouni / Cracker
2023
Movie
Palestine 36
as Abu Rabab
2025
Movie
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
as Abu Ibrahim
2018
Movie
Huda's Salon
as Doctor
2022
TV
Room 207
2022
Movie
The Translator
as Professor Raed
2021
Movie
An Orange from Jaffa
as Farouk
2024
Movie
Curfew
2020
Movie
Thank You for Banking with Us
as Uncle
2025
TV
Into the Dark
2021
TV
House of Gods
as Sheikh Mohammad Al-Hamedi
2024
Movie
Asad
as Mahrous
2026
Movie
Our Males and Females
as The Father
2023
TV
Dawa'i El-Safar
as إبراهيم
2024
TV
Sohab El Ard
as Ibrahim
2026
Movie
Love, Theft and Other Entanglements
2015
Movie
Palestine Islands
as Younès
2023
Movie
My Father's Scent
as Omar
2026
Movie
I Know You Can Hear Me
as Salim
2025
TV
Rogue Arrows
2018
Movie
Hamza - Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me
2022
Movie
I'll Get Back to You
as Abu Bassam
2025
