Kamel El Basha

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Insult (2017) — Yasser Abdallah Salameh
2. Mo (2022) — Uncle Ali
3. Palestine 36 (2025) — Abu Rabab
4. Culprits (2023) — Youssef Mizouni / Cracker
5. The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (2018) — Abu Ibrahim
6. Huda's Salon (2022) — Doctor
7. Room 207 (2022)
8. The Translator (2021) — Professor Raed
9. An Orange from Jaffa (2024) — Farouk
10. Curfew (2020)
11. Thank You for Banking with Us (2025) — Uncle
12. Into the Dark (2021)
13. My Father's Scent (2026) — Omar
14. House of Gods (2024) — Sheikh Mohammad Al-Hamedi
15. Asad (2026) — محروس
16. Our Males and Females (2023) — The Father
17. Dawa'i El-Safar (2024) — إبراهيم
18. Indigenous (2026) — Ibrahim
19. Love, Theft and Other Entanglements (2015)
20. Palestine Islands (2023) — Younès
21. I Know You Can Hear Me (2025) — Salim
22. Rogue Arrows (2018)
23. Hamza - Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me (2022)
24. I'll Get Back to You (2025) — Abu Bassam
25. Dreams of Sultan Al-Mansi
26. The Land's Oath (2026) — Narrator
27. Hiwar ma' albahr

Directed

1. Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine (2014) — Director