Adam Bakri

Adam Bakri

Birth : 1988-05-15, Jaffa, Palestine

History

Adam Bakri (born May 15, 1988) is a Palestinian actor and artist living in New York. He rose to prominence in 2013 after starring in critically acclaimed film Omar.

Profile

Adam Bakri

Movies

A Gaza Weekend
Waleed
A bumbling Englishman and an uptight Israeli are desperate to get into the Gaza strip — “the safest place in the world” — when a virus breaks out, in this hilariously irreverent satire from British-Palestinian writer-director Basil Khalil.
Slam
Ricky Nasser
Ricky Nasser is a young Australian whose peaceful suburban life turns to hell when his sister Ameena disappears without a trace. In a climate of distrust and xenophobia, Ricky is forced to denounce her as an extremist.
Amsterdam to Anatolia
Marwan
Official Secrets
Yasar Gun
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
Ali and Nino
Ali Khan Shirvanshir
Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.
A Little Bit of Bad
Kenneth
The year is 1969. When her psychotic ex shows up for dinner in her new home, a pregnant housewife struggles to hide her true identity from her fiancee whilst battling to keep her own sanity.
Omar
Omar
The drama, the story of three childhood friends and a young woman who are torn apart in their fight for freedom, is billed as the first fully-financed film to come out of the Palestinian cinema industry.
Unfold
Elias
Elias and Susan in New York, between love, exile, and the Arabic revolution.