Adam Bakri

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Adam Bakri
آدم بكري
Adam Bakri TIFF2013 (cropped).jpg
Bakri in 2013
Born
Jaffa, Israel
Alma mater
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present
Spouse
Cynthia Samuel
​
(m. 2022)​
Father Mohammad Bakri
Relatives

Adam Bakri (Arabic : آدم بكري) is a Palestinian actor. He made his feature film debut by starring in Oscar-nominated film Omar (2013), directed by Hany Abu-Assad.

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Early life and education

Adam Bakri was born in Jaffa to a Palestinian family [1] [2] and grew up in the village of Bi'ina. [3] He is the son of actor and director Mohammad Bakri, with his brothers Saleh Bakri and Ziad Bakri also being actors. [4]

After completing a bachelor's degree in English literature and Theater arts at Tel Aviv University, he trained at New York's Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. [5]

Career

Bakri began his acting career in theater at the age of 13, when he first took the stage performing in Ululation of the Land at the Al-Midan Theater in Haifa and Nazareth. [6] Shortly after his graduation, he landed the lead role in Hany Abu-Assad's drama thriller Omar .

In 2014, he was cast as the male lead in Asif Kapadia's adaptation of Ali and Nino , the Azerbaijan's national novel placed during the first Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. [7]

In 2018, Bakri played the male lead in an Australian feature film titled Slam , written and directed by Partho Sen-Gupta, shot in Sydney, Australia. [8] In England, he joined the main cast of Gavin Hood's political thriller Official Secrets in the role of Katharine Gun's husband. [9]

Personal life

In September 2022, Bakri married Lebanese-Canadian model and actress Cynthia Samuel, having met while filming Hell's Gate. Their wedding took place in Cyprus. [10] [11]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirector(s)Notes
2012UnfoldElias SohnounIngrid ChikhaouiShort film
2013 Omar Omar Hany Abu-Assad
2014A little bit of badKennethPatrick von BarkenbergShort film
2016 Ali and Nino Ali Khan Shirvanshir Asif Kapadia
2018 Slam Ricky Nasser Partho Sen-Gupta
2019 Official Secrets Yasar Gun Gavin Hood
Amsterdam to AnatoliaMarwanSusan YoussefShort film
2022 A Gaza Weekend Waleed Basil Khalil
2024 If You See Something Ali Oday Rasheed
2025 All That's Left of You Sharif Cherien Dabis

Awards and nominations

YearOrganizationAwardWorkResultRef.
2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actor Omar Nominated [12]
2014 Malmö Arab Film Festival Best actorWon [13] [14]
2015 Chlotrudis Awards Best actorNominated [15]
2018 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Best actor Slam Nominated
2019 Women Film Critics Circle Best screen couple (shared with Keira Knightley) Official Secrets Nominated [16]

References

  1. ↑ Nagy, Andrew (8 December 2021). "Adam Bakri is Our Breakthrough Actor of the Year". GQ. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Discovery: Adam Bakri". Interview Magazine. 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022. I'm a Palestinian Israeli.
  3. ↑ Priest, Matthew (5 September 2023). "How Adam Bakri came to his senses". Esquire. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Rothe, Nina (21 May 2013). "Believing: Hany Abu-Assad's Omar Gets Standing Ovation in Cannes". HuffPost . Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Cheers for Palestinian film of love and betrayal". Al Arabiya . 20 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "APSA academy members: Adam Bakri". Asia Pacific Screen Awards . Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (19 May 2014). "Adam Bakri joins Asif Kapadia's Ali and Nino". Screen International . Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Partho Sen-Gupta's 'Slam' to be French-Australian co-pro". If magazine . 23 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  9. ↑ Bentley, Rick (29 August 2019). "Katharine Gun speaks out for 'Official Secrets'". Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  10. ↑ Lustre, Mikaella (13 September 2022). "The Perfect Cynthia Samuel Photo Album". Everything Weddings. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "Cynthia Samuel Gets Married!!". Al Bawaba. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  12. ↑ Bodey, Michael (13 December 2013). "Omar named best film at Asia Pacific awards". The Australian . Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  13. ↑ Lundgren, Fredrik (3 October 2014). "Malmö Arab Film Festival 2014 – Recensioner och vinnare". Konstpretton (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "MAFF 2014: Archive". Malmö Arab Film Festival . 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "21st Annual Awards". Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film. 22 March 2015. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  16. ↑ "The 2019 Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) Winners". Next Best Picture. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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