Ali Suliman

Ali Suliman
علي سليمان
Born	(1977-10-10) October 10, 1977 (age 47) Nazareth, Israel
Occupation(s)	Actor, film producer
Years active	1996–present

Ali Suliman (Arabic : علي سليمان, Hebrew : עלי סלימאן; born 1977) is an Israeli actor of Palestinian origin. ^{[1] [2]} He is known for his work on the series Jack Ryan and the film Paradise Now . ^{[3] [4]}

Early life

Ali was born in Nazareth, Israel into a Palestinian-Muslim family. ^[5]

He graduated from Yoram Loewenstein Acting School and started his career in the theater.

Career

In 2005, he got the main role in the Palestinian film Paradise Now , which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. ^[6]

In 2007, he appeared in the movie The Kingdom . He played a lawyer in Lemon Tree (2008), the role of Omar Sadiki in Body of Lies (2008), a young displaced Palestinian in The Time That Remains (2009), a surgeon in The Attack (2013), Gulab in Lone Survivor (2013) and General Qamish in The Looming Tower (2018). In 2018, he played Mousa Bin Suleiman in the Amazon Prime Video action thriller series Jack Ryan . ^[7]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Chronicle of a Disappearance	The Man
2004	The Syrian Bride	Syrian Officer
2005	Paradise Now	Khaled
2007	The Kingdom	Sergeant Haytham
2008	The Prince of Venice	Waleed	Short film
	Lemon Tree	Ziad Daud
	Body of Lies	Omar Sadiki
2009	The Time That Remains	Eliza's Boyfriend
2011	The Last Friday	Yousef
	Do Not Forget Me Istanbul	Fayiz
2012	The Attack	Amin Jaafari
	Inheritance	Marwan
	Cruel Summer	King	Short film
	Zaytoun	Syrian Officer
2013	Everywhere But Here	Salach
	Lone Survivor	Gulab
2014	Flying Home	Sheikh
	A Borrowed Identity	Salah
	Mars at Sunrise	Khaled
2015	Rattle the Cage	Dabaan
2016	Harmonia	Daod
2017	The Escape	Cabir	Co-producer
2019	The River		post-production
	It Must Be Heaven
2020	200 Meters	Mustafa
2021	Farha	Abu Walid
2022	The Swimmers	Ezzat Mardini
2024	Arthur the King	Chik
2025	Yunan		Premiere at 75th Berlin International Film Festival in February. [8]

Selected television

• 2011 : Homeland
• 2011 : The Promise
• 2017 : The State
• 2018 : Jack Ryan
• 2018 : The Looming Tower
• 2025 : House of David
• TBA  : Prime Target

Selected theater

• 2000 : At The Heart of the See
• 2000 : The Wise Nathan
• 2001 : A View from the Bridge
• 2002 : The Mission
• 2002 : Antar
• 2002 : The Heart’s Key
• 2002 : Waiting for Godot
• 2003 : Can-Opener
• 2004 : The Glass Menagerie
• 2005 : The storm
• 2005 : Salome ^[9]
• 2007 : Forget Herostratos by Gregore Goren
• 2007 : The Sneeze
• 2008 : The beggarly that exchanged
• 2009 : I Am Yusuf and This Is My Brother ^[10]

Awards

Year	Result	Award	Category	Work
2015	Won	Alexandria International Film Festival	Best Actor [11]	Mars at Sunrise
2011	Won	Dubai International Film Festival	Best Actor [12]	The Last Friday
2012	Won	Carthage Film Festival	Best Actor	The Last Friday

References

1. Rahimi, Yama. "Interview: Ali Suliman (Lemon Tree)". IONCINEMA.com. Retrieved 6 March 2025. I usually get in trouble when I travel to an Arab country because I have an Israeli passport. So for them I'm not a Palestinian but an Israeli. I can't travel to certain Arab countries because they haven't recognized Israel despite being a Palestinian which is the most complicated thing.
2. "Interview with actor Ali Suliman". sanadfilmfund.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
3. "Ali Suliman: I just don't want to be boring". fridaymagazine.ae. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
4. "Meet the Arab actors of 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan'". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
5. Bhattacharya, Tania (9 July 2022). "Ali Suliman: I just don't want to be boring". Gulf News . But it wasn't easy to create that space for oneself. 'As an Arab Middle Eastern Muslim living in Palestine and working in Hollywood, I'm always controversial one way or the other,' he says
6. "Golden Globe Awards for 'Paradise Now'". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
7. Andreeva, Nellie (16 December 2016). "Jack Ryan: Wendell Pierce, Dina Shihabi and Ali Suleiman Cast In Amazon Series". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 8 October 2017.
8. Ameer Fakher Eldin (21 January 2025). "Yunan". Cineuropa . Retrieved 25 January 2025.
9. "SALOME". ofirahenig.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
10. "I Am Yusuf and This Is My Brother". theguardian.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
11. "ALI SULEIMAN PULLS IN BEST ACTOR AWARD AT ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL FOR MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES". mad-solutions.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
12. "DIFF Archive". dubaifilmfest.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

External links

• Ali Suliman at IMDb