Kais Nashef

Kais Nashef
قيس ناشف
Born 1978 (age 3738)
Tayibe, Israel
Residence Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality Palestinian
Arab Israeli
Citizenship Israel
Germany

Modeling information

Hair color Black
Eye color Green

Kais Nashef (Arabic: قيس ناشف; born 1978) is a Palestinian/Arab Israeli actor from Tayibe, Israel.[1][2][3][4]

Nashef studied acting at the Beit Zvi Institute of Performing Arts.[2] He later played the lead role in Paradise Now, a film about two would-be suicide bombers in the West Bank.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Paradise Now Said Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
2005 Allenbi Romance
2006 The Nativity Story Benjamin
2006 Djihad Lugman TV movie
2006-2009 Parashat Ha-Shavua Amir El Nashaf TV series, 35 episodes
2008 AmericanEast Omar
2008 Body of Lies Mustafa Karami
2008 Winds of Sand Militant
2009 Die Seele eines Mörders Ya'ir TV movie

References

  1. Gutman, Matthew (March 2, 2006). "Suicide bomber story contender for foreign Oscar". USA Today. Retrieved September 21, 2010. Nashef — a reedy, chain-smoking, 27-year-old Arab Israeli — plays the role of the tormented Said, one of two young Palestinian men sent to blow themselves up on a Tel Aviv bus.
  2. 1 2 al-'Eyissa, Osama (1 February 2006). "مغمورون عرب إلى الأوسكار" [Unknown Arab to the Oscars] (in Arabic). Elaph Publishing Limited. Retrieved September 21, 2010. قيس ناشفوناشف، من مدينة الطيبة في المثلث الفلسطيني، ويحمل الجنسية الإسرائيلية، وهو غير معروف بدرجة كبيرة في الساحة الفنية الفلسطينية، وتخرج قبل عامين من معهد "بيت تسفي" للفنون المسرحية،
    Translation: Nashef, from the city of Tayibe in the Palestinian Triangle, who holds the Israeli citizenship, and is not very well known in the Palestinian art scene, graduated two years ago from the Beit Zvi Institute of Performing Arts.
  3. Higson, Rosalie (August 4, 2005). "The challenges of a movie suicide bomber". The Australian. p. 6. A sympathetic portrayal of a suicide bomber is possibly the most contentious role an actor could take on. But Palestinian actor Kais Nashef, who played the lead in Paradise Now, doesn't see it that way.
  4. Partridge, Des (July 27, 2005). "A double take for film festival fans". The Courier Mail (Queensland, Australia). p. 9. The final 15 in the competition are being judged by a panel including festival guests, film critic and cult writer Jack Sargeant and Palestinian actor Kais Nashef (who stars in the suicide bomber drama Paradise Now screening on Friday night).
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