Hisham Fadel Sulliman ( ar, هشام فضل سليمان, he, הישאם סלימאן; born in 1978) is an Arab-Israeli

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. He is best known for his role in the Israeli drama film ''

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'', and as Taufiq Hammed in the Israeli political thriller television series ''

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Biography

Sulliman was born and raised in

Nazareth Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...

, Israel, to a

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family. As a child, he started acting at a community theatre. In 1997, he moved to

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

to study acting at the 'Yoram Levinstein Studio', from which he graduated in 2000. In 2007 he co-founded the

local

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. Sulliman also took part in numerous plays in the

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and the El-Hakawati theaters. Sulliman is probably best known for his role in the Israeli 2013 drama film ''

'', and his role in the Israeli political thriller television series ''

'' as ''Taufiq Hammed'', nicknamed "The Panther", a former official member of the Palestinian terror organization

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. Sulliman is married to Rahik Haj Yahi, an Arab actress from

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, Israel. In 2021, he started working on the TV show Beauty Queen of Jerusalem.

Filmography

Film

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'' - 2005 *''The Little Traitor'' - 2007 *''

'' - 2013 *''Stay Alive'' - 2013 *''Last Band in Lebanon'' - 2016 *''Wounded Land'' - 2016

Television

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'' - 2015 (12 episodes) *''A Good Family'' *''

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'' *'' Shemesh'' *''

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'' * Beauty Queen of Jerusalem

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