Makram Jamil Khoury (Arabic:, مكرم يعقوب خوري}, he, מכרם חורי) is an
Arab-Israeli
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actor, born 30 May 1945 in
Jerusalem
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. He was the youngest artist and the first Arab to win the
Israel Prize
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History
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, the highest civic honor in Israel.
Biography
Makram J. Khoury was born into a
Palestinian-Christian family, in the
al-Sheikh Jarrah section of
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
to his father, who was a judge, and his mother, a teacher. The Khoury family fled to Lebanon during
1948 Arab-Israeli War
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. A year later, they returned to what had become the new
State of Israel
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. The family took up residence in the port city of
Acre
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, near
Haifa
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. Educated there and in the nearby village of
Kufr Yasif, Khoury finished high school in 1963. He then entered the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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but later dropped out and pursued a career as an actor.
His eldest daughter,
Clara Khoury
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, is also an actress in Israel. She appeared in three films that garnered international attention: ''Rana’s Wedding'' (2002), ''
The Syrian Bride
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'' (she played the daughter of the character played by Makram) (2004) and ''
Lipstikka'' (2011). His son
Jameel Khoury is also an actor, and appeared in
Ridley Scott
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's film ''
Body of Lies'' (2008).
Acting career
Khoury trained in Israel. In 1970-1973 he studied at the
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
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in
London
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, England. He later became involved with the
Cameri Theater
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History
The Cameri theater was found ...
in
Tel Aviv
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and the
Haifa Municipal Theater, continuing as a member of the latter for twenty years.
Makram returned to
Haifa
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following a year-long tour playing
Tierno Bokar
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in
Peter Brook
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's ''
11 and 12''.
Filmography
Film
*1979: ' (by
Joel Silberg
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)
*1982: ' (by ) - Detective chief inspector Ben-Shooshan
*1983: ' (TV Mini-Series, by ) - Michel
*1984: ' (by )
*1985: ' (by )
*1986: ' (by
Shimon Dotan
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Early life
Shimon Dotan was born in Romania in 1949 and moved to Israel in 1959. He grew up in Moshav Arugot, ...
) - Col. Moshe Katzman
*1987: ''
Wedding in Galilee'' - The governor
*1989: ' (by ) - Anton
*1990: ''Torn Apart'' - Mahmoud Malek
*1990: ' (by
Michel Khleifi)
*1992: ' (by
Amos Kollek
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Amos Kollek was born in Jerusalem. He is the son of Teddy Kollek, the long-time mayor of Jerusalem. Kollek studied psychology a ...
) - Ahmed Shafik
*1994: ' (by
Eric Rochant
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) - Barak
*1995: ''
The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels'' (by
Michel Khleifi) - Abu Iman
*1997: ' (by
Ali Nasser
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International career
He is a member of the Qatar national football team
The Qatar national football team ( ar, منتخب قطر لكرة ا ...
) - Mukhtar
*2001: ''
The Body'' (by
Jonas McCord
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Filmography
References
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Li ...
) - Nasir Hamid
*2003: ' (by , ) - Ezra
*2004: ''
The Syrian Bride
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'' (by
Eran Riklis
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) - Hammed
*2005: ''
Free Zone'' (by
Amos Gitai
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) - Samir aka "The American"
*2005: ''
Munich
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'' (by
Steven Spielberg
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) - Wael Zwaiter
*2006: ''
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'' (by
Udi Aloni
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Udi Aloni is the ...
) - Dr. Isaac Shemesh
*2006: ''
Djihad!'' (TV Movie) -
*2008: ' (by
Eran Riklis
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) - Abu Kamal
*2009: ''
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'' (by
Giovanni Veronesi
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) - Hamed (first segment)
*2009: ' (by
Amos Gitai
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Gitai's work was presented in several major retrospectives in Pompidou Center in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and L ...
)
*2010: ''
Miral
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'' (by
Julian Schnabel
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) - Governor Khatib
*2012: ''
The Inheritance'' (by
Hiam Abbass
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) - Abu Majd
*2013: ''
Complicit
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'' (TV Movie, by
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) - Colonel Hazem Ashraf
*2013: ''
Farewell Baghdad'' - Nouri El Saeed
*2013: ' - Salach
*2013: ''
The Physician
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'' - Imam
*2014: ''Magic Men'' - Avraham Kofinas
*2014: ''
Desert Dancer
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'' (by Richard Raymond) - Mehdi
*2014: ''
The Cut'' - Omar Nasreddin
*2014: ' - Mafous
*2015: ''
A Tale of Love and Darkness
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'' (by
Natalie Portman
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) - Al Hilwani
*2015: ''
Wounded Land''
*2015: ' by - Hani
*2016: ''Everything is Broken up and Dances'' - Shlomi
*2017: ''
Unlocked'' - Yazid Khaleel
*2017: ''
Wajib
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''
*2018: ''
The Tower''
*2018: '' - Voice Over''
*2019: ''
Spider in the Web
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'' -
Nader
*2020: ''
Laila in Haifa
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Cast
References
External links
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Theater
Television
Awards and recogition
* 1987 : Khoury was awarded the
Israel Prize
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History
The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...
for acting.
See also
*
List of Israel Prize recipients
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*
Palestinian Christians
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References
External links
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1945 births
Living people
Israel Prize in theatre recipients
Palestinian male actors
Israeli Arab Christians
Israeli male film actors
Israeli male stage actors
Israeli male television actors
Palestinian male film actors
Palestinian television actors
Arab citizens of Israel