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Mohammad Bakri

1953 - 2025

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Mohammad Bakri (Arabic: محمد بكري, Hebrew: מוחמד בכרי; 27 November 1953 – 24 December 2025) was a Palestinian Israeli actor and film director. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammad Bakri is the 4,277th most popular actor (down from 3,805th in 2024), the 265th most popular biography from Israel (down from 262nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Israeli Actor.

Mohammad Bakri was a renowned Palestinian-Israeli actor and filmmaker, best known for directing the controversial 2002 documentary Jenin, Jenin, which presented Palestinian testimonies about the Israeli military operation in the Jenin refugee camp during the Second Intifada and faced bans and defamation lawsuits in Israel. He also gained acclaim for his acting roles, particularly in the Oscar-nominated 1984 film Beyond the Walls, which humanized Palestinian experiences in an Israeli prison setting, as well as appearances in series like Homeland.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mohammad Bakri ranks 4,277 out of 13,578. Before him are Käthe von Nagy, Ruth Roman, James Read, Barbara La Marr, Christiane Hörbiger, and Waheeda Rehman. After him are Ewa Aulin, Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Ken Jeong, Carlo Verdone, Ji Jin-hee, and George Eads.

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Among people born in 1953, Mohammad Bakri ranks 300. Before him are Ladislav Jurkemik, Kurt Fuller, Michaël Dudok de Wit, Abdelmajid Dolmy, James Read, and Patti Scialfa. After him are Esther Hayut, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Jürgen Pommerenke, Otmar Hasler, Louie Anderson, and Vesna Pusić. Among people deceased in 2025, Mohammad Bakri ranks 329. Before him are Héctor Alterio, Gailard Sartain, Lenny Wilkens, Bahram Beyzai, Dieter Herzog, and Kim Sae-ron. After him are Jørgen Leth, Homayoun Ershadi, Ruth Buzzi, Nancy Chodorow, Alf Clausen, and Roy Jacobsen.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Mohammad Bakri ranks 265 out of 466. Before him are Talal Abu-Ghazaleh (1938), Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas (1843), Ron Arad (1951), Bar Refaeli (1985), Rika Zaraï (1938), and Nahum Stelmach (1936). After him are Esther Hayut (1953), Oded Fehr (1970), Yossi Beilin (1948), Elia Suleiman (1960), Avi Loeb (1962), and Nurit Peled-Elhanan (1949).

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Among ACTORS In Israel

Among actors born in Israel, Mohammad Bakri ranks 12. Before him are Hiam Abbass (1960), Nehemiah Persoff (1919), Gila Almagor (1939), Yvan Attal (1965), Alon Abutbul (1965), and Ayelet Zurer (1969). After him are Oded Fehr (1970), Mili Avital (1972), Ronit Elkabetz (1964), Juliano Mer-Khamis (1958), Hana Laszlo (1953), and Inbar Lavi (1986).

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