Kais Nashef (; ; born ) is an Israeli actor.
Early life and education Nashef was born in Tayibe, Israel, and is of both Palestinian and German descent. He studied acting at the Beit Zvi Institute of Performing Arts in Ramat Gan. He lives in Berlin.
Career He later played the lead role in Paradise Now, a film about two would-be suicide bombers in the West Bank. In 2018, he won the best actor award at the Venice Film Festival for his role in Tel Aviv on Fire.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes2005Paradise NowSaid2005Allenbi Romance2006The Nativity StoryBenjamin2006Djihad LugmanTV movie2006-2009Parashat Ha-ShavuaAmir El NashafTV series, 35 episodes2008AmericanEast Omar2008Body of LiesMustafa Karami2008Winds of SandMilitant2009Die Seele eines MördersYa'irTV movie2012HabibiQays2012-2015AnandaTV series, co-write2013Big Bad Wolvesman on horseback2014Happiness Wrapped in a BlanketBashir2016looking for um kolthoum2017Tel Aviv on FireSalamVenice Film Festival (Horizons) Best Actor2020LimboNabil2020Abu OmarSaleh
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