Makram Jamil Khoury (, ) is an Israeli-Arab actor, born 30 May 1945 in

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. He was the youngest artist and the first Arab to win the

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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

to his father, who was a judge, and his mother, a teacher. The Khoury family

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to Lebanon during

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. A year later, they returned to what had become the new

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. The family took up residence in the port city of

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, near

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. Educated there and in the nearby village of Kufr Yasif, Khoury finished high school in 1963. He then entered the

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but later dropped out and pursued a career as an actor. His eldest daughter, Clara Khoury, is also an actress in Israel. She appeared in three films that garnered international attention: ''Rana's Wedding'' (2002), ''

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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

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's film '' Body of Lies'' (2008).

Acting career

Khoury trained in Israel. In 1970-1973 he studied at the

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, England. He later became involved with the

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and the Haifa Municipal Theater, continuing as a member of the latter for twenty years. Khoury returned to

following a year-long tour playing Tierno Bokar in

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's '' 11 and 12''.

Filmography

Film

*1979: (by

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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) - 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) - Ahmed Shafik *1994: ' (by Eric Rochant) - Barak *1995: '' The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels'' (by Michel Khleifi) - Abu Iman *1997: ' (by Ali Nasser) - Mukhtar *2001: '' The Body'' (by Jonas McCord) - Nasir Hamid *2003: (by , ) - Ezra *2004: ''

'' (by

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) - Hammed *2005: '' Free Zone'' (by

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'' (by

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) - Wael Zwaiter *2006: ''

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) - Abu Kamal *2009: ''

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) *2010: '' Miral'' (by

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) - Abu Majd *2013: '' Complicit'' (TV Movie, by

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'' *2018: '' The Tower'' *2018: - Voice Over *2019: '' Spider in the Web'' - Nader *2020: ''

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Theater

Television

Awards and recognition

* 1987 : Khoury was awarded the

for acting.

References

External links

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Review of Peter Brook's: 11 and 12

Forgiveness Official Site

Barbican Theater

Clara Khoury
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