Amir Khoury
Amir Khoury | |||
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| Born | December 16, 1995 Haifa, Israel | ||
| Nationality | Israeli | ||
| Citizenship | Israel | ||
| Occupation | Actor | ||
Amir Khoury (Arabic: أمير خوري; born December 16, 1995) is an Israeli-Arab actor. He is best known for his role as Samir in the Israeli Netflix series Fauda. He has also appeared in numerous well-known Israeli series, films and theatre plays. He is fluent in English, Arabic and Hebrew.
Early life
Amir was born in Haifa, Israel, to an Arab Christian family. His family has a photography business which focusses on weddings and celebratory events.[1][2] Amir has two older sisters, one of whom Rana Khoury is a classical Arabic music singer. He graduated from the Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio in 2019.[3]
Acting career
In addition to acting in films and series, he has also acted in both Arabic and Hebrew speaking roles in theatre plays. His most recent plays includes a theatrical performance of Dorit Rabinyan's book All of the Rivers, where he plays the Palestinian artist Hilmi who resides in the US and falls in love with a Jewish Israeli woman.[4] This year, he is starring in Avi Nesher's new movie Picture of Victory as an Egyptian journalist.
Nominations
- Best Actor – Award of the Israeli Film Academy (2021)
Filmography
- Image of Victory (2021)
- Combat Medics (2020)
- Laila in Haifa (2020)
- The Little Drummer Girl (TV series)' (2018)
- Mafak (2018)
- Fauda (2017–2018)
- Entebbe (film)|Entebbe (2018)
- In Between (2016)
- The Greenhouse (TV series) (2012)
Personal life
In the beginning of 2019, he started dating an Israeli Jewish actress whom he met at the Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio.[5] The couple began living together in September 2019; however, they split up in August 2020 and stayed as friends.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Amir Khoury is poised to be Israel's next big star". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
- ↑ News24, Early (July 15, 2021). "Amir Khoury is poised to be Israel's subsequent massive star".
- ↑ "Class of 2019 | yoram loewenstein". www.studioact.co.il.
- ↑ "All the Rivers". The Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv.
- ↑ "תרבות במה מ"פאודה" לנער שעשועים פרובוקטיבי ושובב".
- ↑ "בתו של גדעון סער סופגת תגובות על הזוגיות עם אמיר חורי". mako. May 14, 2019.
- ↑ "השחקנים אלונה סער ואמיר חורי נפרדו". ynet. August 9, 2020.
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