Saleh Bakri - is a Palestinian actor. He began his career in the theater and in 2007 played in two films, The Band's Visit and Salt of this Sea thereby launching a new career. He won Award of the Israeli Film Academy in 2007 as Best Supporting Actor in "The Band's Visit

The Band's Visit

The Band's Visit is an acclaimed 2007 Israeli film directed by Eran Kolirin.The Band's Visit was Israel's original Foreign Language Film submission for the 80th Academy Awards, but was rejected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences because it contained over 50% English dialogue...

" where he starred as Khaled a young handsome trumpet player of the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra.

He is son of famous actor and film director Mohammed Bakri.

Biography

Saleh Bakri began his career in cinema in 2007 and starred in two films that year. "The Band’s Visit"
and Salt of this Sea

Salt of this Sea

Salt of this Sea is a 2008 Palestinian film directed by Annemarie Jacir. It is Palestine's submission to the 81st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film-Awards:* FIPRESCI PRIZE - INTERNATIONAL CRITICS AWARD...

 by Annemarie Jacir

Annemarie Jacir

Annemarie Jacir was born on January 17, 1974, she is a Palestinian filmmaker and poet.She has been working in independent cinema since 1994 and has written, directed and produced a number of award-winning films including Until When, A Few Crumbs for the Birds, and a Post Oslo History. She was...

 presented at Cannes in 2008. This was Saleh Bakri's debut performance in an Arab film and went on to be Palestine's official submission for the Academy Awards. "The Band’s Visit" won numerous prizes and awards. The following year he portrayed Elia Suleiman

Elia Suleiman

Elia Suleiman , is a Palestinian film director and actor. He is best known for the 2002 film Divine Intervention , a modern tragic comedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival...

's father Fouad in The Time That Remains

The Time That Remains

The Time That Remains is a 2009 semi-biographical drama film written and directed by Elia Suleiman. The film stars Elia Suleiman, Saleh Bakri, Leila Mouammar, and Bilal Zidani. It gives an account of the creation of the Israeli state from 1948 to the present. Suleiman participated in the 2009...

.

He is a graduate of the “Beit Zvi

Beit Zvi

Beit Zvi is an acting school located in Ramat Gan, Israel. Graduates of the school are much in demand in the Israeli theater world.-History:...

” School for the Performing Arts. Bakri has appeared in several plays (such as Hamlet

Hamlet

The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...

 (in hebrew) and Death and the maiden

Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden, a concept ultimately derived from the Medieval "Dance of Death", may refer to:In art:* Death and the Maiden , born of Renaissance art* Death and the Maiden , by Hans Baldung...

, directed by Juliano Mer Khamis) at Israel’s most prestigious Theaters like Habima, Haifa Theater, the Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre

Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre

The Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre is a four-day performing arts festival held annually in the city of Acre, Israel during the Intermediate Days of the Sukkot holiday in early autumn...

 and in 2008 He took part to a project financed by the Italian Government, which purpose was to introduce young Palestinians in Jerusalem to theatre, as an acting teacher. Furthermore, He played the role of Jesus of Nazareth in a TV-production by Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...

 titled The Lost Tomb of Jesus

The Lost Tomb of Jesus

The Lost Tomb of Jesus is a documentary co-produced and first broadcast on the Discovery Channel and Vision TV in Canada on March 4, 2007, covering the discovery of the Talpiot Tomb. It was directed by Canadian documentary and film maker Simcha Jacobovici and produced by Felix Golubev and Ric...

 (produced by James Cameron

James Cameron

James Francis Cameron is a Canadian-American film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, environmentalist and inventor...

).

In 2011, He appeared in Radu Mihaileanu

Radu Mihaileanu

Radu Mihăileanu is a Jewish Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He left Romania in 1980 and graduated the IDHEC cinematographic institute in Paris. In addition to his work in the cinema he published a book of poems in 1987 titled Une vague en mal de mer...

's movie The Source

The Source (2011 film)

The Source is a 2011 French comedy film directed by Radu Mihăileanu, starring Leïla Bekhti and Hafsia Herzi. Set in a remote village in North Africa, the story will focus on women who sex strike against having to fetch water from a distant well...

 alongside with the best Arab actors and actresses such as Leïla Bekhti

Leïla Bekhti

Leïla Bekhti is a French film and television actress of Algerian origin. She is best known for her roles in Sheitan, Tout ce qui brille and Paris, je t'aime.-Life and career:...

, Hafsia Herzi

Hafsia Herzi

Hafsia Herzi is a French actress of Algerian and Tunisian descent. She is best known for her debut role in the award-winning Franco-Tunisian feature The Secret of the Grain for which she won the award for most promising actress at the César Awards 2008, and the Marcello Mastroianni award, for best...

, Biyouna

Biyouna

Biyouna is an Algerian singer, dancer, actress born in 1952 in Belcourt, Algiers, Algeria.-Early life:Having a very early passion for singing, she was a member of several groups: first in Fadela Dziria's group where she played tambourine, another that she directed with her accomplice Flifla, and...

, Sabrina Ouazani

Sabrina Ouazani

Sabrina Ouazani is a French actress. She is best known for her performance as Frida in Games of Love and Chance.-Selected filmography:- External links :...

, Mohamed Majed and Hiam Abbass

Hiam Abbass

Hiam Abbass , also known as Hiam Abbas or Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and an Arab citizen of Israel. She is known for her roles in the films Satin Rouge , Haifa , Paradise Now , The Syrian Bride , Free Zone , Dawn of the World , The Visitor , Lemon Tree , and Amreeka...

.
Soon he'll be the protagonist of an Italian movie, Salvo

Salvo

A salvo is the simultaneous discharge of artillery or firearms including the firing of guns either to hit a target or to perform a salute.Troops armed with muzzleloaders required time in which to refill their arms with gun powder and shot...

, with Carolina Crescentini

Carolina Crescentini

Carolina Crescentini is an Italian actress. She is a graduate of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and star of box office hit movie Parlami d'amore, directed by Silvio Muccino...

 and Luigi Lo Cascio

Luigi Lo Cascio

Luigi Lo Cascio is an Italian actor born 20 October 1967 in Palermo.He won David di Donatello for Best actor for his starring role in I cento passi.-Filmography:*2000: I cento passi*2001: Luce dei miei occhi...

.

He was the protagonist of Sharif Waked

Sharif Waked

Sharif Waked is a Palestinian visual artist.Sharif Waked, a painter, graphic designer and children's books illustrator was born 1964, in Nazareth, to a Palestinian refugee family from the village of Mjedil. He lives and works in Haifa/Nazareth...

's work To be continued in 2009 portraying a Palestinian martyr who reads what was supposed to be the text that testifies to his approaching obliteration but emerges instead as tales from A Thousand and One Nights.
Other projects of him include Laila's birthday by Rachid Masharawi, playing a small role next to his father, Annemarie Jacir' second movie When I saw you (presented in summer 2011 in the Festival of Cinema of S. Sebastian) and a short movie titled Fireworks directed by Italian young director Giacomo Abbruzzese and set in Taranto

Taranto

Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base....

. Recently, it was also presented in Milan Tarquiz a documentary about the Italian experience in the Palestinian theatre in 2008, where he appears.

The son of one of the most famous Palestinian actors and directors, He's well active in Palestine-related issues and works as a patron for Russel Tribunal on Palestine. He says to be "very selective" while choosing a project and prefers be called "palestinian" than "arab-israeli" although He's born in Jaffa

Jaffa

Jaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world. Jaffa was incorporated with Tel Aviv creating the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical story of the prophet Jonah.-Etymology:...

 and currently lives in Haifa

Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...

 owning an Israeli passport.

Film and television credits

List of film and television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Band's Visit The Band's Visit The Band's Visit is an acclaimed 2007 Israeli film directed by Eran Kolirin.The Band's Visit was Israel's original Foreign Language Film submission for the 80th Academy Awards, but was rejected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences because it contained over 50% English dialogue...	Khaled	Original title: Bikur Ha-Tizmoret
2008	Salt of this Sea Salt of this Sea Salt of this Sea is a 2008 Palestinian film directed by Annemarie Jacir. It is Palestine's submission to the 81st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film-Awards:* FIPRESCI PRIZE - INTERNATIONAL CRITICS AWARD...	Emad	Original title: Milh Hadha al-Bahr
2009	The Time That Remains The Time That Remains The Time That Remains is a 2009 semi-biographical drama film written and directed by Elia Suleiman. The film stars Elia Suleiman, Saleh Bakri, Leila Mouammar, and Bilal Zidani. It gives an account of the creation of the Israeli state from 1948 to the present. Suleiman participated in the 2009...	Fuad
2011	The Source The Source (2011 film) The Source is a 2011 French comedy film directed by Radu Mihăileanu, starring Leïla Bekhti and Hafsia Herzi. Set in a remote village in North Africa, the story will focus on women who sex strike against having to fetch water from a distant well...	Sami	Original title: La Source des Femmes

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