Marwan Kenzari

Marwan Kenzari
Marwan Kenzari in 2013
Born (1983-01-16) 16 January 1983
The Hague, Netherlands
Occupation Actor
Years active 2008–present
Website www.marwankenzari.nl

Marwan Kenzari (born 16 January 1983) is a Tunisian-Dutch actor. He has performed in Dutch- and English-language films. He won a Golden Calf for Best Actor in 2013.

Life and career

Marwan Kenzari was born on 16 January 1983 in The Hague in the Netherlands.[1] He has Dutch citizenship,[1] and is of Tunisian descent.

Kenzari began acting as a teenager when a girl he was seeing signed them up to audition for the Dutch version of the musical Chicago.[2] He has acted in films and TV series in his native Netherlands since 2008. In 2013, he won a Golden Calf for Best Actor at the Netherlands Film Festival for his role in the feature film Wolf (2013).[3] The film was translated into Russian by Russian film translator Andrey Efremov and screened at the 2013 VOLOGDA Film Festival.. In 2014, he won a Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Kenzari speaks Arabic, Dutch, French and English.[4] He can be seen in the English-language films Collide and Ben-Hur. In the 2015 film Bloedlink, he appears in a long scene completely naked. It was announced that Kenzari would play the villain Jafar in Disney's live-action adaptation of Aladdin.[5][6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director(s) Notes
2008Katia's SisterGiacMijke de Jong
2009The Last Days of Emma BlankMartinAlex van Warmerdam
2010LoftTom FennekerAntoinette Beumer
2011RabatZakariaVictor D. Ponten & Jim Taihuttu
2012Black OutYoussefArne Toonen
2013WolfMajidJim Taihuttu
2014HartenstraatDaanSanne Vogel
AccusedDet. Ron LeeflangPaula van der Oest
RecklessRicoJoram Lürsen
Grab My HeartRichardKees van Nieuwkerk
BloedlinkRicoJoram Lürsen
2016CollideMatthiasEran Creevy
Ben-HurDrusesTimur Bekmambetov
The PromiseEmre OganTerry George
2017The MummyMalikAlex Kurtzman
What Happened to Monday?Adrian KnowlesTommy Wirkola
Murder on the Orient ExpressPierre MichelKenneth Branagh
2018The AngelAshraf MarwanAriel VromenPost-production
2019AladdinJafarGuy RitchiePost-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008–2010Flikken MaastrichtLuca de KeyzerTV series, 7 episodes
2009Maite was hierVucTV movie
2012Van God LosFrank HendrikxTV series, 1 episode
2012–2013PenozaMustafaTV series, 8 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 Resume Marwan Kenzari, Nummer 19. Retrieved on 28 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "International Star You Should Know: Marwan Kenzari". Variety. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. ↑ (in Dutch) Gouden Kalf winnaars Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine., Netherlands Film Festival. Retrieved on 28 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Marwan Kenzari, The Netherlands". Shooting Stars. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Kroll, Justin. "Disney's Live-Action 'Aladdin' Reboot Casts 'Mummy' Actor as Jafar". Variety. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  6. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/disney-aladdin-jafar-live-action-remake-marwan-kenzari-nasim-pedrad-release-date-a7879141.html
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