Mousa Kraish

Mousa Kraish
Mousa Kraish
Born 1975
Brooklyn, New York
Occupation Actor, director

Mousa Kraish (born 1975) is an American actor and director, who has appeared in several Hollywood films including Steven Spielberg's 2005 film Munich.

Biography

Kraish was born and raised in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, New York.[1] He is oldest of nine children. He first studied to become a doctor, but switched to working in internet company.[2] After graduating from Brooklyn College he spent two and a half years studying theater at David Mamet's Atlantic Theater Company. In addition to appearing in numerous independent and Hollywood films in recent years, Kraish also performed on stage at the 2004 New York Fringe Festival and the 2005 Arab-American Comedy Festival. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005Man Push CartGuy in Karaoke
2005MunichBadran - Mohammed Safady
2007Finishing the GameRaja
2007King of CaliforniaBruce
2007SuperbadBilly Baybridge
2008Option 3Bison
2008You Don't Mess With The ZohanBashir
2008FlingPatrick
2008The Day the Earth Stood StillYusef
2009Fast and FuriousSilvia Driver
2009Land of the LostBarry (uncredited)
2009The Junior League of SuperheroesTeacher's Assistant
2010Blue BloodsKhalid Hassan
2011TreatmentNight Clerk
2012Sunset StoriesTom
2012Super ZeroesJimmy
2012OvernightMohammed
2012The DictatorWadiyan Soldier
2012Dust UpFarmer
2014Echo ParkTheo

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015HomelandBehruzEpisode: "The Tradition of Hospitality"
2017American GodsThe Jinn[3]

as Writer/Director

  • How To Make A Dollar Bill in Brooklyn
  • A Brother's Love
  • The Fourth Estate

References

  1. ↑ "Mousa Kraish". IMDb. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Mousa Kraish: Actor and Director". Institute for Middle East Understanding. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bryan Fuller Demanded a Reshoot of American Gods' Gay Sex Scene Because It Wasn't Gay Enough". vulture.com.



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