Marwan Kenzari

Marwan Kenzari (born January 16, 1983) is a Tunisian-Dutch actor and comedian. He has performed in Dutch and English-language movies. He won a Golden Calf for Best Actor in 2013 for his performance in the film Wolf.

Marwan Kenzari
Kenzari in 2016
Born (1983-01-16) January 16, 1983
The Hague, Netherlands
OccupationActor, comedian
Years active2008–present
Websitewww.marwankenzari.nl

Life and career

Kenzari was born on January 16, 1983 in The Hague, Netherlands, to a Tunisian family. He began acting as a teenager when a girl he was seeing signed them up to audition for the Dutch version of the musical Chicago.[1] He has acted in films and TV series in his native Netherlands since 2008. In 2009 Kenzari graduated at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 2013, he won a Golden Calf for Best Actor at the Netherlands Film Festival for his role in the feature film Wolf (2013).[2] 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, English and French.[3] He can be seen in the English-language films Collide and Ben-Hur.

In 2019, Kenzari played villain Jafar in Disney's live-action adaptation of Aladdin.[4][5] In May 2019, Kenzari joined the cast of The Old Guard.[6]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2008Katia's SisterGiac
2009The Last Days of Emma BlankMartin
2010LoftTom Fenneker
2011RabatZakaria
2012Black OutYoussef
2013WolfMajid
2014HartenstraatDaan
AccusedDet. Ron Leeflang
RecklessRico
Grab My HeartRichard
2016CollideMatthias
Ben-HurDruses
The PromiseEmre Ogan
2017The MummyMalik
What Happened to MondayAdrian Knowles
Murder on the Orient ExpressPierre Michel
2018The AngelAshraf Marwan
2019AladdinJafar
2019InstinctIdris
2020De Oost The Turkfilming
2020The Old GuardJoe (Yusuf Al-Kaysani)Post-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2008–2010Flikken MaastrichtLuca de Keyzer7 episodes
2009Maite was hierVucTV movie
2012Van God LosFrank Hendrikx1 episode
2012–2013PenozaMustafa8 episodes

Awards and nominations
Year Ceremony Award Work Result
2013 Golden Calf[2] Best Actor Wolf Won
Angela Awards[7] Best Actor Won
2014 Rembrandt Awards[7] Best Dutch Actor Nominated
Shooting Stars Awards[8] Shooting Star Himself Won
2019 Teen Choice Awards[9] Choice Movie: Villain Aladdin Nominated

References
  1. "International Star You Should Know: Marwan Kenzari". Variety. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. (in Dutch) Gouden Kalf winnaars Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Netherlands Film Festival. Retrieved on 28 March 2015.
  3. "Marwan Kenzari, The Netherlands". Shooting Stars. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  4. Kroll, Justin (4 August 2017). "Disney's Live-Action 'Aladdin' Reboot Casts 'Mummy' Actor as Jafar". Variety. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. "Disney's Aladdin remake has finally found its Jafar". The Independent. 6 August 2017.
  6. Kit, Borys (28 May 2019). "Jafar Actor Marwan Kenzari Joins Charlize Theron in Action Thriller 'Old Guard' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  7. "Marwan Kenzari - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. "European Shooting Stars Awards 2014". EYE International. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  9. "'Avengers: Endgame,' 'Riverdale,' 'Aladdin' Top 2019 Teen Choice Award Nominations". Variety. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
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