Marwan Kenzari
| Marwan Kenzari | |
|---|---|
 Marwan Kenzari in 2013 | |
| Born |
16 January 1983 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Website |
www |
Marwan Kenzari (born 16 January 1983) is a Dutch-Tunisian actor. He has played 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] In 2014, he won a Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Kenzari speaks Arabic, Dutch, French and English.[4] He has entered into the international arena with English language roles in the upcoming films Autobahn (2015) and 'Ben-Hur (2016).
Filmography
- Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Katia's Sister (Het zusje van Katia) | Giac | feature film |
| 2009 | The Last Days of Emma Blank (De laatste dagen van Emma Blank) | Martin | feature film |
| 2010 | Loft | Tom Fenneker | feature film |
| 2011 | Rabat | Zakaria | feature film |
| 2012 | Black Out | Youssef | feature film |
| 2013 | Wolf | Majid | feature film |
| 2014 | Hartenstraat | Daan | feature film |
| 2014 | Accused (Lucia de B.) | Detective Ron Leeflang | feature film |
| 2014 | Reckless (Bloedlink) | Rico | feature film |
| 2014 | Pak Van Mijn Hart | Richard | feature film |
| 2015 | Autobahn | feature film | |
| 2016 | Ben-Hur | Druses | feature film |
| 2016 | The Promise | Filming | |
| 2016 | What happened to Monday | Filming | |
| 2017 | The Mummy | Filming | |
- Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–2010 | Flikken Maastricht | Luca de Keyzer | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 2009 | Maite was hier | Vuc | TV movie |
| 2012 | Van God Los | Frank Hendrikx | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012–2013 | Penoza | Mustafa | TV series, 8 episodes |
References
- 1 2 Resume Marwan Kenzari, Nummer 19. Retrieved on 28 March 2015.
- ↑ "International Star You Should Know: Marwan Kenzari". Variety. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ (Dutch) Gouden Kalf winnaars, Netherlands Film Festival. Retrieved on 28 March 2015.
- ↑ "Marwan Kenzari, The Netherlands". Shooting Stars. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
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