Yigal Naor
| Yigal Naor | |
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| Born |
1958 (age 57–58) Givatayim, Israel |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Yigal Naor (Hebrew: יגאל נאור; born 1958) is an Israeli actor.
Naor was born in Givatayim of Iraqi Jewish descent.[1] He has appeared in the American films Munich, Green Zone and Rendition. Naor portrays Saddam Hussein in the four episode House of Saddam television docudrama from BBC and HBO (2008), in an acclaimed performance. In Season 5, Episode 4 of Homeland (TV series), he portrays General Youssef, a high-ranking Syrian military officer whom the CIA wants to install in place of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
Filmography
- Deadline (1987)
- Saint Clara (1996)
- Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (2003)
- Miss Entebbe (2003)
- Munich (2005)
- Rendition (2007)
- Djihad! (2007)
- House of Saddam (2008)
- Occupation (2009)
- Green Zone (2010)
- The Infidel (2010)
- I Am Slave (2010)
- The Grass Crown (2012)
- Sinbad (TV series) (2012)
- Dead Europe (2012)
- Ambassadors (2013)
- The Honourable Woman (2014) TV series
- 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
- Homeland (TV series) (2015)
- False Flag (TV series) (2015)
Awards and nominations
Award of the Israeli Film Academy: Best Supporting Actor – Saint Clara (1996)
References
External links
- Yigal Naor at the Internet Movie Database
- http://www.hbo.com/films/houseofsaddam/cast/igal_naor.html
- http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800306837/bio
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