Mohammad Bakri

Mohammad Bakri (born 1953) is a Palestinian actor and film director. He started his career in theater, performing in theaters such as Habima Theatre in Tel Aviv, Haifa theater, and al-Kasaba theater in Ramallah. Bakri's one-man plays, including The Pessoptimist (1986), The Anchor (1991), Season of Migration to the North (1993), and Abu Marmar (1999), were performed in both Hebrew and Arabic. After gaining recognition in Palestinian and Israeli films, he expanded his career internationally, acting in films from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Canada, and Italy. Bakri has also directed two documentary films. He is married to Leila and has six children, three of whom, Adam, Ziad, and Saleh Bakri, are also actors.