Kamel El Basha
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 14, 1962
- Place of birth
- Jerusalem, Palestine
Biography
Kamel El Basha is a Palestinian actor of screen and stage, theater director, play-writer and producer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s. He gained critical acclaim in 2017 when he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor (male) during the 74th Venice International Film Festival for his role as Yasser Abdallah Salameh in The Insult by the Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri. It was El Basha's first major role on screen, although he had appeared in a number of theatrical productions, actually also directing some of them. He is the former artistic director of the Palestinian National Theater in Jerusalem from 2007 to 2011 and the artistic director of Quds Art since 2012.
Movies with Kamel El Basha
- The Insult 2017 · ★ 7.5
- Palestine 36 2025 · ★ 7.6
- The Reports on Sarah and Saleem 2018 · ★ 6.9
- Huda's Salon 2022 · ★ 6.1
- The Translator 2021 · ★ 5.7
- An Orange from Jaffa 2024 · ★ 6.2
- My Father's Scent 2026 · ★ 5.7
- Asad 2026 · ★ 8.2
- Curfew 2020 · ★ 6.8
- Thank You for Banking with Us 2025 · ★ 8.0
- Palestine Islands 2023 · ★ 5.7
- Our Males and Females 2023 · ★ 5.5
- Love, Theft and Other Entanglements 2015 · ★ 4.0
- I Know You Can Hear Me 2025 · ★ 10.0
- Conversation with the Sea 2026 · ★ 8.0
- Hamza - Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me 2022
- I'll Get Back to You 2025
- The Land's Oath 2026
Movies directed by Kamel El Basha
- Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine 2014 · ★ 5.0