Michael Denkha is an Assyrian-Australian actor known for his roles in Get Rich Quick, Stealth, The Combination, Down Under and, most recently, Here Come the Habibs TV series.^[1]

Biography

Born in Tehran Iran, Denkha moved to Australia at a young age, where he pursued a career in acting. Denkha, who is of Assyrian ethnicity, graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in performing arts (acting) in 1995.

His first known appearance on television was on the 1996 TV series Police Rescue. As the years followed, Denkha played roles in Water Rats, Stingers, All Saints and a number of TV shows throughout his career. In 2005 he played a small role in the American, Australian and New Zealand, production movie Stealth, before being credited for his work on the 2009 Australian drama film The Combination and the 2016 comedy film Down Under.

In 2016, Denkha was chosen to play a leading role as Fou Fou Habib in the Channel 9 comedy show Here Come the Habibs.^[2]

Filmography

Films

• Whipping Boy (TV movie) (1996) as Komras
• Jimmy (short film) (1998) as Jimmy
• Risk (2000) as Hospital Husband
• The Postcard Bandit (TV movie) (2003) as Pippos
• Temptation (TV movie) (2003) as Joey
• Get Rich Quick (2004) as Felix
• The Alice (TV movie) (2004) as Motorcycle Cop
• Son of the Mask (2005) as Animator
• Stealth (2005) as Naval Controller
• Small Claims: The Reunion (TV movie) (2006) as Vet
• Extremists (short film) (2008)
• The Combination (2009) as Ibo
• Vafadar (short film) (2009) as Amir
• The Nothing Men (2010) as Vince
• Down Under (2016) as Ibrahim
• 6 Days (2017) as Mustapha Karkouti

TV

• Police Rescue (1996) (1 episode) as First Mate
• Water Rats (1997-2001) (2 episodes) as Chicka Canter / Terry Brown
• Wildside (1998) (1 episode) as Steve
• All Saints (1998-2009) (4 episodes) as Mario Constantine / Toby/ Brice Ahearne
• Murder Call (1999) (1 episode) as Carlo
• Stingers (1999-2004) (2 episodes) as Bruno Zamarto / Monday
• Grass Roots (2000) (2 episodes) as Ewan McCrum
• Head Start (miniseries) (2001) (1 episode) as Tom
• Young Lions (miniseries) (2002) (2 episodes) as Paco
• Blue Heelers (2003) (1 episode) as Kris Torossian
• White Collar Blue (2002-2003) (3 episodes) as Marinade
• The Alice (2005) (1 episode) as Boyfriend
• Home and Away (2006) (2 episodes) as Steve Harmer
• Chandon Pictures (2007) (1 episode) as Andrew
• East West 101 (2009) as Akmal Fahd
• At Home with Julia (2011) as Jesus, the cleaner
• Devil’s Playground (miniseries) (2014) as Massimo Drago
• The Code (2014-2016) as Nasim Parande
• Catching Milat (miniseries) (2015) as Des Butler
• The Principal (miniseries) (2015) as Mohammad Ahmad
• Black Comedy (2016) as Self/Guest
• Rake (2016) as Roy / Thommo
• Soul Mates (2016) as Eli
• Here Come the Habibs! (2016-2017) as Fou Fou Habib
• Blue Murder: Killer Cop (miniseries) (2017) as Bill Jalalaty
• Blood Orange (2017) as Police Officer
• Sando (miniseries) (2018) as Mikal
• On the Ropes (2018) (miniseries) as Ahmad
• How to Stay Married (2018) as Amir Essa
• Secret City: Under the Eagle (2019) as Michael Lavelle
• Hardball (2019-2021) as Jim
• Operation Buffalo (2020) as Doug
• Wolf Like Me (2022) as Taxi Driver
• Boy Swallows Universe (2024) as George Masoumi