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Uri Gavriel
אורי גבריאל
Gavriel in 2011
Born
Magdiel, Israel
OccupationActor
Years active1982–present

Uri Gavriel (Hebrew: אורי גבריאל) is an Israeli theater, film and television actor. Winner of the Ophir Award and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005 as Best Actor in film What a Wonderful Place.[1] In 2018, he appeared as Philip the Apostle in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene.[2]

Early life

Gavriel was born in Magdiel, Israel, to Mizrahi Jewish immigrant parents from Iraq.

Filmography

List of film and television credits
Year Title Role Notes
1983 Hanna K. Airport Barman
1986 The Delta Force Jamil Rafai
1991 The Human Shield Tanzi
1991 The Finest Hour Enemy Commander
1992 Sipurei Tel-Aviv Roshko
1993 Prison Heat Saladin
1993 American Cyborg: Steel Warrior Leech Leader
1993 The Mummy Lives Tomb Guard
1993 Deadly Heroes Captain Abou
1995 Holeh Ahava beShikun Gimmel Eliahu
2000 Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol Abu Nim
2001 Kikar HaHalomot Aharon Gvardin
2004 Avanim Meir
2004 The Syrian Bride Simon
2005 What a Wonderful Place Franco Original title: Eize Makom Nifla
2007 The Band's Visit Avrum Original title: Bikur Ha-Tizmoret
2007 The Kingdom Izz Al-Din
2007–2013 The Arbitrator Yigal Ha-Natzi
2008 House of Saddam Ali Hassan Al-Majid HBO mini-series
2009 Noah's Ark Eliahu Teivat Noach
2010 71 Square Meters Siman Tov
2010 Asfur Reuven Amoyal
2011 Little Simico's Great Fantasy Jackie
2012 The Dark Knight Rises Blind Prisoner
2012 Byzantium Savella
2013 Ana Arabia Hassan
2013–present Beauty and the Baker Avi Dahari
2015 Fauda Gideon Avital
2016 One Week and a Day Refael
2018 Mary Magdalene Philip
2019 The Spy Majid Sheikh Al-Ard Netflix mini-series
2023 The Cops Oved Sharabi TV series. Original title: Ha-Shotrim

References

  1. ^ Cockrell, Eddie (12 July 2005). "Film Reviews – Karlovy Vary – What a Wonderful Place". Variety magazine. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Who was Mary Magdalene and who is in the cast of the new movie about her?". 28 March 2018.

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