Ali Suliman (Arabic: علي سليمان; born 1977) is a Palestinian actor.[1][2] He is known for his work on the series Jack Ryan and the film Paradise Now.[3][4]

Ali Suliman
Born (1977-10-10) October 10, 1977 (age 46)
Occupation(s)Actor, film producer
Years active1996–present

Life and career edit

Ali was born in Nazareth. He graduated from Yoram Loewenstein Acting School and started his career in the theater. In 2005, he got the main role in the Palestinian film, Paradise Now, which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category.[5]

In 2007, he appeared in the movie The Kingdom. He played a lawyer in Lemon Tree (2008), the role of Omar Sadiki in Body of Lies (2008), a young displaced Palestinian in The Time That Remains (2009), a surgeon in The Attack (2013), Gulab in Lone Survivor (2013) and General Qamish in The Looming Tower (2018). In 2018, he played Mousa Bin Suleiman in the Amazon Prime Video action thriller series Jack Ryan.[6]

Selected filmography edit

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Chronicle of a Disappearance The Man
2004 The Syrian Bride Syrian Officer
2005 Paradise Now Khaled
2007 The Kingdom Sergeant Haytham
2008 The Prince of Venice Waleed Short film
2008 Lemon Tree Ziad Daud
2008 Body of Lies Omar Sadiki
2009 The Time That Remains Eliza's Boyfriend
2011 The Last Friday Yousef
2011 Do Not Forget Me Istanbul Fayiz
2012 The Attack Amin Jaafari
2012 Inheritance Marwan
2012 Cruel Summer King Short film
2012 Zaytoun Syrian Officer
2013 Everywhere But Here Salach
2013 Lone Survivor Gulab
2014 Flying Home Sheikh
2014 A Borrowed Identity Salah
2014 Mars at Sunrise Khaled
2015 Rattle the Cage Dabaan
2016 Harmonia Daod
2017 The Escape Cabir Co-producer
2019 The River post-production
2019 It Must Be Heaven
2020 200 Meters Mustafa
2021 Farha Abu Walid
2022 The Swimmers Ezzat Mardini
2024 Arthur the King Chik Post-production

Selected television edit

Selected theater edit

  • 2000 : At The Heart of the See
  • 2000 : The Wise Nathan
  • 2001 : A View from the Bridge
  • 2002 : The Mission
  • 2002 : Antar
  • 2002 : The Heart’s Key
  • 2002 : Waiting for Godot
  • 2003 : Can-Opener
  • 2004 : The Glass Menagerie
  • 2005 : The storm
  • 2005 : Salome[7]
  • 2007 : Forget Herostratos by Gregore Goren
  • 2007 : The Sneeze
  • 2008 : The beggarly that exchanged
  • 2009 : I Am Yusuf and This Is My Brother[8]

Awards edit

Year Result Award Category Work
2015 Won Alexandria International Film Festival Best Actor[9] Mars at Sunrise
2011 Won Dubai International Film Festival Best Actor[10] The Last Friday
2012 Won Carthage Film Festival Best Actor The Last Friday

References edit

  1. ^ Yama Rahimi (28 October 2008). "Ali Suliman". 1001 FILMS. Yama Rahimi. I usually get in trouble when I travel to an Arab country because I have an Israeli passport. So for them I'm not a Palestinian but an Israeli. I can't travel to certain Arab countries because they haven't recognized Israel despite being a Palestinian which is the most complicated thing.
  2. ^ "Interview with actor Ali Suliman". sanadfilmfund.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Ali Suliman: I just don't want to be boring". fridaymagazine.ae. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Meet the Arab actors of 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan'". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Golden Globe Awards for 'Paradise Now'". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  6. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (16 December 2016). "Jack Ryan: Wendell Pierce, Dina Shihabi and Ali Suleiman Cast In Amazon Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  7. ^ "SALOME". ofirahenig.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  8. ^ "I Am Yusuf and This Is My Brother". theguardian.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  9. ^ "ALI SULEIMAN PULLS IN BEST ACTOR AWARD AT ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL FOR MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES". mad-solutions.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  10. ^ "DIFF Archive". dubaifilmfest.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

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