Yigal Naor
| Yigal Naor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 25, 1958 Givatayim, Israel |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Yigal Naor (Hebrew: יגאל נאור; born 1958) is an Israeli actor.
Naor was born in Givatayim of Iraqi Jewish descent.[1] He has appeared in the American films Munich, Green Zone and Rendition. Naor portrayed Saddam Hussein in the four-episode House of Saddam television docudrama from BBC and HBO (2008), in an acclaimed performance. In Season 5, Episode 4 of Homeland, he portrays General Youssef, a high-ranking Syrian military officer whom the CIA wants to install in place of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
Filmography
- Deadline (1987)
- Saint Clara (1996)
- Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (2003)
- Miss Entebbe (2003)
- Munich (2005)
- Rendition (2007)
- Djihad! (2007)
- House of Saddam (2008)
- Occupation (2009)
- Green Zone (2010)
- The Infidel (2010)
- I Am Slave (2010)
- The Grass Crown (2012)
- Sinbad (2012)
- Dead Europe (2012)
- Ambassadors (2013)
- The Honourable Woman (2014) TV series
- 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
- Homeland (2015)
- False Flag (2015)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Award | Result | Notes | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Saint Clara | Best Supporting Actor | Ophir Award | Won | [2] |
References
- ↑ "Between Two Rivers, my friend and the Saddam Hussein dreamroll". CultCase. 29 October 2007.
- ↑ "היוצרים הזוכים בפרס אופיר לאורך שנות פעילות האקדמיה" [Creative award recipients in the history of the Ophir Awards] (in Hebrew). Israeli Academy of Film and Television. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
External links
- Yigal Naor at the Internet Movie Database
- Cast biography on the microsite for HBO's House of Saddam
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