Marwan Kenzari
Marwan Kenzari (born 16 January 1983) is a Tunisian-Dutch actor. He has performed in Dutch and English-language movies. He won a Golden Calf for Best Actor in 2013 for his performance in the film Wolf.
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Kenzari in 2016 | |
Born | The Hague, Netherlands | 16 January 1983
Occupation | Actor, comedian |
Years active | 2008–present |
Website | www |
Early life
Kenzari was born on 16 January 1983 in The Hague, Netherlands, to a Tunisian family. He began acting as a teenager when a girl he was seeing signed them up to audition for the Dutch version of the musical Chicago.[1] In 2009 Kenzari graduated at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Career
Kenzari has acted in films and TV series in his native Dutch since 2008. In 2013, he won a Golden Calf for Best Actor at the Netherlands Film Festival for his role in the feature film Wolf (2013).[2] The film was translated into Russian by Russian film translator Andrey Efremov and screened at the 2013 VOLOGDA Film Festival. In 2014, he won a Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
He can be seen in the English-language films Collide and Ben-Hur.
In 2019, Kenzari played villain Jafar in Disney's live-action adaptation of Aladdin.[3][4] In July 2020, Kenzari appeared in The Old Guard as one of the film's protagonists.[5]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Katia's Sister | Giac | |
2009 | The Last Days of Emma Blank | Martin | |
2010 | Loft | Tom Fenneker | |
2011 | Rabat | Zakaria | |
2012 | Black Out | Youssef | |
2013 | Wolf | Majid | |
2014 | Hartenstraat | Daan | |
Accused | Det. Ron Leeflang | ||
Reckless | Rico | ||
Grab My Heart | Richard | ||
2016 | Collide | Matthias | |
Ben-Hur | Druses | ||
The Promise | Emre Ogan | ||
2017 | The Mummy | Malik | |
What Happened to Monday | Adrian Knowles | ||
Murder on the Orient Express | Pierre Michel | ||
2018 | The Angel | Ashraf Marwan | |
2019 | Aladdin | Jafar | |
Instinct | Idris | ||
2020 | The Old Guard | Joe (Yusuf Al-Kaysani) | |
De Oost | The Turk | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008–2010 | Flikken Maastricht | Luca de Keyzer | 7 episodes |
2009 | Maite was hier | Vuc | TV movie |
2012 | Van God Los | Frank Hendrikx | 1 episode |
2012–2013 | Penoza | Mustafa | 8 episodes |
Awards and nominations
Year | Ceremony | Award | Work | Result |
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2013 | Golden Calf Awards[2] | Best Actor | Wolf | Won |
SUBTITLE European Film Festival[7] | Angela Award | Won | ||
2014 | Rembrandt Awards[7] | Best Dutch Actor | Nominated | |
Shooting Stars Awards[8] | Shooting Star | Himself | Won | |
2019 | Teen Choice Awards[9] | Choice Movie: Villain | Aladdin | Nominated |
2020 | Golden Calf Awards[10] | Best Actor | Instinct | Nominated |
References
- "International Star You Should Know: Marwan Kenzari". Variety. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- (in Dutch) Gouden Kalf winnaars Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Netherlands Film Festival. Retrieved on 28 March 2015.
- Kroll, Justin (4 August 2017). "Disney's Live-Action 'Aladdin' Reboot Casts 'Mummy' Actor as Jafar". Variety. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- "Disney's Aladdin remake has finally found its Jafar". The Independent. 6 August 2017.
- Kit, Borys (28 May 2019). "Jafar Actor Marwan Kenzari Joins Charlize Theron in Action Thriller 'Old Guard' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- "Marwan Kenzari, The Netherlands". Shooting Stars. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- "Marwan Kenzari - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- "European Shooting Stars Awards 2014". EYE International. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- "'Avengers: Endgame,' 'Riverdale,' 'Aladdin' Top 2019 Teen Choice Award Nominations". Variety. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- "Two Golden Calf nominations for Carice van Houten - Movie". Variety. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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