Igal Naor

Israeli actor (born 1958)

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Igal Naor
Born	(1958-06-25) June 25, 1958 (age 66) Givatayim, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present

Igal Naor (Hebrew: יגאל נאור; born (1958-06-25)June 25, 1958) is an Israeli actor, sometimes credited as Yigal Naor.

Naor was born in Givatayim, Israel, to Mizrahi Jewish parents from Iraq.^[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. He also appeared in the Netflix series, Fauda.

Selected filmography

Deadline (1987) - Antoine
The Seventh Coin (1993) - Grocer
The Mummy Lives (1993) - Egyptology Official
Saint Clara (1996) - Headmaster Tissona
Ha-Dybbuk B'sde Hatapuchim Hakdoshim (1997; also known as Ahava Asura) - Sender
Miss Entebbe (2003) - Avram
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (2003) - Headmaster Avihu
Munich (2005) - Mahmoud Hamshari
Djihad! (2006, TV Movie) - Colonel Walid
Rendition (2007) - Abasi Fawal
House of Saddam (2008, TV Mini-Series) - Saddam Hussein
A House Divided (2008) - Ahmed
Occupation (2009, TV Mini-Series) - Dr. Sadiq Alasadi
Green Zone (2010) - General Mohammed Al Rawi
The Infidel (2010) - Arshad El-Masri
I Am Slave (2010) - Said
Dead Europe (2012) - Syd
The Grass Crown (2012)
Sinbad (2012, TV Series) - Emir
Farewell Baghdad (2013) - Salman
Ambassadors (2013, TV Mini-Series) - President Karzak
The Honourable Woman (2014, TV Mini-Series) - Shlomo Zahary
300: Rise of an Empire (2014) - King Darius I^[2]
Suicide (2014; also known as Hitabdut) - Muki
Homeland (2015, TV Series) - General Youssef
False Flag (2015, TV Series) - Gavriel "Gabi" Silver
The Women's Balcony (2016) - Zion
The Promise (2016) - Mesrob
Riviera (2017, TV Series) - Jakob Negrescu
Stratton (2017) - Tariq Alawi
Maktub (2017) - Tzafuf
Damascus Cover (2017) - General Fuad
The Unorthodox (2018) - Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
On the Ropes (2018, TV Mini-Series) - Sami Al-Amir
Oslo (2021, TV Movie) - Joel Singer
Legend of Destruction (2021) - John of Giscala
Wendell & Wild (2022) - Manberg^[3]

Awards and nominations


Year	Nominated work	Category	Award	Result	Notes	Ref.
1996	Saint Clara	Best Supporting Actor	Ophir Award			^[4]

References

^ "Between Two Rivers, my friend and the Saddam Hussein dreamroll". CultCase. 29 October 2007.
^ "IMDb Pro : 300: Rise of an Empire Business Details". Pro.imdb.com. 27 July 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
^ King, Jack (14 March 2022). "'Wendell & Wild' Teaser Announces Ving Rhames, David Harewood, and More Joining Voice Cast". Collider. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
^ "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.