page_title: List of Iraqis
section_title: Film actors and directors of Iraqi descent
hierarchical_section_title: List of Iraqis / Film actors and directors / Film actors and directors of Iraqi descent
caption_attribution_description: English: Andy Serkis speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.
context_page_description: This list of Iraqis includes people who were born in Iraq and people who are of Iraqi ancestry, who are significantly notable for their life and/or work.
context_section_description: Ibraham Alzubaidy, actor, director, and writer, born in Kut, Iraq in 1978. He studied at California State University, Northridge, majoring in Cinema and Television Art-Film Directing.
  Andy Serkis (born 20 April 1964), English film actor, director and author. His mother was English and taught disabled children. His father was an Iraqi gynaecologist of Armenian ethnicity.
  David Chokachi (born David Al-Chokhachy on January 16, 1968 in Plymouth, Massachusetts), American film and television actor. He's best known for his role in the TV series Witchblade, Baywatch, and Beyond The Break. His father is Iraqi Turkmen and his mother is Finnish
  Michael Nouri, American television and film actor. He may be best known for his role as Nick Hurley, in the 1983 film Flashdance. Nouri was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Gloria (née Montgomery) and Edmond Nouri. His father was born in Baghdad in 1918.
  Ruby Myers Sulochana (सुलोचना) (1907–1983), Indian silent film star of Jewish ancestry, hailing from the community of Baghdadi Jews in India. In her heyday she was one of the highest paid actresses of her time.
  Layth Abdulamir
  Sasson Gabai (born 24 November 1947), Israeli actor. Gabai was born in Baghdad to an Iraqi Jewish family. During his childhood he immigrated together with his family to Israel.
  Uri Gavriel (born April 3, 1955), Israeli theater, film and TV actor. Uri Gavriel was born in 1955 in the Magdiel transit camp in Israel to the Iraqi Jewish immigrants Bertha and Gabriel Gavriel.
  Joe Balass (born 1966 in Baghdad, Iraq), Iraqi Canadian film maker.
  Dina Mousawi, actress of British/Iraqi origin
  Maysoon Pachachi (born September 17, 1947), film director, editor and producer of Iraqi origin. She was educated in Iraq, the U.S., Britain and can speak English, Arabic, French and Italian. She is the daughter of Iraqi politician Adnan Pachachi.
  Anja Al-Erhayem, filmmaker (Iraqi father/Danish mother)
  Ja'far 'Abd Al-Hamid, Iraqi-British filmmaker of "Mesocafe".
  Fajer Al-Kaisi, Iraqi-Canadian actor, now resides in the States.
  Dar Salim, Danish actor, born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1977. He played the role of Qotho, one of Khal Drogo's bloodriders, in Game of Thrones.
  Lewis Alsamari, actor starred in the Universal Pictures film United 93
  Usama Alshaibi, director of Muhammad and Jane and Nice Bombs
  Amer Alwan, film director known for winning an award for Zaman, The Man From The Reeds
  Joe Balass, film maker
  Claudia Basrawi, German actress and writer (German mother and Iraqi father)
  Carole Basri, filmmaker
  Zana Briski, director of Born into Brothels
  Selma Chalabi, film maker
  Brian George, British-Israeli actor, most famous role is as Pakistani restaurateur Babu Bhatt on Seinfeld. (Born to Baghdadi Jewish parents).
  Shosha Goren, actress and comedian
  Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez, film director (Iraqi father and Chilean mother)
  Yasmine Hanani, American actress featured in documentary films Voices of Iraq and My Country, My Country
  Don Hany, actor (Won Best Actor for Winning the Peace (2005)
  Parine Jaddo, Iraqi-American filmmaker of Rasta's Paradise
  Nicholas Kadi, actor, known for "Quest For Fire", "Navy Seals" and "George Of The Jungle".
  Chris Kattan, American comedian and actor, best known for his work on the sketch show Saturday Night Live. (Born to an Iraqi Jewish father and Hungarian Buddhist mother).
  Charlotte Lewis, actress most notable for her lead female role in The Golden Child alongside Eddie Murphy
  Anisa Mehdi, Emmy Award-winning film director, journalist and director of Inside Mecca
  Safia Monney, actress
  Yigal Naor, actor
  Rashed Radwan, Spanish film director
  Heather Raffo, award-winning playwright/actress most known for her role in 9 Parts of Desire
  Liat Ron, actress and dancer
  Mohamed Said (actor), Swedish actor
  Osamah Sami, actor
  Alia Shawkat, American actress known as Maeby Funke on Arrested Development
  Zina Zaflow, actress
  Nadira (Farhat Ezekiel Nadira (5 December 1932 – 9 February 2006), commonly known as Nadira, actress in Indian Bollywood cinema
  Amy Fadhli (born January 30, 1966 in Galveston, Texas), American fitness model, actress and wi
caption: Andy Serkis
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