Igal Naor Explained

Igal Naor (he|יגאל נאור; born 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
• (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

|-| 1996| Saint Clara| Best Supporting Actor| Ophir Award| | | ^[4] |}

External links

• • Cast biography on the microsite for HBO's House of Saddam

Notes and References

1. Web site: Between Two Rivers, my friend and the Saddam Hussein dreamroll . CultCase . 29 October 2007 .
2. Web site: IMDb Pro : 300: Rise of an Empire Business Details . Pro.imdb.com . July 27, 2007 . August 15, 2013.
3. Web site: 'Wendell & Wild' Teaser Announces Ving Rhames, David Harewood, and More Joining Voice Cast. Collider. King. Jack. March 14, 2022. March 14, 2022.
4. Web site: היוצרים הזוכים בפרס אופיר לאורך שנות פעילות האקדמיה . Creative award recipients in the history of the Ophir Awards . . 29 May 2016 . he .