Acting
Sasson Gabai
Born 1947-11-24
Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq [now Iraq]
Department: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sasson Gabai (also Sasson Gabay) - is an Israeli actor, Jewish and originally from Iraq. He works in Israeli cinema. He has won Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Asia Pacific Screen Award, European Film Awards and Jerusalem Film Festival in 2007 as Best Actor in a highly acclaimed Israeli film "The Band's Visit". He is leading and prolific actors in Israel. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sasson Gabai , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Sasson Gabai
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Rambo III
1988
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Tehran
2020
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Not Without My Daughter
1991
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The Angel
2018
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WeCrashed
2022
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The Order
2001
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Screen Two
1985
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The Band's Visit
2007
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Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
2014
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Oslo
2021
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (53 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Homemade | Shmulik | TV Series | 2026 |
 | The Band's visit: The musical | Tewfiq | Movie | 2026 |
 | Kugel | Nukhem Shtisel | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Antigone | קריאון | Movie | 2024 |
 | Bliss | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2024 |
 | My Daughter My Love | Shimon | Movie | 2023 |
 | Karaoke | Meir | Movie | 2022 |
 | Where Life Begins | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2022 |
 | WeCrashed | Doron Neumann | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Plays and Sings | Yechi | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Black Notebooks | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2021 |
 | Oslo | Shimon Peres | Movie | 2021 |
 | Tehran | Nissan Yousefzadeh | TV Series | 2020 |
| Abu Eli | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2019 | |
 | A Brother’s Love | Hichem | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Other Story | Shlomo Abadi | Movie | 2018 |
 | Stockholm | Amos Barazani | TV Series | 2018 |
 | The Angel | Anwar Sadat | Movie | 2018 |
 | Il était une fois... « Le procès de Viviane Amsalem » | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Kind Words | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2015 |
 | Sirens | Uzi Reguan | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem | Simeon Amsalem | Movie | 2014 |
 | Kidon | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2013 |
 | Hunting Elephants | Eliyahu | Movie | 2013 |
 | Shtisel | Nukhem Shtisel | TV Series | 2013 |
 | When Pigs Have Wings | Jafaar | Movie | 2011 |
 | Restoration | Yaakov Fidelman | Movie | 2011 |
 | Polishuk | Rubi Polishuk | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Hello Goodbye | Le Chef de la Police | Movie | 2008 |
 | House of Saddam | Ahmed Al Bakr | TV Series | 2008 |
 | The Band's Visit | Tewfiq Zakaria | Movie | 2007 |
 | Aviva, My Love | Oded Zar | Movie | 2006 |
 | Year Zero | Guide-Dogs Trainer | Movie | 2004 |
 | Made in Israel | Perach | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Order | Yuri | Movie | 2001 |
 | Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol | Minister Oman | Movie | 2000 |
 | Escape: Human Cargo | Suliman Nasir Rasi | Movie | 1998 |
 | Scar | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Kastner Trial | Israel (Rudolf/Reszo) Kastner | TV Series | 1994 |
 | The Patriots | Cop 1 Israel | Movie | 1994 |
 | Blink of an Eye | Khalil | Movie | 1992 |
 | Not Without My Daughter | Hamid | Movie | 1991 |
 | The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story | Marwan Khreesat | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Quarry | Moshe David | Movie | 1990 |
 | Steal the Sky | Kamel Djern | Movie | 1988 |
 | Rambo III | Mousa | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Impossible Spy | General Haled | Movie | 1987 |
 | Deadline | Bossam | Movie | 1987 |
 | סיפורים לשעת לילה מאוחרת | מתבודד תמהוני | TV Series | 1987 |
 | The Ambassador | Arab Student | Movie | 1985 |
 | Screen Two | General Haled | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Eretz Moledet | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Zehu Ze | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1978 |