Aziz Dyab

Abdulaziz Dyab (born 1995) is a Syrian-German actor. His films include Je suis Karl. On television, he is known for his roles in the Netflix series Unorthodox (2020) and the Apple TV+ series Liaison (2023).

Early life Dyab was born in Idlib, northwestern Syria. His home was often in the firing line of the Syrian civil war. Dyab moved to Aleppo to study, but the war escalated and conditions worsened. In September 2015 at the age of 20, he fled to Germany, where he was granted asylum and eventually settled in Frankfurt an der Oder. He joined a local community theatre group to improve his German-language skills. In 2016, he intended to study mechatronics at Karlsruhe University. Dyab appeared in a 2017 documentary titled I'm Here Now Somehow directed by David Regos.

Career Dyab made his television debut playing Salim in the 2020 critically acclaimed multilingual Netflix miniseries Unorthodox. This was followed in 2021 by his feature film debut in Christian Schwochow's Je suis Karl as Libyan migrant Yusuf and Anne Zohra Berrached's Copilot as Karim. He also made guest appearances in the ZDF crime dramas SOKO Leipzig and SOKO Potsdam, and the Das Erste anthology series Baltic Crimes, and appeared in the television films Der Beschützer and Bring mich nach Hause.

In 2023, Dyab played Samir Hamza, a hacker, in the British-French thriller series Liaison on Apple TV+. In a 2023 interview with The Upcoming, Dyab stated he was writing a film based on his childhood memories.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2017 I'm Here Now Somehow Himself Short documentary 2018 Look Baba I'm Happy Gulzar Short film 2021 Je suis Karl Yusuf 2021 Copilot Karim

Television Year Title Role Notes 2020 Unorthodox Salim Miniseries, 4 episodes 2020, 2022 SOKO Leipzig Mehdi Zakani / Mio Baumgert 2 episodes 2021 Der Beschützer Hamsa Television film 2021 Bring mich nach Hause Mirchard Television film 2021 Baltic Crimes Sanitäter Episode: "Entführt" 2022 SOKO Potsdam Rosti Episode: "Tatütata" 2023 Liaison Samir Hamza 6 episodes 2023 Tatort Fawad Saad Episode: "Nichts als die Wahrheit" 2025 House of David Nethaneel Recurring role