Uri Gavriel

Uri Gavriel (; born 3 April 1955) is an Israeli actor. Winner of the Ophir Award and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005 as Best Actor in film What a Wonderful Place. In 2018, he appeared as Philip the Apostle in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene.

Early life Gavriel was born in Magdiel, Israel, to Mizrahi Jewish immigrant parents from Iraq.

Filmography + List of film and television credits Year Title RoleNotes 1983 Hanna K. Airport Barman 1986 The Delta Force Jamil Rafai 1991 The Human Shield Tanzi 1992 The Finest Hour Enemy Commander 1992 Sipurei Tel-Aviv Roshko 1993 Prison Heat Saladin 1993 American Cyborg: Steel Warrior Leech Leader 1993 The Mummy Lives Tomb Guard 1993 Deadly Heroes Captain Abou 1995 Holeh Ahava beShikun Gimmel Eliahu 2000 Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol Abu Nim 2001 Kikar HaHalomot Aharon Gvardin 2004 Avanim Meir 2004 The Syrian Bride Simon 2005 What a Wonderful Place Franco Original title: Eize Makom Nifla 2007 The Band's Visit Avrum Original title: Bikur Ha-Tizmoret 2007 The Kingdom Izz Al-Din 2007–2013 The Arbitrator Yigal Ha-Natzi 2008 House of Saddam Ali Hassan Al-Majid HBO mini-series 2009 Noah's Ark Eliahu Teivat Noach 2010 71 Square Meters Siman Tov 2010 Asfur Reuven Amoyal 2011 Little Simico's Great Fantasy Jackie 2012 The Dark Knight Rises Blind Prisoner 2012 Byzantium Savella 2013 Ana Arabia Hassan 2013–present Beauty and the Baker Avi Dahari 2015 Fauda Gideon Avital 2016 One Week and a Day Refael 2018 Mary Magdalene Philip 2019 The Spy Majid Sheikh Al-Ard Netflix mini-series 2023 The Cops Oved Sharabi TV series. Original title: Ha-Shotrim