Marwan Kenzari facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Marwan Kenzari
Kenzari in 2013
Born	(1983-01-16) 16 January 1983 (age 42) The Hague, Netherlands
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present

Marwan Kenzari (born January 16, 1983) is a Dutch actor. He started his acting journey in 2008. He became well-known for his role in the 2013 movie Wolf. For this role, he won a special award called the Golden Calf for Best Actor.

Since 2016, Marwan has often played villain characters in English movies. Some of these famous roles include Aladdin (2019), The Old Guard (2020), and Black Adam (2022). These movies helped him become famous all over the world.

Life and Acting Career

Early Life and First Steps

Marwan Kenzari was born on January 17, 1983, in The Hague, Netherlands. His family came from Tunisia. When he was a teenager, Marwan loved playing football. But then, a girl he was dating signed them up to try out for the Dutch version of the musical Chicago. This was his first step into acting!

In 2009, Marwan finished his studies at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts. After graduating, he joined a theater group called Toneelgroep Amsterdam. This group allowed him to travel and perform in big cities like Moscow, London, Vienna, and New York City.

Becoming a Star

Marwan started acting in Dutch movies and TV shows in 2008. In 2013, he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor award at the Netherlands Film Festival. He won it for his role in the movie Wolf. To play a kickboxer named Majid, he trained for more than a year. People really liked his acting in the movie. In 2014, Marwan also won a Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.

In 2016, Marwan appeared in several English-language movies. These included Collide, Ben-Hur, and The Promise. These roles helped him get noticed by Hollywood.

In 2019, Marwan played the famous villain Jafar in Disney's live-action movie Aladdin. This role made him known around the world. Fans even gave him a fun nickname, "hot Jafar." In July 2020, Marwan was in The Old Guard, playing one of the main good guys. In 2021, he was chosen to play Ishmael Gregor / Sabbac in the 2022 movie Black Adam. He also played an officer named Raymond Westerling in the 2020 movie De Oost.

Personal Life

Marwan Kenzari is very good with languages! He can speak Arabic, Dutch, English, and French.

Filmography

Film Roles

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Note
2008	Katia's Sister	Giac
2009	The Last Days of Emma Blank	Martin
2010	Loft	Tom Fenneker
2011	Rabat	Zakaria
2012	Black Out	Youssef
2013	Wolf	Majid Zamari
2014	Hartenstraat	Daan
	Accused	Det. Ron Leeflang
	Reckless	Rico
	Grab My Heart	Richard
2016	Collide	Matthias
	Ben-Hur	Druses
	The Promise	Emre Ogan
2017	The Mummy	Malik
	What Happened to Monday	Adrian Knowles
	Murder on the Orient Express	Pierre Michel
2018	The Angel	Ashraf Marwan
2019	Aladdin	Jafar
	Instinct	Idris
2020	The Old Guard	Joe (Yusuf Al-Kaysani)
	De Oost	Raymond Westerling
2022	Black Adam	Ishmael Gregor / Sabbac, King Ahk-Ton
2023	Ghosted	Marco
2024	The Return	Antinous
TBA	The Old Guard 2	Joe	Post-production
TBA	Any Other Night	Max	Pre-production

Television Roles

Awards and Nominations

See also

In Spanish: Marwan Kenzari para niños