fiction.wikisort.org - Actor

Igal Naor (Hebrew: יגאל נאור; born (1958-06-25)June 25, 1958) is an Israeli actor, sometimes credited as Yigal Naor.

This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Hebrew. (March 2009) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Hebrew article. Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 310 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Hebrew Wikipedia article at [[:he:יגאל נאור]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template {{Translated|he|יגאל נאור}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Igal Naor
Born	(1958-06-25) June 25, 1958 (age 64) Givatayim, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present

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

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Category	Award	Result	Notes	Ref.
1996	Saint Clara	Best Supporting Actor	Ophir Award			[4]

References

External links

• Yigal Naor at IMDb
• Cast biography on the microsite for HBO's House of Saddam

---