{{Short description|Israeli actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Ashraf Barhoum | native_name = أشرف برهوم | native_name_lang = ar | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1979|1|8}} | birth_place = Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Israel | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | other_names = Ashraf Barhoum | years_active = | spouse = | website = }} '''Ashraf Barhom''' ({{langx|ar|أشرف برهوم}}, {{langx|he|אשרף ברהום}}; born January 8, 1979) is an Israeli actor.
He was born in Tarshiha, in Galilee.<ref name="imdb">[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1678557/bio Ashraf Barhom – Biography<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He has starred in ''The Kingdom'', ''Paradise Now'', ''By Any Means'' and ''The Syrian Bride''.
== Early life == Barhom grew up in an Arab Christian family<ref>{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Ella |title=Dark-Skinned Good Guy |url=https://www.laweekly.com/film/dark-skinned-good-guy-2150582 |publisher=LA Weekly |date=September 26, 2007}}</ref> in Israel, in the Galilee region, in a small village called Tarshiha. He attended the University of Haifa, where he graduated with a B.A. in Theatre and Arts. He has three sisters. Of his ethnic heritage, Barhom has said: <blockquote> When we attach ourselves to national identities, then we enter into a cycle of conflict. I didn't choose where I was born or who to be or what people would call me. I'm a hybrid, from a cultural perspective, but I don't think in these terms. I'm more simple than that. I'm a mammal who will live 70 years more or less, who believes in God and likes his life.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westword.com/2007-09-27/film/dark-skinned-good-guy/ |title=Dark-Skinned, Good Guy |publisher=Denver Westward |date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=2010-07-16 |archive-date=2015-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122234313/http://www.westword.com/2007-09-27/film/dark-skinned-good-guy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> </blockquote>
== Career == In 2007, he garnered much attention for appearing alongside Jamie Foxx in the movie ''The Kingdom'' as Col. Faris Al-Ghazi.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-23-ca-kingdom23-story.html |title=In the right place at the right time |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 23, 2007}}</ref> He has since appeared in such Israeli films as ''Ahava Colombianit'' (Colombian Love) and ''Lebanon''. He is also notable for starring in Agora, portraying the 5th century AD Alexandrian parabalani monk Ammonius, in the 2010 remake of ''Clash of the Titans'' as the bounty hunter Ozal, and in Ralph Fiennes' 2011 adaptation of Shakespeare's ''Coriolanus''. In July 2013 it was announced that Barhom had been cast in FX's series ''Tyrant''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2013/07/shannyn-sossamon-joins-foxs-wayward-pines-ashraf-barhom-cast-in-fxs-tyrant-549831/ |title=Shannyn Sossamon Joins Fox's 'Wayward Pines', Ashraf Barhom Cast In FX's 'Tyrant' |publisher=Deadline |date=July 26, 2013}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== <!--do NOT add rowspans per WP:FILMOGRAPHY--> {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2002 | ''In the 9th Month'' | Ahmad | |- | 2004 | ''Ahava Colombianit'' | Samir | |- | 2004 | ''The Syrian Bride'' | Marwan | |- | 2005 | ''Paradise Now'' | Abu-Karem | |- | 2007 | ''The Kingdom'' | Colonel Faris Al Ghazi | |- | 2009 | ''Agora'' | Ammonius | |- | 2009 | ''Lebanon'' | 1st Phalangist | |- | 2010 | ''Clash of the Titans'' | Ozal | |- | 2011 | ''Coriolanus'' | Cassius | |- | 2012 | ''Inheritance'' | Marwan | |- | 2012 | ''Zaytoun'' | PLO Fighter | |- | 2014 | ''300: Rise of an Empire'' | General Bandari | |- | 2014 | ''The Savior'' | Judas Iscariot | |- | 2015 | ''The Idol'' | Hehler - The Smuggler | |- | 2015 | ''Al munataf'' | Radi | |- | 2019 | ''Sayidat Al Bahr'' | Amer | |- |2021 |''The Stranger'' | |- | 2021 | ''Farha'' | Abu Farha | |- | 2025 | ''I'm Glad You're Dead Now'' | Abu Rashid |}
===Television=== <!--do NOT add rowspans per WP:FILMOGRAPHY--> {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2013 | ''By Any Means'' | Ahmed | Episode 1.5 |- | 2014–2016 | ''Tyrant'' | Jamal | 25 episodes |- | 2025 | ''House of David'' | Doeg | Main cast |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|1678557}}
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