Hassani Shapi
Biography
Hassani Shapi was a Kenyan actor whose career centered on Italian cinema. Born in Mombasa, he began his stage work with ACT, an English company based in Paris, and appeared in plays including Animal Farm, Don Quixote, The Old Man and the Sea and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He made his television debut in 1992 in episodes of Runaway Bay, and in 1998 he appeared in a single episode of The Ambassador. His best known film role was Jedi Master Eeth Koth in the Star Wars film The Phantom Menace, and its success led to international productions such as Don't desire the woman of others, The World Is Not Enough and Irina Palm (2007). He played Saddam Hussein in the Italian serial Intelligence in 2009, joined Law & Order in 2010, and appeared in Italian comedies. He died in 2024.
50years old at death
- Born Mombasa
- Died Mombasa
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 20 years1999 to 2019
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Sam GarbarskiDirector, 1 film, 2007
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Daniel Zelik BerkDirector, 1 film, 2017
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