Mousa Kraish

Mousa Kraish is an actor and director who grew up in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn. He studied creative writing and film at Brooklyn College, earning a B.F.A. and a B.A., and worked as a photographer and cinematographer before directing music videos. In 2002 he attended the Atlantic Theater Company, studying with Robert Bella for two years, then acted in downtown spaces and black boxes with groups including the Barrow Group and The Drilling Company. Steven Spielberg cast him in Munich (2005), and Justin Lin cast him in Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007), which premiered at Sundance. He made his Off-Broadway debut in 2005 in the Obie Award nominated play Pentecost. He also appeared in independent and television films and features, and directed projects including the feature How to Make a Dollarbill in Brooklyn (2009).