Yousef 'Joe' Sweid

Biography

Yousef Joe Sweid is an Arab-Israeli actor and dancer whose career began at the Arab-Hebrew Theater in Jaffa. He moved into television with Dancing again tonight in 1991, then appeared in Lane of White Chairs, which won at the 1996 Acre Festival, and Oh Brother Boom Boom, a 2003 winner at a Haifa festival for children's programming. Dragon followed in 2004 and Immigrants in 2005. On stage he worked with Ruth Kanner in a 2001 production and appeared in Sea Shadow in 2002. He also took part in an international theater project and in the dance piece Barefoot. In 2001 he directed a community theater program in Ramla. In 2016 he played a Meereenese freedman in a Game of Thrones episode for HBO.

50years old

Turns 51 on June 22in 223 days

Born June 22, 1976Haifa
Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
يوسف سويد (birth name)Also credited as Yousouf Sweid, Joe Sweid, Youssef Sweid, Yusuf Sweid and Yusuf Swid

Movie Career

Films: 4
Career span: 9 years2009 to 2018

Every film, newest first

2018Tel Aviv on FireIMDb rating 6.7
2017American AssassinIMDb rating 6.2
2015Killing JesusIMDb rating 4.7
2009AgoraIMDb rating 7.1

Genres

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First role
Sweid began his career by joining the Arab-Hebrew Theater in Jaffa, a bilingual company that launched his stage and screen work.
Beyond film
Sweid took part in the dance production Barefoot and also appeared in the international production The Time We Did Not Know Anything About Each Other.

Yousef 'Joe' Sweid movies on Netflix

Tel Aviv on Fire2018IMDb rating 6.7as General Yehuda Edelman
American Assassin2017IMDb rating 6.2as Khaled
Killing Jesus2015IMDb rating 4.7as Joseph
Agora2009IMDb rating 7.1as Peter

Worked with

Yousef 'Joe' Sweid shares two films with Yousef Sweid, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Yousef Sweid

John Rhys-Davies

Scott Adkins

Michael Keaton

Kelsey Grammer

Vernon DobtcheffMichael CuestaDirector, 1 film Alejandro AmenábarDirector, 1 film Sameh ZoabiDirector, 1 film

Films together

Yousef Sweid2 films together, 2009 to 2018
Yousef Sweid's page
- Tel Aviv on Fire2018IMDb rating 6.7Sweid as General Yehuda EdelmanSweid as Yehuda
- Agora2009IMDb rating 7.1Sweid as PeterSweid as Pierre
John Rhys-Davies1 film together, 2015
John Rhys-Davies's page
- Killing Jesus2015IMDb rating 4.7Sweid as JosephRhys-Davies as Annas
Scott Adkins1 film together, 2017
Scott Adkins's page
- American Assassin2017IMDb rating 6.2Sweid as KhaledAdkins as Victor
Michael Keaton1 film together, 2017
Michael Keaton's page
- American Assassin2017IMDb rating 6.2Sweid as KhaledKeaton as Stan Hurley
Kelsey Grammer1 film together, 2015
Kelsey Grammer's page
- Killing Jesus2015IMDb rating 4.7Sweid as JosephGrammer as King Herod / Narrator
Vernon Dobtcheff1 film together, 2015
Vernon Dobtcheff's page
- Killing Jesus2015IMDb rating 4.7Sweid as JosephDobtcheff as Isaiah
Michael CuestaDirector, 1 film, 2017
All films by Michael Cuesta
- American Assassin2017IMDb rating 6.2Sweid as Khaled
Alejandro AmenábarDirector, 1 film, 2009
All films by Alejandro Amenábar
- Agora2009IMDb rating 7.1Sweid as Peter
Sameh ZoabiDirector, 1 film, 2018
- Tel Aviv on Fire2018IMDb rating 6.7Sweid as General Yehuda Edelman

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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