Ashraf Barhom

Ashraf Barhom was born in 1979 in Ma'alot-Tarshiha

Ashraf Barhom was born on January 8, 1979, in Tarshiha in the Galilee. He grew up in an Arab Christian working class family. He has three sisters.

He earned a B.A. in theater at the University of Haifa. He then began acting at the Arab Theater in Haifa, where he lives today.

His first film role came in 2002 in In the Ninth Month by Ali Nasser. He then appeared in Colombian Love, The Syrian Bride and Paradise Now. In 2007 he played a Saudi police officer in the Hollywood film The Kingdom.

In 2009 he acted in Agora and Lebanon, and later in Clash of the Titans and Coriolanus. In 2014 he had a main role in the American series Tyrant on FX and appeared in 300: Rise of an Empire. Later work includes The Idol, Farha, Manayek and House of David.

On stage he has performed in Plonter, a joint production of the Cameri Theater and the Haifa Theater about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He also translated Romeo and Juliet into Arabic.