Saleh Bakri

Saleh Bakri was born in 1977 in Jaffa

Saleh Bakri was born on March 1, 1977, to an Arab Muslim family. He is the son of actor and director Mohammad Bakri, and his brothers Ziad, Adam and Mahmood are also actors.

He finished acting studies at the Beit Zvi school of performing arts in 2000. He began his career in the theater, with roles in plays such as Hamlet at Al-Midan Theater and Macbeth at Tmuna Theater.

In 2007 he appeared in his first films, The Band's Visit and Salt of this Sea. For The Band's Visit he won the Ophir Award for Best Supporting Actor. He later played Elia Suleiman's father in The Time That Remains and the title role in the Italian film Salvo.

In 2013 he announced he would stop appearing in Israeli plays and films, as a protest. In 2022 he played the lead in The Blue Caftan, directed by Maryam Touzani. He later starred in The Teacher in 2023 and Palestine 36 in 2025.