Tawfeek Barhom

Tawfeek Barhom was born in 1990 in Ein Rafa

Tawfeek Barhom was born in 1990 and grew up in Ein Rafa, a village near Jerusalem. He comes from a Muslim family and defines himself as Palestinian. At 14 he was sent to the Meir Shfeya youth village near Zikhron Ya'akov.

He began acting in Israeli television, with a supporting role in the drama series Euphoria in 2012. In 2014 he played the lead in A Borrowed Identity and was nominated for an Ophir Award for the role. In 2015 he appeared in The Idol, Wounded Land and the Greek film Worlds Apart.

He later worked in British and American productions, including Mary Magdalene and the miniseries The Looming Tower in 2018. In 2022 he starred in Boy from Heaven, which led to a Guldbagge Award nomination for Best Actor in 2023. In 2024 he played Father Gabriel in The First Omen.

He also turned to directing. In 2025 he won the Short Film Palme d'Or for I'm Glad Now That He's Dead, a short film he wrote, directed and acted in.