Yousef Sweid

Yousef Sweid was born in 1976 in Haifa

Yousef Sweid was born in Haifa on 22 June 1976 to a Christian-Arab family. As a child he studied in Jewish schools, and his parents also sent him to an Arabic teacher. He sang in a Maronite church choir.

He graduated from the theater department at Tel Aviv University. He began his stage career with the Arab-Hebrew Theater in Jaffa.

He acted in plays with Ruth Kanner, at Tmuna Theater and at the Cameri Theater, and took part in the dance show Barefoot. In 2001 he began directing a community theater in Ramla with Arab and Jewish actors.

On screen he appeared in Walk on Water, The Bubble, Agora and Omar, and in series such as Arab Labor, Hatufim, Homeland and Game of Thrones. He also worked as a puppeteer on Sesame Street and on the Children's Channel.

He was married to director Yael Ronen, and they had a son in 2009 before divorcing in 2015. In 2018 he married television host Adi Shilon, and the couple lived mostly in Berlin before they later divorced.