Hazem Shammas

Hazem Shammas
Born
Fassuta, Galilee, Israel
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActor
Years active1997 –
Known for

Hazem Shammas is a Palestinian Australian actor.[1] He won the 2018 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor for Safe Harbour[2][3] and was nominated for the 2018 AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama for the same role.[4]

In 2022 Shammas appeared in The Twelve, After the Verdict and Barons. [5][6][7] Shammas also appeared in The Clearing.[8]

In 2024, Shammas was named as part of the cast The Correspondent and Ladies In Black.[9][10]

Early life

Shammas was born in Fassuta, a Christian Arab village in the Galilee in Northern Israel.[11][12] He immigrated to Sydney's Inner West as a baby, where he attended a Catholic school.[11]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2024 Ladies in Black Dawud 6 episodes
2023 Bump (Australian TV series) Hazem 4 episodes
2023 The Clearing Yusuf Joe Saad 7 episodes
2022 The Twelve (Australian TV series) Farrad Jassim 10 episodes
After the Verdict (TV series) Detective Sarti 2 episodes
Barons Mr Zemenik 2 episodes
2020 Hungry Ghosts (TV series) Zaeer 1 episode
Halifax: Retribution Nicholas 1 episode
The Secrets She Keeps Cyrus Haven 3 episodes
The Gloaming Padre 1 episode
2019 My Life Is Murder Adam 1 episode
2019 The Hunting Robert 3 episodes
2018 Safe Harbour [13] Ismail 4 episodes
2011 At Home With Julia Asrif 1 episode
2010 Underbelly (TV series) Bill Bayen 10 episodes
2009 East West 101 Massoud 1 episode
2009 All Saints (TV series) Gazza 1 episode

Film

Year Title Role Notes
202? The Correspondent TBA Film
2015 Alex & Eve Mohamed
2011 X: Night of Vengeance Willie
2009 100 Blind Deals Brother Short
I Wish I Were Stephanie V Imran Bashir
2008 The Tumbler Tahir

References

  1. ^ Burdon, Peter (23 November 2014), "Genius casting of Palestinian-born Australian actor Hazem Shammas for Othello", The Advertiser
  2. ^ Bodey, Michael (3 July 2018), "Safe Harbour's Hazem Shammas opens up about sharing his Logies joy with his late father", TV Week
  3. ^ Morgan, Riley; Christian, Natasha (2 July 2018), "'An amazing experience': Safe Harbour star reflects on Logies win", SBS News
  4. ^ Kornits, Dov (30 October 2018), "The AACTA Awards Nominations Are In", Inside Film
  5. ^ Knox, David (13 December 2021). "More cast announced for Foxtel's The Twelve | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  6. ^ Knox, David (25 November 2021). "Production to begin on The Twelve for Foxtel | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  7. ^ Knox, David (19 January 2022). "More cast for After the Verdict | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  8. ^ Knox, David (16 April 2023). "Airdate: The Clearing | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  9. ^ Knox, David (15 March 2024). "Richard Roxburgh plays Peter Greste in Correspondent film | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  10. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/11/cast-announced-for-ladies-in-black.html
  11. ^ a b Law, Benjamin (17 February 2023) ‘Even great actors work for free’: Hazem Shammas on the realities of his craft The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 13 January 2025
  12. ^ Musa, Helen (5 April 2023) Logie winner takes on the madness of ‘Macbeth’ City News. Retrieved on 13 January 2023
  13. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/05/sbs-announces-safe-harbour-cast.html