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Uri Gavriel (Hebrew: אורי גבריאל) is an Israeli theater, film and television actor. Winner of the Ophir Award and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005 as Best Actor in film What a Wonderful Place.^[1] In 2018, he appeared as Philip the Apostle in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene.^[2]

Early life

Gavriel was born in Magdiel, Israel, to Mizrahi Jewish immigrant parents from Iraq.

List of film and television credits
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Hanna K.	Airport Barman
1986	The Delta Force	Jamil Rafai
1991	The Human Shield	Tanzi
1991	The Finest Hour	Enemy Commander
1992	Sipurei Tel-Aviv	Roshko
1993	Prison Heat	Saladin
1993	American Cyborg: Steel Warrior	Leech Leader
1993	The Mummy Lives	Tomb Guard
1993	Deadly Heroes	Captain Abou
1995	Holeh Ahava beShikun Gimmel	Eliahu
2000	Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol	Abu Nim
2001	Kikar HaHalomot	Aharon Gvardin
2004	Avanim	Meir
2004	The Syrian Bride	Simon
2005	What a Wonderful Place	Franco	Original title: Eize Makom Nifla
2007	The Band's Visit	Avrum	Original title: Bikur Ha-Tizmoret
2007	The Kingdom	Izz Al-Din
2007–2013	The Arbitrator	Yigal Ha-Natzi
2008	House of Saddam	Ali Hassan Al-Majid	HBO mini-series
2009	Noah's Ark	Eliahu	Teivat Noach
2010	71 Square Meters	Siman Tov
2010	Asfur	Reuven Amoyal
2011	Little Simico's Great Fantasy	Jackie
2012	The Dark Knight Rises	Blind Prisoner
2012	Byzantium	Savella
2013	Ana Arabia	Hassan
2013–present	Beauty and the Baker	Avi Dahari
2015	Fauda	Gideon Avital
2016	One Week and a Day	Refael
2018	Mary Magdalene	Philip
2019	The Spy	Majid Sheikh Al-Ard	Netflix mini-series
2023	The Cops	Oved Sharabi	TV series. Original title: Ha-Shotrim