Adam Bakri
Early life. Adam Bakri comes from a cinematic family; he is the son of Mohammad Bakri, brother of Saleh Bakri and Ziad Bakri. After completing a bachelor's degree in English literature and Theater arts at Tel Aviv University, he trained at New York's Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Career. Bakri began his acting career in theater at the age of 13, when he first took the stage performing in "Ululation of the Land" at the Al-Midan Theater in Haifa and Nazareth. Shortly after his graduation, he landed the lead role in Hany Abu-Assad 's drama thriller "Omar". In 2014, he was cast as the male lead in Asif Kapadia's adaptation of "Ali and Nino", the Azerbaijan's national novel placed during the first Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. In 2018, Bakri played the male lead in an Australian feature film titled "Slam", written and directed by Partho Sen-Gupta, shot in Sydney, Australia. In England, he joined the main cast of Gavin Hood's political thriller "Official Secrets" in the role of Katharine Gun's husband.