Portrait of Marwan Kenzari

Marwan Kenzari

Acting

Biography

Marwan Kenzari (born 16 January 1983) is a Dutch actor born in The Hague, Netherlands. Starting his career in 2008, he first came to prominence for his role in the 2013 film Wolf, which earned him a Golden Calf award for Best Actor. Since 2016, he has been starring in English-language films, including Aladdin (2019), The Old Guard (2020) and Black Adam (2022), which earned him international recognition.

Born: January 16, 1983

Place of Birth: The Hague, Netherlands

Filmography

2025
The Old Guard 2

as Yusuf Al-Kaysani / Joe

2024
The Return

as Antinous (Antinoo)

2023
Ghosted

as Marco

2023
The Night Agent

as Sami Saidi

2022
Black Adam

as Ishmael / Sabbac / King Ahk-Ton

2021
The East

as Raymond "De Turk" Westerling

2020
The Old Guard

as Yusuf Al-Kaysani / Joe

2019
Instinct

as Idris

2019
Aladdin

as Jafar

2018
The Angel

as Ashraf Marwan

2017
2017
What Happened to Monday

as Adrian Knowles

2017
The Mummy

as Malik

2016
The Promise

as Emre Ogan

2016
Ben-Hur

as Druses

2016
Collide

as Matthias

2014
2014
Reckless

as Rico

2014
Accused

as Detective Ron Leeflang

2014
2013
Wolf

as Majid

2012
Black Out

as Youssef

2011
Rabat

as Zakaria

2011
Mix Tape

as Alain

2011
Godforsaken True Killers

as Frank Hendrikx

2010
Loft

as Tom Fenneker

2010
Penoza

as Mustafa 'Moes' Eski

2009
2008
2007
Flikken Maastricht

as Luca de Keyzer