Ali Suliman
Arab-Israeli actor of Palestinian descent
Ali Suliman (Arabic: علي سليمان, Hebrew: עלי סלימאן; born 1977) is a Palestinian actor. He is known for his work on the series Jack Ryan and the film Paradise Now.
Early life
Suliman was born in Nazareth into a Palestinian Muslim family. He holds Israeli citizenship but identifies as Palestinian. He graduated from Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio and started his career in the theater.
Career
In 2005, Suliman starred in the Palestinian film Paradise Now, which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. In 2007, he appeared in the movie The Kingdom. He played a lawyer in Lemon Tree (2008), the role of Omar Sadiki in Body of Lies (2008), a young displaced Palestinian in The Time That Remains (2009), a surgeon in The Attack (2013), Gulab in Lone Survivor (2013) and General Qamish in The Looming Tower (2018). In 2018, he played Mousa Bin Suleiman in the Amazon Prime Video action thriller series Jack Ryan.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2836362. VIAF identifies the subject as 88277665. The Library of Congress control number is no2006037691. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977, 2005, 2007 and 2008.
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