Yussuf Abu-Warda Explained

Yussuf Abu-Warda (Arabic: يوسف أبو وردة, Hebrew: יוּסף אבו ורדה; born 19 August 1953 in Jish) is an Arab-Israeli actor. A leading actor from 1999 he was head of Al-Midan Theater in Haifa.^[1]

In October 2018, he received a life achievement award from the Union of Israeli Performing Artists.^[2]

Filmography

• On a Narrow Bridge^[3]
• 1984 : Magash Hakesef
• 1985 : Gesher Tzar Me'od
• 1986 : Nadia
• 1987 : *Noce en Galilée (Urs al-jalil) Michel Khleifi : Bacem (Youssef Abou Warda)
• 1991 : Cup Final (Gmar Gavi'a) Eran Riklis : George (comme Youssef Abou Warda)
• 1998 : Yom Yom Amos Gitaï : Yussuf
• 1999 : Aaron Cohen's Debt, TV film : Taylor (credited Youssef Abou Warda)
• 1999 : Kadosh directed Amos Gitaï : Rav Shimon
• 1999 : La Voie lactée (Shvil Hahalav) d'Ali Nasser : Gouverneur
• 2002 : Kedma Amos Gitai : L’Arabe
• 2003 : Tik Sagur TV series : father of Benny
• 2003 : Afarsek : taxi driver
• 2004 : Shnat Effes : employee of job agency
• 2004 : Promised Land, Amos Gitaï : Yussuf
• 2004 : Bizman Emet (TV film) : as Turgeman, directeur adjoint du Mossad
• 2005 : Ahava Me'ever Lapina (TV series) : Ze'ev
• 2007 : HaModedim
• 2007 : Désengagement Amos Gitaï : as Youssef
• 2008 : For My Father (Sof Shavua B'Tel Aviv : Week-end à Tel Aviv) de Dror Zahavi : Saleh
• 2009 : Amerrika de Cherien Dabis : Nabeel Halaby
• 2009 : Hatsuya (TV series) : Ardak
• 2007- 2011 : Ha-Borer (TV series) : Amram 'Bulldog'
• 2012 : Héritage (Inheritance) Hiam Abbass : Khalil
• 2013 : Ana Arabia Amos Gitaï^[4]
• 2014 : The Savior as Luke
• 2015 : 3000 Nights
• 2017 : Holy Air^[5]
• 2019 : The Dead of Jaffa

Notes and References

1. Sampark: Journal of Global Understanding - Volume 1 - 1999 Page 40 "Yussuf Abu Warda, for many years one of the Haifa Municipal Theatre's leading actors and now head of Haifa's recently established Arab Theatre in Israel, agrees with this."
2. News: Svika Pick gets life achievement award, but won’t pick up his prize . The Jerusalem Post . 14 October 2018.
3. Yosefa Loshitzky Identity Politics on the Israeli Screen 2010 - Page 140 "The two Palestinian actors Yussuf Abu Warda and Salwa Nakra-Haddad to a certain extent continue the roles that they played in ... Abu Warda is the progressive father who, not in keeping with the stereotypical behavior of a Palestinian farmer.. "
4. News: Ana Arabia: Venice Review . The Hollywood Reporter . 3 September 2013 . en.
5. News: Holy Air . Film Threat . 17 November 2017.