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Star Profile Marwan Kenzari Marwan Kenzari, born in The Hague in 1983, is a Dutch actor of Tunisian origin. After graduating from The Maastricht Theatre Academy Marwan was invited to join the prestigious Toneelgreep Amsterdam (The Netherlands’ largest repertory theatre company), where he performed on stages from Moscow to New York. On the silver screen he has dazzled in Antoinette Beumer’s Loft, Alex van Warmerdam’s The last Days of Emma Blank and Rabat (Jim Taihuttu). His TV roles include appearances in Dutch TV shows Penoza and Van God Los. In Jim Taihuttu’s Wolf, selected for San Sebastian New Directors competition, he plays the main character, Majid. Comments Taihuttu: “Marwan is a soldier kinda actor but with a distinguished touch. He bites into a role like an animal and refuses to let go. After Rabat I was inspired to write a whole movie for him.”


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