Khalifa Natour

Khalifa Natour — Biography

Khalifa Natour is an actor from Israel's Arab minority who has moved between the stage, film and television for many years. He is known for roles in films such as The Band's Visit and The Other Son and for one of the lead parts in season three (2020) of the Netflix series Fauda; his stage work earned him the Israel Theater Prize.

Born in Qalansawe (Kalansua), he is generally given a birth year around 1965. At the Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts he played major parts such as Othello and Timon of Athens in student productions, and he graduated in 1991. He has since appeared in many plays in Israel, the West Bank and abroad, including Peter Brook's 11 and 12, in which he performed alongside Makram Khoury.

On screen he appeared in Rana's Wedding (2002, as Khalil) and Eran Kolirin's The Band's Visit (2007, as Simon). Later came Lorraine Lévy's The Other Son (2012), Inheritance (2012, as Majd), Dancing Arabs - A Borrowed Identity (2014, as Bassem) and Tikkun (2015), and in 2020 he moved into television with Fauda.