Elie Mitri
Elie Mitri | |
|---|---|
Elie Mitri in the Cines del Sur Granada Film Festival, 2007 | |
| Born | 26 January 1980 |
| Occupation | Actor |
Elie Mitri (born 26 January 1980) (Arabic; ايلي متري) is a Lebanese actor, writer and stand-up comedian.
Film/TV
Mitri graduated from the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts in 2003. In 2006, he gained public attention when he starred in Falafel, directed by Michel Kammoun, a film that follows a young man experiencing a series of nighttime events in Beirut, which attracted international notice.[1] In 2009, he portrayed Saint Charbel Makhlouf in the biographical film Charbel: The Movie, offering a grounded depiction of one Lebanon’s Maronite saint.[2] He later appeared as the romantic lead Karim in Habbet Loulou[3] and May in the Summer,[4] as the drug-addicted Cherif in Horoub: Escape (2012), and as Max in Max w Antar (2016), a comedy centered on a young man and his dog. Mitri also worked on several independent and commercial productions that engage with socio-political themes in Lebanon, including Chatti Ya Dinni, Void, and Mahroumin: The Deprived (2017).[5][6]
Mitri co-hosted Crazy Science with Nancy Iskandar, an hour-long family program featuring chemistry demonstrations and science experiments, many of which were performed on Mitri himself. He later described the show as one of his proudest achievements, noting in an interview that its positive influence on children made the work especially meaningful.[7]
Theater
| Year | Play |
|---|---|
| 2012/3 | Reasons to be pretty |
| 2010 | Sar lezim nehke (We Need to Talk) |
| 2009 | Alarms |
| 2009 | Al Nashid (The Anthem) |
| 2006 | Public WC |
| 2003 | Fire |
| 2006 | Oliver Twist |
| 2002 | Le Revisor |
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Arzé | Junkyard Owner |
| 2023 | Al Kha’en | Salem |
| 2016 | Max w Antar | Max |
| 2013 | Void | |
| 2013 | Habbet Loulou | Karim |
| 2013 | May in the Summer | Karim |
| 2010 | Chatti Ya Dinni | |
| 2009 | Charbel: The Movie | Max |
| 2008 | Amour D'enfants | Tony |
| 2006 | Falafel | Toufic |
References
- ^ Young, Deborah (January 5, 2007). "Falafel". Variety. Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ "Cast of Charbel". Saint Charbel Website. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- ^ "Habbet Loulou". Talk About Movies. 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ Newbould, Chris (24 August 2014). "Cherien Dabis's May in the Summer dispels myths about the Middle East". The National. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ Young, Deborah. "Here Comes the Rain -- Film Review". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
- ^ "Waynon (Void)". Dubai Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- ^ "Talk Of The Town - 20/03/2014 - Nancy Iskandar - Elie Mitri". Youtube. Archived from the original on February 7, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
External links
- Media related to Elie Mitri at Wikimedia Commons
- Elie Mitri at IMDb