Salim Daw

Acting

Salim Daw

Born September 1, 1950 · Bi'ina, Israel (age 76)

Salim Daw (Arabic: سليم ضو; born September 1, 1950), also spelled Salim Dau, is a Palestinian actor of stage, film, and television. He is best known for portraying Mohamed Al-Fayed on seasons 5 and 6 of Netflix's The Crown (2016-2023), which earned him a BAFTA nomination.

Known For

Sand CastleSand Castle · 2017
Sand Castle
★ 6.52017
MovieWarAction
Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
Gaza Mon AmourGaza Mon Amour · 2021
Gaza Mon Amour
★ 6.32021
MovieDramaComedy
In Gaza, 60-year-old fisherman Issa has been secretly in love with Siham, a widow who works at the market. One day, the discovery of an ancient phallic statue of Apollo in his fishing net changes his life. With newfound confidence, he decides to approach Siham but problems arise when authorities become involved with this mysterious and potent treasure.
OsloOslo · 2021
Oslo
★ 6.62021
MovieTV MovieDrama
The true story of negotiations between implacable enemies — the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian couple that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords.
Kiss Me Kosher!Kiss Me Kosher! · 2020
Kiss Me Kosher!
★ 5.62020
MovieComedyRomance
When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. What happens with lovers who don't fit but do belong together?
Let It Be MorningLet It Be Morning · 2021
Let It Be Morning
★ 5.42021
MovieDrama
Sami was at his parents’ house back in the village, when peace began to break out. He had gone there with his wife and kid for his brother's wedding . Back in the village people told him, “There’s no place like home,” and asked when he’d be coming back, but deep down Sami knew that he had forgotten. You can’t be away for that long without forgetting something.
Tel Aviv on FireTel Aviv on Fire · 2018
Tel Aviv on Fire
★ 6.72018
MovieComedy
Salam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier. His creative career is on the rise - until the soldier and the show's financial backers disagree about how the show should end, and Salam is caught in the middle.
The Children of USSRThe Children of USSR · 2007
The Children of USSR
★ 8.02007
MovieCrimeDrama
A group of young immigrants from Soviet Union live in a provincial Israeli town. In their new homeland the only person who follows them closely is the local policeman, family ties are wearing out day by day, and they do everything to mess their lives up, transforming their anxiety to get a new social standing in violence and robbery. Will they be able to build a soccer team and win the local championship? Will sport help them to recover self-esteem and prove to everyone that they are not doomed to live as criminals?
A Thousand and One WivesA Thousand and One Wives · 1989
A Thousand and One Wives
★ 8.51989
MovieDrama
The Bukharan neighborhood of Jerusalem in the 1920s Naftali is a wealthy trader and a middle-aged widow whose all his former wives have mysteriously passed away and he is afraid to remarry with a belief that he has a curse on him. The matchmaker presses and the old woman coaxes and finally carries Flora, a 24-year-old virgin, but not to infect her with a curse, he avoids any physical contact with her. The plot gets complicated when Flora gets hurt as a result of her relationship with the fabric merchant, and Naftali, who can't bear the shame, turns his anger on his young wife.

Filmography

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Swallows Never Die in JerusalemSwallows Never Die in Jerusalem · 1994
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
★ 8.01994
MovieDrama
Both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are sensitively explored in the Tunisian-French drama. Richard, a French TV journalist has been assigned to do a political story in Jerusalem the night before Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat sign their peace accord. Richard is glad to go as it gives him a chance to see his girlfriend Esther, a psychologist. Esther's father Moshe is continually tormented by his Holocaust memories. Hammoudi, nicknamed "Local Radio," is Richard's taxi driver and guide. He tells Richard the story of his family which was uprooted in 1948 resulting in the disappearance of his grandmother. Mysteriously, her picture appeared in a recent Arabic newspaper. Richard, intrigued, decides to center his investigations upon "Local Radio's" story. As he delves deeper into their lives he discovers that the ancient rivalries between the Israeli's and Palestinians is far too deep and complex to be easily explained away.

Hammoudi, aka 'Radio Locale'