Marwan Kenzari - Biography

Who is Marwan Kenzari?

Marwan Kenzari is an actor by profession and Dutch, Tunisian by nationality. He is famous for his roles in films The Angel, The Mummy, Aladdin and in Dutch TV series Wolf.

Marwan Kenzari - Age, Parents, Siblings

Marwan Kenzari’s birth took place on 16 January 1983 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was born to a Tunisian family. 

Kenzari is multilingual and speaks Arabic, Dutch, French, and English. Other details of his personal life such as parents, siblings, childhood, and family are still under the wraps.

Education, Ethnicity

He was educated at the Theatre Academy Maastricht, from which he also graduated. His ethnicity is Tunisian, Dutch.

Marwan Kenzari (Image: Vulture)

Marwan Kenzari – Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Divorce

Although Kenzari has been in the spotlight for a few years now, facts on his girlfriend or relationship are not known. He has not been spotted with anyone or is rumored to be dating. 

Although we consider him to be a single man, he might be secretly married with wife and children or a divorced man.

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Marwan Kenzari - Career

Life before fame

Kenzari started acting as a teenager when his then-girlfriend signed them up to audition of musical, which was the Dutch version of Chicago. After graduation from the prestigious Theatre Academy Maastricht, he worked with the Amsterdam Theatre Group. 

In 2008, he had started his career in his home country. His beginning roles were in the series Flikken Maastricht (2008-2010), Maite was hier (2009) and in the films Katia's Sister (2008), among others.

Source: IMDb (Marwan Kenzari in Wolf )

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Roles, Appearances

Other film credits are in Loft (2010) Rabat (2011), Wolf (2013), Accused (2014). Seeking international fame and more work, Marwan Kenzari began appearing in Hollywood films in 2016. His first roles in English movies were in Ben-Hur (2016) and The Promise (2016).

His recent portrayal of characters are in The Mummy (2017),  Murder on the Orient Express (2017), What Happened to Monday (2017), The Angel (2018), in Aladdin (2019) as Jafar, among others. Moreover, Marwan Kenzari has appeared in Dutch TV series Van God Los (2012), Penoza (2012-2013) and in film Instinct (2018).

Worked with

On the set of Aladdin, Kenzari has starred alongside Billy Magnussen, Mena Massoud, Nasim Pedrad, Numan Acar, Naomi Scott.

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Marwan Kenzari – Awards, Nominations

In 2013, Kenzari was awarded a Golden Calf for Best Actor for his role in Wolf, The Best Dutch Crime Drama of the last decade, Crimezone Award of Honor,

Marwan Kenzari – Net Worth, Salary

Kenzari’s net worth and salary have not been officially estimated. However, online sources have claimed his net worth to be $1.3 million.

Marwan Kenzari – Social Media

As for social media, he is inactive on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. But he does have an official webpage.

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