Kamel El Basha or Kamel el-Bacha ( ) ( born in Jerusalem , Palestine on 14 March 1962 ) is a Palestinian theatre actor and director and film actor who won the 2017 Volpi Cup for Best Actor ( masculine ) during the 74th Venice International Film Festival for his role as Yasser Abdallah Salameh in '' The Insult '' ( also known in ) by the Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri . It was El Basha 's first major role on screen , although he had appeared in a number of theatrical productions , actually also directing some of them , in addition to a handful of films in small roles
74th Venice International Film Festival
74th Venice International Film Festival
Kamel El Basha