Actor • Born 1978

Karim Saleh

About

Karim Saleh (born March 7, 1978, in Lyon, France) is a French actor of Lebanese descent, raised in Beirut, Lebanon, and fluent in Arabic, English, and French. He trained in London, and his career was launched when Egyptian director Youssry Nassrallah introduced him to director Andy Litvack. He is currently based in the United States and also works as a director and cinematographer. His most notable film credits include Ziad Jarrah in The Hamburg Cell (2004, HBO, directed by Antonia Bird), Issa (Luttif Afif / Mohammed Massalha) in Munich (2005, directed by Steven Spielberg), the Saracen Messenger in Kingdom of Heaven (2005, directed by Ridley Scott), a Guard in Iron Man 2 (2010, directed by Jon Favreau), Karim in The Imperialists Are Still Alive! (2010), Adel in The Attack (2012, directed by Ziad Doueiri), Rafik in 45 Minutes to Ramallah (2013), a Zealot Leader in Risen (2016), Raymond...