Igal Naor


Igal Naor is an Israeli actor, sometimes credited as Yigal Naor.

Biography

Naor was born in Givatayim, Israel, to Mizrahi Jewish parents from Iraq. He has appeared in the American films Munich, Green Zone and Rendition. Naor portrayed Saddam Hussein in the four-episode House of Saddam television docudrama from BBC and HBO, in an acclaimed performance. In Season 5, Episode 4 of Homeland, he portrays General Youssef, a high-ranking Syrian military officer whom the CIA wants to install in place of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He also appeared in the Netflix series, Fauda.

Selected filmography

Deadline – AntoineThe Seventh Coin – GrocerThe Mummy Lives – Egyptology OfficialSaint Clara – Headmaster TissonaHa-Dybbuk B'sde Hatapuchim Hakdoshim – SenderMiss Entebbe – AvramBonjour Monsieur Shlomi – Headmaster AvihuMunichMahmoud HamshariDjihad! – Colonel Walid RenditionAbasi FawalHouse of SaddamSaddam HusseinA House Divided – AhmedOccupation – Dr. Sadiq AlasadiGreen Zone – General Mohammed Al RawiThe Infidel – Arshad El-MasriI Am Slave – SaidDead Europe – SydThe Grass Crown SinbadEmirFarewell Baghdad – SalmanAmbassadors – President KarzakThe Honourable Woman – Shlomo Zahary300: Rise of an Empire – King Darius ISuicide – MukiHomeland – General YoussefFalse Flag – Gavriel "Gabi" SilverThe Women's Balcony – ZionThe PromiseMesrobRiviera – Jakob NegrescuStratton – Tariq AlawiMaktub – TzafufDamascus Cover – General FuadThe UnorthodoxRabbi Ovadia YosefOn the Ropes – Sami Al-AmirOslo – Joel SingerLegend of DestructionJohn of GiscalaWendell & Wild – ManbergHighway 65 – Nissim Kugel - Rabbi Vermout