Miloud Mourad Benamara

Miloud Mourad Benamara is an Algerian-born Italian actor.

Early life

Benamara is originally from Oran; he studied drama in Algeria before moving to Italy.

Career

In Italy, Benamara has frequently appeared in character actor roles in film and television, usually as an Arab, whether a terrorist or a businessman. He played a street sweeper in the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, and plays Omar, one of three Iraqi businessmen, in the 2021 House of Gucci. In 2021 he doubled Tahar Rahim for Arabic dialog in the film The Mauritanian.
In 2026, the actor performed in Antonio Pisu's play Genitori vs Figli at the Teatro Sette in Rome, a production of the Teatro Stabile d'Abruzzo.

Awards

In 2019 he won, in Quercianella in the province of Livorno, the award for best actor for the short film Humam by Carmelo Segreto.
Best Actor Protagonist: in The Strange Show of Mr. Ortis at the Sikania Film Festival, Italy, 2024, Sicily.