Igal Naor

Igal Naor
Born (1958-06-25) June 25, 1958 (age 66)
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present

Igal Naor (Hebrew: יגאל נאור; born (1958-06-25)June 25, 1958) is an Israeli actor, sometimes credited as Yigal Naor.

Naor was born in Givatayim, Israel, to Mizrahi Jewish parents from Iraq.[1] 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 (2008), 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.

  1. ^ "Between Two Rivers, my friend and the Saddam Hussein dreamroll". CultCase. 29 October 2007.