Yigal Naor - Biography

Yigal Naor (born 1958) is an Israeli actor.

Naor was born in Giv'atayim of Iraqi Jewish descent. He has appeared in the American movies Munich, Green Zone and Rendition. Naor portrays Saddam Hussein in the four episode House of Saddam television docudrama from BBC and HBO (2008), in an acclaimed performance.

Filmography

• Deadline (1987)
• Saint Clara (1996)
• Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (2003)
• Miss Entebbe (2003)
• Munich (2005)
• Rendition (2007)
• Djihad! (2007)
• House of Saddam (2008)
• Occupation (2009)
• Green Zone (2010)
• The Infidel (2010)
• I Am Slave (2010)
• The Grass Crown (2012)

Awards and nominations

Award of the Israeli Film Academy

1996

Won

• Best Supporting Actor—Saint Clara

External links

• http://www.hbo.com/films/houseofsaddam/cast/igal_naor.html
• http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800306837/bio