Hazem Shammas

Hazem Shammas is a Palestinian Australian actor.^[1] He won the 2018 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor for Safe Harbour^[2][3] and was nominated for the 2018 AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama for the same role.^[4]

Hazem Shammas
Born	Fassuta, Galilee, Palestine
Nationality	Australian, Palestinian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997 –
Known for	The Twelve Safe Harbour

In 2022 Shammas appeared in The Twelve, After the Verdict and Barons. ^[5][6][7] Shammas also appeared in The Clearing.^[8]

In 2024, Shammas was named as part of the cast The Correspondent and Ladies In Black.^[9][10]

Early life

Shammas was born in Fassuta, a Palestinian village in the Galilee in Northern [Palestine]].^[11][12] He immigrated to Sydney's Inner West as a baby, where he attended a Catholic school.^[11]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2024	Ladies in Black	Dawud	6 episodes
2023	Bump (Australian TV series)	Hazem	4 episodes
2023	The Clearing	Yusuf Joe Saad	7 episodes
2022	The Twelve (Australian TV series)	Farrad Jassim	10 episodes
	After the Verdict (TV series)	Detective Sarti	2 episodes
	Barons	Mr Zemenik	2 episodes
2020	Hungry Ghosts (TV series)	Zaeer	1 episode
	Halifax: Retribution	Nicholas	1 episode
	The Secrets She Keeps	Cyrus Haven	3 episodes
	The Gloaming	Padre	1 episode
2019	My Life Is Murder	Adam	1 episode
2019	The Hunting	Robert	3 episodes
2018	Safe Harbour [13]	Ismail	4 episodes
2011	At Home With Julia	Asrif	1 episode
2010	Underbelly (TV series)	Bill Bayen	10 episodes
2009	East West 101	Massoud	1 episode
2009	All Saints (TV series)	Gazza	1 episode

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2024	The Correspondent		Film
2015	Alex & Eve	Mohamed
2011	X: Night of Vengeance	Willie
2009	100 Blind Deals	Brother	Short
	I Wish I Were Stephanie V	Imran Bashir
2008	The Tumbler	Tahir