Miloud Mourad Benamara

Miloud Mourad Benamara (born 28 October 1977)^[1] is an Algerian-born Italian actor.^[2]

Miloud Mourad Benamara
Born	(1977-10-28) 28 October 1977 (age 47) Oran, Algeria
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present

Early life

Benamara is originally from Oran;^[3] he studied drama in Algeria before moving to Italy.^[4]

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 (2015),^{[5][better source needed]} and plays Omar, one of three Iraqi businessmen, in the 2021 House of Gucci.^[6] In 2021 he doubled Tahar Rahim for Arabic dialog in the film The Mauritanian.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Vite in gioco	C.I.A agent
2014	Ameluk[8][9]	Abdul
2015	Si accettano miracoli[9]	Karim
2015	Spectre	Street Sweeper
2016	Poveri ma ricchi	Farouk
2018	Finalmente sposi	Amir
2019	Nour	Latif
2021	House of Gucci[6]	Omar
2021	The Mauritanian[7]	Mohamedou Ould Slahi	voice actor
2022	La ballata dei gusci infranti[10]	Don Ghali

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Un amore e una vendetta	L'uomo arabo in spiaggia	Episode #1.3
2012–2013	Gourmet Wars	Lavapiatti del meneghino	29 episodes
2016	Rocco Schiavone	Ahmed	Episode: "La costola di Adamo"
2018	I delitti del BarLume	Abdel	Episode: "Il battesimo di Ampelio"
2020	Giustizia per tutti	Cherif	Episode #1.4
2021	Mina Settembre	Ahmed Bassir	Episode: "Amare è lottare"

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 (Premio Quercia).^[11]
• Best Actor Protagonist: in The Strange Show of Mr. Ortis at the Sikania Film Festival, Italy, 2024, Sicily.^[12]