Miloud Mourad Benamara (born 28 October 1977) 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 (2015), 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 (Parents vs. Children) at the Teatro Sette in Rome, a production of the Teatro Stabile d'Abruzzo.
Filmography Film +YearTitleRoleNotes2014Vite in giocoC.I.A agent2014AmelukAbdul2015Si accettano miracoliKarim2015SpectreStreet Sweeper2016Poveri ma ricchiFarouk2018Finalmente sposiAmir2019NourLatif2021House of GucciOmar2021The MauritanianMohamedou Ould Slahivoice actor2022La ballata dei gusci infrantiDon Ghali2023Needing a Friend?Kiran
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2011Un amore e una vendettaL'uomo arabo in spiaggiaEpisode #1.32012–2013Gourmet WarsLavapiatti del meneghino29 episodes2016Rocco SchiavoneAhmedEpisode: "La costola di Adamo"2018I delitti del BarLumeAbdelEpisode: "Il battesimo di Ampelio"2020Giustizia per tuttiCherifEpisode #1.42021Mina SettembreAhmed BassirEpisode: "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). Best Actor Protagonist: in The Strange Show of Mr. Ortis at the Sikania Film Festival, Italy, 2024, Sicily.
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