Jay Abdo

Jay Abdo

Birthday: 1962-10-21

Place of Birth: Damascus, Syria

Biography: A Syrian actor who excelled in music and acting. After obtaining a diploma in civil engineering from the University of Cluj-Napoca in Romania in 1986, he decided to complete his studies in art and obtained a diploma in theatrical acting from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus in 1991. He began his career in his homeland, and he then continued his work in Hollywood, where he became known as Jay. He's known for Explosion (2013), A Very Hard Birth (2011) and Attendance of the Absence Procession (2022).

Movies

Skeet
Skeet

After being released from prison, Billy Skinner returns to his low-income neighbourhood feeling like...

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I Was a Stranger
I Was a Stranger

A Syrian doctor and her daughter flee Aleppo, setting off a chain of events that binds five stranger...

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Jihad in Hollywood
Jihad in Hollywood

Once a successful Syrian actor, Jihad Abdo is now struggling as a refugee while trying to reinvent h...

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Jihad in Hollywood
Jihad in Hollywood

Once a successful Syrian actor, Jihad Abdo is now struggling as a refugee while trying to reinvent h...

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Queen of the Desert
Queen of the Desert

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and ...

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Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage

Jonas and Silvia are enjoying a wonderful sailing holiday in the Mediterranean sea. But while sailin...

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Facing Mecca
Facing Mecca

Pensioner Roli comes to Fareed's assistance when the Syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his ...

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Ablution
Ablution

The bond between a disabled Muslim father and his son is tested when love is pitted against religion...

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A Hologram for the King
A Hologram for the King

Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to th...

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1st Born
1st Born

Tucker and Hamid are going to be grandfathers for the first time, but only if they can come together...

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Refugee
Refugee

A Syrian doctor attempts to escape her war-ravaged homeland with her young daughter....

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The Way Back
The Way Back

A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addicti...

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Under Concrete
Under Concrete

A child in Syria trapped under concrete after an explosion demolished her home....

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We've Got Balls
We've Got Balls

A small town with a population of 52 people has balls galore, as in bowling balls, which they use to...

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Neighbours
Neighbours

A small village on the Syrian-Turkish border in the early 1980s: The six-year-old Kurdish boy Sero e...

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Valley of the Wolves: Iraq
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq

The film covers through fiction real-life events like the occupation of Iraq, the execution of Danie...

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Mobius Loop
Mobius Loop

Senna is a scientist seeking to perfect a mind-jumping time-travel project. Upon finding a VHS tape ...

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Anwar
Anwar

Anwar is a sci-fi short film about a mother who chooses to live forever and a son who longs for heav...

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Behind the Mask
Behind the Mask

After the death of a famous actor, his estranged daughter visits his house where she discovers a mag...

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