Elie Mitri

Elie Mitri is a Lebanese actor, writer and stand-up comedian. A graduate of the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts in 2003, his career was launched in 2006 when he starred in Falafel (2006), directed by Michel Kammoun. The film, which follows an overnight series of mishaps a young man lives through in Beirut, garnered a lot of attention internationally. In 2009 he took on the role of Saint Charbel in the biographical film Charbel: The Movie (2009), bringing insight and realism to the life of one of Lebanon's most beloved saints. A variety of roles followed, such as the romantic Karim in May in the Summer (2013) and Habbet Loulou (2013), the drug addicted Cherif in Horoub: Escape (2012) and as Max in Max w Antar (2016), a comedy about a young man and his dog. Mitri took part in many independent and commercial projects covering socio-political issues in Lebanon, such as Here Comes the Rain (2010), Void (2013) and Mahroumin: The Deprived (2017).