Jay Abdo
Know for: Acting
Born: 1962-10-21
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria
Also know as:
Skeet (2024)
After being released from prison, Billy Skinner returns to his low-income neighbourhood feeling like a fish out of water; the area has changed...
The Strangers' Case (2024)
Over four centuries ago, William Shakespeare collaborated with others on a play about the historical figure Sir Thomas More. In it, he wrote a speech...
Jihad in Hollywood (2019)
Once a successful Syrian actor, Jihad Abdo is now struggling as a refugee while trying to reinvent his life and rebuild his career.
Jihad in Hollywood (2016)
Once a successful Syrian actor, Jihad Abdo is now struggling as a refugee while trying to reinvent his life and rebuild his career.
Queen of the Desert (2015)
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire...
The Sun Rises again (2005)
The story of a girl who grows up with a reckless father and loses her mother who dies of cancer but she goes on with her life trying to find the...
Bon Voyage (2016)
Jonas and Silvia are enjoying a wonderful sailing holiday in the Mediterranean sea. But while sailing through the night, far away from land, they...
Facing Mecca (2017)
Pensioner Roli comes to Fareed's assistance when the Syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his Muslim wife. Together they stumble into a...
Ablution (2017)
The bond between a disabled Muslim father and his son is tested when love is pitted against religion.
A Hologram for the King (2016)
Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle...
1st Born (2019)
Tucker and Hamid are going to be grandfathers for the first time, but only if they can come together long enough to save their first-born grandchild.
Refugee (2020)
A Syrian doctor attempts to escape her war-ravaged homeland with her young daughter.
The Way Back (2020)
A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by...
Under Concrete (2017)
A child in Syria trapped under concrete after an explosion demolished her home.
We've Got Balls (2013)
A small town with a population of 52 people has balls galore, as in bowling balls, which they use to form a zany bowling tournament to save the town.
Neighbours (2022)
A small village on the Syrian-Turkish border in the early 1980s: The six-year-old Kurdish boy Sero experiences his first school year in an Arab...
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (2006)
The film covers through fiction real-life events like the occupation of Iraq, the execution of Daniel Pearl, the Hood event and the Abu Ghraib...
Mobius Loop (2025)
Senna is a scientist seeking to perfect a mind-jumping time-travel project. Upon finding a VHS tape that compels her to delve into her family's past,...
Anwar (2024)
Anwar is a sci-fi short film about a mother who chooses to live forever and a son who longs for heaven. We see Anwar age from 8 to 18 to 80, while...