Photographed by Seye Isikalu
In Limbo, Amir El-Masry’s Syrian refugee character Omar has far more depth than simply a war-ravaged victim. “Through the movie, Omar is constantly talking about Syria in a positive light and saying that he actually wants to go back,” the actor notes. He was photographed April 13 at Sunbeam Studios in London.
The British Egyptian actor an advocate for inclusion for creatives of Middle Eastern and North African heritage in the U.K. industry gives a soulful performance in Ben Sharrock s dark comedy about asylum seekers.
In Netflix s romance/tech sci-fi series
The One, Amir El-Masry also recently seen on the HBO/BBC financial drama