Ali Ammar (actor)
Ali Ammar is a Canadian actor.[1] He is most noted for his performance in the film Romeo Eleven (Roméo Onze), for which he was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Actor at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013.[2]
Ammar, a native of Lebanon who emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, with his family in childhood, has mild cerebral palsy.[1] At the time of his casting in Romeo Eleven, in which he played a man with a physical disability trying to navigate internet dating, he was a psychology student at Collège Ahuntsic.[3] He has not had any other prominent acting roles since, although he did appear on an episode of the talk show Tout le monde en parle in 2012.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Normand Provencher, "Ali Ammar: le courage à l'épreuve". Le Soleil, March 3, 2012.
- ^ "Spotlight shines on Quebec cinema at the Jutra awards". CBC News Montreal, March 17, 2013.
- ^ Cédric Bélanger, "La chance du débutant". Le Journal de Montréal, February 29, 2012.
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