Portrait of Laith Nakli

Laith Nakli

Acting

Biography

Laith Nakli (born 1 December 1969) is a British actor of Syrian descent best known for his role in the 2017 movie The Wall as the voice of the mythical sniper named Juba, the 2017 miniseries The Long Road Home and the 2018 movie 12 Strongas Commander Ahmed Lal. His parents are from Syria. In the 1990s, Nakli was a bodybuilder. In 1998, he was arrested, and two years later, pled guilty to four counts of conspiracy to possess and distribute controlled substances. He subsequently retired from bodybuilding to pursue acting. U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement administratively closed the case against Nakli in 2013. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laith Nakli, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: December 1, 1969

Place of Birth: Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Filmography

2026
Lucky Lu

as Markos

2024
Ayat

as Adil

2024
Problemista

as Khalil

2024
Push To Enter

as Hugo Martin

2022
Ms. Marvel

as Sheikh Abdullah

2020
Antarctica

as Vlad

2020
Swallow

as Luay

2019
Emergence

as Yousef

2019
Saeed

as Sami

2019
The Chosen

as Ananus

2019
Ramy

as Uncle Naseem

2018
FBI

as Ahmed Khan

2018
Bodega

as Amir

2018
12 Strong

as Commander Ahmed Lal

2017
The Wall

as Juba (voice)

2015
Blindspot

as Zahir

2014
Madam Secretary

as Kasib Hajar

2014
Amira & Sam

as Bassam

2011
I'm Not Me

as Robert Benoit

2009
Emina

as Nedžad

2008
The Visitor

as Nasim

2007
You Belong to Me

as Bo, the Mover

2007
Arranged

as Abdul-Halim Khaldi

2002
Without a Trace

as Store Keeper

1999
Third Watch

as Man in Hospital / Suspect

1999
Third Watch

as John Doe

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Juliet

as Dr. Ahmed