Laith Nakli

Acting

Born December 1, 1969, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

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.

Filmography

• 2026Lucky Lu — Markos
• 2026Souvenir — Fidias Sipko
• 2026Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother — Mike Mahmoudi
• 2024Ayat — Adil, Executive Producer
• 2024Problemista — Khalil
• 2024Push To Enter — Hugo Martin
• Ms. Marvel — Sheikh Abdullah
• 2021No Longer Suitable For Use — Samir
• 2020Antarctica — Vlad
• 2020Swallow — Luay
• Emergence — Yousef
• Ramy — Uncle Naseem
• 2019Saeed — Sami, Producer
• The Chosen — Ananus
• 201812 Strong — Ahmed Lal
• 2018Bodega — Amir
• FBI — Ahmed Khan
• 2017The Wall — Juba (voice)
• 2015A Rising Tide
• Blindspot — Zahir
• 2014Amira & Sam — Bassam
• Madam Secretary — Kasib Hajar
• Orange Is the New Black — Youssef
• Rick and Morty — (voice)
• Bob's Burgers — Papou (voice)
• 2011I'm Not Me — Robert Benoit
• 2011My Last Day Without You — Mahdi
• Unforgettable — Usman Khan
• 2009Emina — Nedžad
• 2008The Visitor — Nasim
• 2007Arranged — Abdul-Halim Khaldi
• 2007You Belong to Me — Bo, the Mover
• Without a Trace — Store Keeper
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Jesus
• Third Watch — Man in Hospital / Suspect, John Doe
• Juliet — Dr. Ahmed
• Last Hand — Sharif
• She Gets It from Me — Rez
• Two Bridges — Hamza