Laith Nakli
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.
Movie Appearances
Arranged
as Abdul-Halim Khaldi
2007
Problemista
as Khalil
2024
My Last Day Without You
as Mahdi
2011
Push To Enter
as Hugo Martin
2024
Amira & Sam
as Bassam
2014
Saeed
as Sami
2019
The Visitor
as Nasim
2008
I'm Not Me
as Robert Benoit
2011
You Belong to Me
as Bo, the Mover
2007
The Wall
as Juba (voice)
2017
12 Strong
as Ahmed Lal
2018
Bodega
as Amir
2018
Emina
as Nedžad
2009
Juliet
as Dr. Ahmed
TBA
Antarctica
as Vlad
2020
Swallow
as Luay
2020
A Rising Tide
2015
No Longer Suitable For Use
as Samir
2021
Lucky Lu
as Markos
2026
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
TBA
TV Appearances
Emergence
as Yousef
2019
Blindspot
as Zahir
2015
Ms. Marvel
as Sheikh Abdullah
2022
Orange Is the New Black
as Youssef
2013
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Jesus
2001
FBI
as Ahmed Khan
2018
Without a Trace
as Store Keeper
2002
Ramy
as Uncle Naseem
2019
Third Watch
as Man in Hospital / Suspect
1999
Third Watch
as John Doe
1999
Madam Secretary
as Kasib Hajar
2014
The Chosen
as Ananus
2019