JOSEF AKIKI
actor

Josef Akiki was born in Lebanon in 1994.

He held the lead role in Charlie Kaufman’s latest film How to shoot a ghost (in post-production) as well as in the award-winning short film by Dwan Kaoukji, Canary in a coal mine (Clermont-Ferrand and many other festivals).

He performed main roles in the feature film Al Hayba (2022), directed by Samer El Berkawi, based on the eponymous cult series and released in more than 15 countries, in Disorder directed by Lucien Bourjeili (Al Gouna Festival, 2024) and lately in Le Quatrième mur, directed by French director David Oelhoffen.

Josef performed in several TV series including Aal Hadd, directed by Layla Rajha, where he held a leading role along with great Syrian actress Soulafa Maamar, then in Wa akhiran (2023), directed by Oussama Abdel Nasser, where he played another leading role along Mona Wassef and Koussay Khawly, and finally Taghyir Gaw, directed by Miriam Aboul Aouf.

In the theatre, he is presently touring with a solo performance, Transit Tripoli , adapted and directed by Caroline Hatem from Anna Seghers’ novel Transit in partnership with the Schaubühne Theatre in Berlin.
His role as Saadoun in The dictator by Issam Mahfouz, directed by Hassan Mouhieddine, won him the prize for Best Actor at the Alexandria Theatre Festival in 2019.
He performed the lead role of Ivan in Al Aadiloun (adapted from The Just Assassins by Camus) in the Bacchus temple in Baalbeck, as well as La Aala wa Aasa directed by Mohammad Dayekh and Al Zifaf, Caroline Hatem’s adaptation of The Wedding by Brecht.

Josef has co-founded in 2024 The Savages Improv, an improvisation group touring all over Lebanon, inspired from “Who’s line is it anyway”.