Majid Shokor

Acting

Majid Shokor

Acting credits

Kuduz poster
NR

In a village in rural Turkey, young Murat discovers the family dog has rabies and sets it loose rather than let his father put it down. His act of mercy turns father against son, and a household held together by silence begins to come apart.

Kuduz

The Correspondent poster
6.4

December 2013, in the shadow of the Great Pyramids of Egypt, Australian journalist Peter Greste is confronted with the brutal realities of reporting from one of the most dangerous cities on earth. Accused of terrorism, Greste becomes a pawn in the middle of a deadly game full of corrupt officials and ancient rivalries – with only his wits keeping him alive.

The Correspondent

2025

Ali's Wedding poster
6.9

After a "white lie" which spirals out of control, a neurotic, naive and musically gifted Muslim cleric's eldest son must follow through with an arranged marriage, except he is madly in love with an Australian born-Lebanese girl.

Ali's Wedding

2017

The Fall poster
NR

A young Syrian mother (Taj Aldeeb), who recently arrived in Australia as a refugee, faces an unforeseen tragedy in this poignant exploration of the nature of grief.

The Fall

2020

Get to the Wire poster
NR

In a dystopian future, an Australian-Iraqi woman held captive in a chaotic and brutal British immigration detention centre takes up severe measures to survive and reconnect with her estranged family.

Get to the Wire

2023

No artwork available
NR

When Majid Shokor escaped from Iraq he discovered that the songs he loved as a child in Baghdad have a hidden history. To find out more, Majid makes a bold journey from Australia to Israel, Europe and Iraq to meet Iraqi musicians, hear their music and stories, and unite them in a concert for peace and reconciliation.

On the Banks of the Tigris

2015

You Deserve Everything poster
3.3

A doctor's tentative romance with the hospital's Arabic interpreter is evolving into something deeper. But everything is not as it seems.

You Deserve Everything

2016

No artwork available
NR

Iraqi immigrant Samir (Majid Shokor) chooses an AFL team to support, as his fellow cabbie Michael (Phil Zachariah) attempts to sway him to the Magpie army. Young Philip (Jim Brogan) is being bullied by Shaun (Santo Tripodi), despite a common bond of which they’re unaware. Phillip’s mum, Lisa (Sally McLean) takes her cancer-stricken sister Beth (Perri Cummings), to watch their beloved Saints. In the game of life, we’re all on the same team.

Interchange

2008