Hazem Shammas
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Hazem Shammas | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1997 – |
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Hazem Shammas is a Palestinian Australian actor.[1] He won the 2018 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor for Safe Harbour[2][3] and was nominated for the 2018 AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama for the same role.[4]
In 2022 Shammas appeared in The Twelve, After the Verdict and Barons.[5][6][7] Shammas also appeared in The Clearing.[8]
In 2024, Shammas was named as part of the cast The Correspondent and Ladies In Black.[9][10]
Shammas was born in Fassuta, a Palestinian village in the Galilee in Northern Palestine.[11][12] He immigrated to Sydney's Inner West as a baby, where he attended a Catholic school.[11]