Marwan Kenzari (born 16 January 1983) is a Dutch actor born in The Hague, Netherlands. Starting his career in 2008, he first came to prominence for his role in the 2013 film Wolf, which earned him a Golden Calf award for Best Actor. Since 2016, he has been starring in English-language films, including Aladdin (2019), The Old Guard (2020) and Black Adam (2022), which earned him international recognition.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 16, 1983 (43)
- The Hague, Netherlands
- Actor, also producer
- 22 on MovieCove · 33 credits in all
What are Marwan Kenzari's films like?
Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 18
Light 2 · Serious 5 · Dark 12
A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 3
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 15
Steady 1 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 5
Casual 4 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 4
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 9
A split, not a type: Resolved 10 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 3
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 5 of 14 analyzed roles.
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- Shadowas Tom Fenneker in Loft (2010)
- Heroas Majid in Wolf (2013)
- Shadowas Detective Ron Leeflang in Accused (2014)
- Allyas Rico in Reckless (2014)
- Shapeshifteras Emre Ogan in The Promise (2016)
- Allyas Adrian Knowles in What Happened to Monday (2017)
- Heroas Ashraf Marwan in The Angel (2018)
- Shapeshifteras Ashraf Marwan in The Angel (2018)
- Threshold guardianas Jafar in Aladdin (2019)
- Shadowas Idris in Instinct (2019)
- Shadowas Raymond 'The Turk' Westerling in The East (2020)
- Allyas Joe in The Old Guard (2020)
- Heraldas Ishmael in Black Adam (2022)
- Shadowas Antinous in The Return (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet13
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Marwan Kenzari's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).
Subscription and free streaming for Marwan Kenzari's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
33 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Any Other Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
The Old Guard 2(2025)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
The Return(2024)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Ghosted(2023)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Night Agent(2023)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Black Adam(2022)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The East(2020)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Old Guard(2020)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Instinct(2019)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Aladdin(2019)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Angel(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
What Happened to Monday(2017)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Mummy(2017)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
The Promise(2016)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Ben-Hur(2016)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Collide(2016)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Gift from the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Reckless(2014)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Accused(2014)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Heart Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Wolf(2013)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Black Out(2012)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Rabat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Mix Tape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Godforsaken True Killers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Loft(2010)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Penoza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Maite Was Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Katia's Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Flikken Maastricht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
De stilte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 33 titles, 31 of them dated from 2007 to 2025; peak year 2018.
Film career
Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 9 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2007Screen debut· Flikken Maastricht
- 2009First film· The Last Days of Emma Blank
- 2013First top-billed film· Wolf
- 2018Career best· The Angel
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Marwan Kenzari's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 21; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th12
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
13 of their 22 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser13
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Marwan Kenzari's work okay for kids?
Across up to 15 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Marwan Kenzari work with?
People who share at least 2 of Marwan Kenzari's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Job ter Burg shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Jim TaihuttuShared titles: The East (2020), Wolf (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Jim Taihuttu
Writers
- Greg RuckaShared titles: The Old Guard 2 (2025), The Old Guard (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Greg Rucka
- Leandro FernandezShared titles: The Old Guard 2 (2025), The Old Guard (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Leandro Fernandez
Actors
- Charlize TheronShared titles: The Old Guard 2 (2025), The Old Guard (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Charlize Theron
- Chiwetel EjioforShared titles: The Old Guard 2 (2025), The Old Guard (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Chiwetel Ejiofor
- KiKi LayneShared titles: The Old Guard 2 (2025), The Old Guard (2020)See all 2 shared titles with KiKi Layne
- Luca MarinelliShared titles: The Old Guard 2 (2025), The Old Guard (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Luca Marinelli
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Job ter BurgShared titles: Instinct (2019), Reckless (2014), The Last Days of Emma Blank (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Job ter Burg
- Barry AckroydShared titles: The Old Guard 2 (2025), The Old Guard (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Barry Ackroyd
- Lorne BalfeShared titles: Ghosted (2023), Black Adam (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Lorne Balfe
- Lennart VerstegenShared titles: The East (2020), Wolf (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Lennart Verstegen
Producers
- Dana GoldbergShared titles: The Old Guard 2 (2025), Ghosted (2023), The Old Guard (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Dana Goldberg
- David EllisonShared titles: The Old Guard 2 (2025), Ghosted (2023), The Old Guard (2020)See all 3 shared titles with David Ellison
- Don GrangerShared titles: The Old Guard 2 (2025), Ghosted (2023), The Old Guard (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Don Granger
- A.J. DixShared titles: The Old Guard 2 (2025), The Old Guard (2020)See all 2 shared titles with A.J. Dix
Mixed roles
- Mustafa DuyguluShared titles: The East (2020), Wolf (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Mustafa Duygulu
