Portrait of Jay Abdo

Acting

Jay Abdo

Career

Active from 1996 to 2026, busiest in 2017 and 2025 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Neighbours
Neighbours
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jay Abdo Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    0.5, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7
  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 3.0
  • Nostalgia
    2.7, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Psychological Depth 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles · average score 73
Al Meqaad El Akheer
Al Meqaad El Akheer (2026)

TV show · as actors

Möbius Loop
Möbius Loop (2025)

as Jurius Hesham

I Was a Stranger
I Was a Stranger (2025)
GoodWatch score 76

as Papa Homsi

Cave
Cave (2025)

as Man in the Cave

Behind the Mask
Behind the Mask (2025)

as Michael

In the Shade of Jasmine
In the Shade of Jasmine (2025)

TV show

Skeet
Skeet (2024)

as Mohamed

Anwar
Anwar (2024)

as Anwar (80 years old)

Neighbours
Neighbours (2022)
GoodWatch score 73

as Nahum

The Way Back
The Way Back (2020)
GoodWatch score 72

as Liquor Store Owner

Refugee
Refugee (2020)

as Papa Homsi

2010s

13 titles · average score 61
1st Born
1st Born (2019)
GoodWatch score 45

as Hamid

Under Concrete
Under Concrete (2017)

as Father

SEAL Team
SEAL Team (2017)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Asim Al-Hazred

Facing Mecca
Facing Mecca (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

as Fareed

Ablution
Ablution (2017)

as Khaled

Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage (2016)

as Kareem

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016)
GoodWatch score 40

TV show · as Erdem Bayar

A Hologram for the King
A Hologram for the King (2016)
GoodWatch score 60

as Dr. Haddad

Queen of the Desert
Queen of the Desert (2015)
GoodWatch score 40

as Fattuh

Patriot
Patriot (2015)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Cantar Walley

Omar
Omar (2012)
GoodWatch score 89

TV show · as Heraclius's messenger to Omar

Ayam el Derasa
Ayam el Derasa (2011)

TV show · as الأستاذ أكرم

2000s

6 titles · average score 60
On the Edge of the Abyss
On the Edge of the Abyss (2007)

TV show · as فؤاد

Valley of the Wolves: Iraq
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (2006)
GoodWatch score 60

as Kurdish Leader (Jihad Abdou)

The Sun Rises Again
The Sun Rises Again (2005)

TV show · as عماد

Holding Back Tears
Holding Back Tears (2005)

TV show · as بسام

Maraya 2003
Maraya 2003 (2003)

TV show

Salah Al-Deen Al-Ayoubi
Salah Al-Deen Al-Ayoubi (2001)

TV show · as ريموند الثالث - ضيف شرف

1990s

4 titles
Brothers of the Soil
Brothers of the Soil (1996)

TV show

Missing Painting
Missing Painting (1996)

TV show

Layl Al-Khaefeen
Layl Al-Khaefeen (1994)

TV show

The End of a Brave Man
The End of a Brave Man (1994)

TV show · as برهوم عطا