George Kanaan

Vitals

Gender
Male
Age Range
45 - 57
Ethnicity
Middle Eastern
Height
177cm
Base Location
Sydney
Skills
Actor, Writer
Hair
Dark Brown
Eye
Dark Brown
Memberships
M.E.A.A

Agent

Acting Agent
BMEG
Phone

Feature Photo
George Kanaan
Feature Clip

Credits

2024

Feature Film
Manic Intoner
The Correspondent
Pop Family Entertainment
Kriv Stenders

2023

Stage
Prospero
This Rough Magic
The Street Theatre
Beng Oh
Commercial
Funeral Hero
TAL A Day In This Beautiful Australian Life
Finch
Christopher Riggert
Corporate Work
Dominic
[VAD]
HETI
Jeff Flood
Feature Film
Dr Raj Gupta
Stage 5
Aryavision
Eddie Arya

2022

Stage
Prospero
Barren Ground First Seen Two
The Street Theatre
Anna Johnson
Television
Behrouz
Bay of Fires
West Coast Productions
Natalie Bailey / Wayne Blair
Commercial
Dad
McDonalds - Huddle Up
Revolver
Gary Freedman
Stage
Rami / Various
Indiscriminate Act (workshop)
Eleni Conomos-Hoare
Michael Futcher

2021

Photograph / Stills
Husband
Google - Safer With Google: Chrome
Red Door
Paul Blackmore
Photograph / Stills
Dad
ANZ Personal Loan Fixed Rate
TBWA
James Horan
Commercial
Dad
ANZ Personal Loans
TBWA
Brian Patto
Commercial
Husband
Freeview - There's Always A Good Time: Inspiration
Marshlandia
Andrew Marsh
Commercial
French Passport Controller
Freestyle Libre 2: Now You Know
Exit / Anomaly
Mark Molloy
Corporate Work
Dad
YouTube Connected TV
Entropico
Joey Hunter

2020

Stage
Prospero
Barren Ground First Seen
The Street Theatre
Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe

2019

Commercial
IGA Store Manager
IGA: Cherries - They're Ready!
The Core Agency
Graeme Burfoot
Corporate Work
Lead Businessman
NEOM - Celebrating Business
Tada
Lester Jones
Commercial
Dad
Afterpay: Dadvice
Entropico / Slik
Harry Hunter
Short Film
Father
The Worst
JMC / Lisa Ho
Sharon Mani
Television
Dr Phillips
The Secrets She Keeps
Lingo Pictures
Jennifer Leacey
Television
Pedestrian
Total Control
Blackfella Films
Rachel Perkins

2018

Commercial
Insomniac/Smoothie Drinking Guy
Blackmores - Be A Well Being
Revolver / The Monkeys
Leilani Croucher
Feature Film
Osama bin Laden
A War Story
Making Movies, NZ
John Laing
Television
Ayoub
Bite Club
Playmaker
Jennifer Leacey

2016

Television
Mr. Kali
Hyde & Seek
Matchbox Pictures
David Caesar

2014

Short Film
Hussein
My Name Is Faten
LMA
Bahjat Alaadel
Television
Mr. E
4 Corners: The Manus Solution
ABC TV
Geoff Thompson

2012

Short Film
Hazem
Just Another Day
iFSS
Omar Khairat

2011

Television
Samir
Foreign Correspondent: The Pied Piper of Yemen
ABC TV
Trevor Bormann/Geoffrey Lye
Short Film
Ismael (lead)
Beneath the Veil
Blue Caspian Pictures
Parisa Maria Mardeen

2010

Feature Film
Joe
Worlds Apart
Midnight Sun Films / Indianic Pictures
Shant Sarkissian
Television
Amin Khoder
EAST WEST 101 (Series 3)
Knapman Wyld
Peter Andrikidis

2009

Short Film
Dr Hafiz bin Ibrahim (lead)
Bani Ibrahim
VCA Grad Film
Raihan Harun
Short Film
Anthony (co-lead)
Blood On Blood
Caffcy Films
Michael Samer

2008

Short Film
Harry (co-lead)
The Pizza
Reminiscent Films/NSWFTO
Johnny Tran
Television
Amin Khoder
EAST WEST 101 (Series 2)
Knapman Wyld
Peter Andrikidis
Stage
Doctor Qari Shah
Homebody/Kabul
B Sharp / Sam Hawker & Tangent Productions
Christopher Hurrell
Short Film
Solomon (lead)
Squalor
Dogfight Films
Paul Barakat
Stage
Kebab Man
The Last Highway (Sydney Festival)
Urban Theatre Projects
Alicia Talbot
Commercial
Storyteller
SBS Promo - Six Billion Stories and Counting
Curious Films
Derek Henderson

2006

Photograph / Stills
Hero
Western Union Money Transfers
etcom
Andreas Smetana
Photograph / Stills
Dad
Integral Energy
etcom
Joshua Dasey
Photograph / Stills
Hero
Western Union Gold Card
etcom
Andreas Smetana

2004

Television
Azziz Haddad
All Saints
Seven Network
Catherine Millar

2001

Corporate Work
No Satisfaction Man
The Leadership Factory

2000

Short Film
Husband / Lover
The Sixth Commandment
dead! Productions
Andrew Pelizzari

1999

Stage
Host
Toons on Vacation (Qatar)
Millenium Entertainment
Nick Larkin (Prod)
Short Film
Visually Impaired / Sketcher / Trannie
Watching Fools
Foolish Films
Jon-Claire Lee
Television
Philip Sabatini
All Saints
Seven Network
Stage
Host
Summer Holiday (Saudi Arabia)
Millenium Entertainment
Nick Larkin (Prod)

1998

Stage
The Keeper
Mirage
Horizon Theatre
Antoinette Slabacu
Corporate Work
Fasil
Centrelink Training Video
Greg Punch

1997

Short Film
Taxi Driver
A Fare To Remember
Peter Meredith
Stage
Harlequin
Harlequin & Columbine
Horizon Theatre
Maddy Slabacu

1996

Commercial
Waiter
Nissan - Working Girl
Working Girl
Stage
Infant/Teen/Adult
Wasted
Horizon Theatre
Maddy Slabacu
Television
George
Bleuler House
Radical TV
Sandra Campbell

1995

Commercial
Coach - Hero
Mr Juicy / Pepsi (Middle East)
Wiseguys, Singapore

1993

Commercial
Hypochondriac
Discovery Health
Adventist Media
Iann Gibbs

1991

Commercial
Fangio
Toyota Celica

1990

Short Film
William (lead)
Homecoming
Vincent Buckley

Training

Aug-Oct - 90 day
Katherine Beck
American Accent Freeway
March 20 - 1 day
Katherine Beck
US Accent
Jan 2019 - 2 day
Lisa Robertson
Acting Masterclass
August 2019 - 1 day
Gabriella Maselli-McGrail
TVC workshop
April 2019 - 2 days
Serhat Caradee
Actor-Director Relationship
March 2019 - 1 day
Kyle Rowling
Unarmed Stage Combat
March 2019 - 1 day
Barbara Robertson
Alexander Technique
Feb - May 2014
Dave Newman
Audition Workshop
Feb - March 2014
Kate Gaul
Theatre Workshop
May 2014 - 1 day
Miranda Harcourt
Masterclass Step 2 - Character & Self
Jul 2012 - 1 day
Miranda Harcourt
Masterclass Step 1
2011 - 1 day
Nico Lathouris
Acting Praxis
2009 - 6 week
Lee Lewis
Advanced Acting Class
Feb 2009 - 6 week
Kate Woods
Acting Masterclass
Sept. 2005 - 1 week
AFTRS / Billy Marshall Stoneking
The Drama of Screenwriting
1998
Horizon Theatre Company
Puppetry
1997 - 1998
Horizon Theatre Company
Commedia dell'arte
1992 - 1993
Monroe Reimers - Vantage Theatre Company
Shakespeare
1991 - 1992
Monroe Reimers - Vantage Theatre Company
Voice
1990 - 1999
Sydney Talent Company School
Film & TV Workshops
1989-1990 - 1 year
Lionel Long Conservatory
Stanislavski Method

Skills & Attributes

Shoe Size
10
Clothing Size
Male - XL
Waist
100cm
Neck
40cm
Chest
114cm
Natural Accent
Australian
Languages
Arabic, English
Hair Length
Short
Hair Style
Wavy
Sport
Athletics, Golf
Drivers Licences
Car
Professional Skills
Actor, Writer

Media

Public Media
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Public Media
0:33
Public Media
3:48
Public Media
1:54
Public Media
0:35

Photos


Notes

CREDITS 2009 - RABBIT, CARROT -Director Jessica Fallico AWARDS / NOMINATIONS 2009 - AFI Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama nominee - East West 101 (Season 2) DEGREE Bachelor of Arts (Key Program in Psychology), Western Sydney University (2015-2017) Dean's Medal for Outstanding Scholarship 2018 Dean's Merit List 2017 Dean's Merit List 2016 Dean's Merit List 2015 A War Story: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8111958/