Biography
Majid is an Iraqi Australian filmmaker and actor with over 35 years of experience in film and stage. He has received awards in Iraq and was part of the Iraqi National Theatre Company. He also directed and taught drama in Lebanon for four years, and has written his own works.
His screen work includes the ABC TV drama series House of Gods, directed by Fadia Abooud, and the feature film The Correspondent, directed by Kriv Stenders. Other credits include Getting In, directed by Jean-Pierre Mignon, and roles as actor and cultural consultant in the feature films Ali's Wedding and Lucky Miles. He has appeared in TV series such as City Homicide, Rush, Nowhere Boys, Stateless, and Clickbait, as well as short films like Gelibolu and The Fall, directed by Mert Berdilek, which was a finalist at the Sydney Film Festival in 2020.
Majid has performed in over 25 plays across Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, including Subclass26A directed by Bagryana Popov at 45 Downstairs, earning a Green Room Best Actor Award nomination in 2005; Homebody/Kabul by Tony Kushner, directed by Chris Bendal; The Cove Season, a series of eight short plays by Daniel Keene directed by Matt Scholton, which garnered him another Green Room Best Actor nomination in 2009; Between Heaven and Her by Dodo Gombár, directed by Lech Mackiewicz at La Mama Theatre; Uncle Vanya by Chekhov, directed by Bagryana Popov at La Mama Theatre; and Tales of a City by the Sea, written by Samah Sabawi and directed by Lech Mackiewicz at La Mama Theatre. He also appeared at Belvoir St Theatre in The Cool Room and In Our Name, written and directed by Nigel Jamieson. Majid holds a Master’s degree with Honours in Community Cultural Development from VCA/Melbourne University and served as an ambassador for MAV and MTC in 2014 and 2015.
Words of Praise (published with permission):
"And Majid—while I'm writing to you—I’ve been wanting to tell you that I went to the Immigration Museum and by chance saw a performance of yours as a refugee being refused admission to Australia. I was deeply moved by your portrayal; it was almost unbearably painful, and I will never forget it. What a superb actor you are." — Australian Novelist Helen Garner
"I've rarely witnessed such a moving and hypnotic fusion of text and performance. Majid Shokor, in Tow Shanks by Daniel Keene, was luminous and truly extraordinary." — Australian Novelist Kristel Thornell
