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Fares in 2012, photo by Prphotos.com
Place of Birth: Beirut, Lebanon
Date of Birth: 29 April, 1973
Ethnicity: Assyrian
Fares Fares is an Assyrian-Swedish actor, producer, and director.
Fares was born in Beirut, Lebanon, of Assyrian origin. In 1987, when he was fourteen years old, his family moved to Sweden to escape the Lebanese Civil War, residing in Örebro, where they had relatives. His brother is director Josef Fares. Fares is married to Clara Hallencreutz.
On his religion, Fares has said , “I’m not a Muslim. I was born Christian.” He often plays Middle Eastern characters. He speaks Swedish, Arabic, and English.