Elie Mitri (born 26 January 1980) (Arabic; ايلي متري) is a Lebanese actor, writer and stand-up comedian.
A graduate of the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts in 2003, his career was launched in 2006 when he starred in Falafel, directed by Michel Kammoun.
[1] The film, which follows an overnight series of mishaps a young man lives through in Beirut, garnered a lot of attention internationally.
Mitri took part in many independent and commercial projects covering socio-political issues in Lebanon, such as Chatti Ya Dinni,[5] Void[6] and "Mahroumin: The Deprived (2017)".
In one interview, he said that the program was one of the achievements he was really proud of, when he saw the positive impact it had on children who watched the show.