Motaz Malhees was born in 1992 in Jenin, Palestine He began acting at the age of nine. He joined The Freedom Theatre Professional Acting School at 16. He was one of Juliano Mer Khamis students and he graduated three years later joining an elite group of Palestinian professional actors. Malhees has performed in theatre, film and comedy, all over the world, most recently in the Middle East, Europe, the USA, South East Asia, and Australia. Since graduating from The Freedom Theatre he has gone on to training with internationally renowned directors such as Nabil Al- Raee (The Freedom Theatre), Di Trevis (Royal Shakespeare Company), Thomas Ostermeier (Schaubühne Berlin) and Katrien van Beurden (Theatre Hotel Courage), and Amir Nizar Zoubi.