In Italy, Benamara has frequently appeared in
character actor roles in film and television, usually as an
Arab, whether a
terrorist or a businessman. He played a street sweeper in the 2015
James Bond film Spectre (2015), and plays Omar, one of three Iraqi businessmen, in the 2021
House of Gucci. In 2021 he doubled
Tahar Rahim for
Arabic dialog in the film
The Mauritanian. In 2026, the actor performed in Antonio Pisu's play
Genitori vs Figli (
Parents vs. Children) at the
Teatro Sette in
Rome, a production of the ''Teatro Stabile d'Abruzzo''. ==Filmography==