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Samir Guesmi is a French actor.[1]

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Filmography

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Actor

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1988 Jaune revolver Khadour Olivier Langlois
1991 Noir dessin Karim Jean Heches Short
1992 Savage Nights Jamel Cyril Collard
IP5 : L'île aux pachydermes Saddam Jean-Jacques Beineix
1993 Navarro Hocine Patrick Jamain TV series (1 episode)
1994 Les mickeys Thomas Vincent Short
Le clandestin Ahmed Jean-Louis Bertucelli TV movie
Julie Lescaut Slimane Élisabeth Rappeneau TV series (1 episode)
1995 Élisa Jean Becker
Fast Jocelyn Dante Desarthe
Paul Bowles - Halbmond Lahcen Frieder Schlaich & Irene von Alberti
La vie parisienne Hélène Angel Short
Des hommes avec des bas Pascal Chaumeil Short
Le parasite The vigil Patrick Dewolf TV movie
Lulu roi de France Sami Bernard Uzan TV movie
Le serment d'Hippocrate Jean-Louis Bertucelli TV movie
1996 Malik le maudit Malik Youcef Hamidi Amiens International Film Festival - Best Actor
Des lendemains qui chantent Caroline Chomienne
Le mur Farid David Oelhoffen Short
1997 Les Soeurs Soleil The arab Jeannot Szwarc
XXL Delivery man Ariel Zeitoun
Autre chose à foutre qu'aimer Hamed Carole Giacobbi
Adios ! Raoul #1 Nicolas Joffrin
Big Bang The reader David Oelhoffen Short
Seule Erick Zonca Short
L'amour à l'ombre Nordine Philippe Venault TV movie
Mauvaises affaires Karim Jean-Louis Bertucelli TV movie
La bastide blanche Nordine Miguel Courtois TV mini-series
Regards d'enfance The supervisor Emmanuel Finkiel TV series (1 episode)
1998 J'aimerais pas crever un dimanche Mako Didier Le Pêcheur
1999 Our Happy Lives Rachid Jacques Maillot
Un pur moment de rock'n roll Inspector Choukri Manuel Boursinhac
Le sourire du clown The unemployed Éric Besnard
Le voyage à Paris Marc-Henri Dufresne
Les vilains Rachid Xavier Durringer TV movie
2000 La taule The cook Alain Robak
Cours toujours Taxi driver Dante Desarthe
Du poil sous les roses The gynecologist Jean-Julien Chervier & Agnès Obadia
C.D.D. 267 Olivier Loustau Short
Mix-cité Djamel Christophe Leprêtre TV movie
Anna en Corse Hamed Carole Giacobbi TV movie
Drug Scenes Party guest Guillaume Nicloux TV series (1 episode)
2001 Alias Betty Inspector Claude Miller
L'afrance Khalid Alain Gomis
J'ai tué Clémence Acéra Louis Ben Saïd Jean-Luc Gaget
En mon absence David Oelhoffen Short
L'attaque du camion de glaces Claude Brice Ansel Short
Docteur Sylvestre Olivier Jean-Louis Bertucelli TV series (1 episode)
2002 Aram Saad Robert Kechichian
The Code Daniel Manuel Boursinhac
2003 Qui perd gagne ! Albert Laurent Bénégui
Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré Adji Zerouane Jean-Marc Moutout
Une grande fille comme toi Akim Christophe Blanc & Mercedes Cecchetto TV movie
2004 District 13 Jamel Pierre Morel
RRRrrrr!!! Trapper 2 Alain Chabat
Look at Me The onlooker 2 Agnès Jaoui
Destination Nabil Fabrice Camoin Short
Echafaudages The director David Oelhoffen Short
2005 Anthony Zimmer Lt. Camel Driss Jérôme Salle
Akoibon Friend 1 Édouard Baer
Ze film Marco Guy Jacques
Le souffle The young father Mathieu Vadepied Short
Don Quichotte Ricote Jacques Deschamps TV movie
Docteur Dassin, généraliste Rémi Alkoni Olivier Langlois TV series (1 episode)
2006 Charlie Says Mo Nicole Garcia
Tell No One Lieutenant Saraoui Guillaume Canet
The Colonel Ali Laurent Herbiet
Ahmed Ahmed Alain Gomis Short
Le Mozart des pickpockets Ahmed Philippe Pollet-Villard Short
Mentir un peu Agnès Obadia TV movie
2007 Trivial Medical student Sophie Marceau
Anna M. The receptionist Michel Spinosa
Andalucia Yacine Alain Gomis Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur - Best Actor
Ravages Malek Christophe Lamotte TV movie
2008 Ca$h Fred Éric Besnard
Passe-passe The nurse Tonie Marshall
A Christmas Tale Spatafora Arnaud Desplechin
A Day at the Museum A guardian Jean-Michel Ribes
Leur morale... et la nôtre Boualem Malik Florence Quentin
L'autre rive Nabil Fabrice Camoin Short
Rien dans les poches Nader Marion Vernoux TV movie
Spiral Farouk Larbi Philippe Triboit & Philippe Venault TV series (3 episodes)
2009 Park Benches Romain Bruno Podalydès
All About Actresses Jennifer's husband Maïwenn
I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive The employer Nathan & Claude Miller
Quand la ville mord Tramson Dominique Cabrera TV movie
2010 Outside the Law Otmani Rachid Bouchareb
A Few Days of Respite Hassan Amor Hakkar
L'Avocat Ben Corey Cédric Anger
En chantier, monsieur Tanner ! Khaled Stefan Liberski TV movie
2011 The Woman in the Fifth Sezer Paweł Pawlikowski
My Worst Nightmare The DDASS Inspector Anne Fontaine
Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or Yossef Renaud Cohen
2012 Camille Rewinds Éric Noémie Lvovsky Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor
Pirate TV Bébé Michel Leclerc
Granny's Funeral Haroun Bruno Podalydès
Cherry on the Cake Maxime Laura Morante
Queen of Montreuil Samir Sólveig Anspach
Frank-Étienne vers la béatitude Serge Bercot Constance Meyer Short
2012-15 The Returned Thomas Mézache Fabrice Gobert, Frédéric Mermoud, ... TV series (10 episodes)
2013 Gare du Nord Julien Claire Simon
Je suis supporter du Standard Lakdar Riton Liebman
2014 Brèves de comptoir Couss Jean-Michel Ribes
Poisson Karim Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux Short
2015 The Transporter Refueled Inspector Bectaoui Camille Delamarre
The Sweet Escape The delivery guy Bruno Podalydès
Belle gueule The father Emma Benestan Short
Les mâles ne vivent pas Philippe Matthieu Salmon Short
Nina Ali Éric Le Roux TV series (1 episode)
2016 The Aquatic Effect Samir Sólveig Anspach
The Young One José Géraud Julien Samani
Ma révolution Moncef Ramzi Ben Sliman
D'une pierre deux coups Hedi Fejria Deliba
Première séance Ivan Jonathan Borgel Short
2017 Ismael's Ghosts Doctor Arnaud Desplechin
I Got Life! The trainer Blandine Lenoir
La mélodie Farid Brahimi Rachid Hami
La bête curieuse Idir Laurent Perreau TV movie
2018 La dernière folie de Claire Darling Amir Julie Bertuccelli
Tout ce qu'il me reste de la révolution Emmanuel Judith Davis
Ben Laurent Wagner Akim Isker TV series (6 episodes)
2019 Notre dame Greg Valérie Donzelli Post-Production
2022 That Kind of Summer Sami Denis Côté
For My Country Adil Rachid Hami
2025 The Cost of Heaven Nacer Belkacem Mathieu Denis
The Site Saïd Akihiro Hata

Filmmaker

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 C'est dimanche! Director & writer Short
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - Audience Award
Nominated - Chicago International Children's Film Festival - Live-Action Short Film or Video

Theatre

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Year Title Author Director
1991 Les mariés de la tour Eiffel Jean Cocteau Olivier Mothes
1994-95 Tue la mort Tom Murphy Bernard Bloch
2002 Une nuit arabe Roland Schimmelpfennig Frédéric Bélier-Garcia
2003 Cinq Hommes Daniel Keene Stéphane Müh
2004 Othello William Shakespeare Éric Vigner
La Ronde Arthur Schnitzler Frédéric Bélier-Garcia
2013-14 Perplexe Marius von Mayenburg Frédéric Bélier-Garcia

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Samir Guesmi

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Samir Guesmi is a French actor, writer, and director known for his supporting roles in French cinema and television, as well as for writing and directing the drama Ibrahim. Born in Paris on October 7, 1967, to Algerian immigrant parents in a family of eight children, he trained at acting schools including Studio Pygmalion, the Théâtre school Tania Balachova, and the Théâtre school of Belle de Mai in Marseille. He made his film debut in 1987 with a role in Jaune revolver and built a prolific career with appearances in notable works such as District B13, Tell No One, Outside the Law, A Christmas Tale, Camille Rewinds, and The Transporter Refueled. Guesmi earned a César Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Camille Rewinds. He also gained recognition for his role as Thomas Mézache in the acclaimed television series The Returned. In addition to acting, he won the Golden Bayard for Best Actor at the Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film in 2007 and received awards for short films including C'est dimanche! in 2008. His feature directorial debut, Ibrahim, in which he also stars as the father of a troubled teenager, was selected at the Cannes Film Festival in 2020 and explores themes of family reconciliation and responsibility in a Parisian housing project. Guesmi's work spans drama, action, and family stories, often highlighting immigrant experiences and complex relationships in contemporary France.

Early life

Birth and background

Samir Guesmi was born on October 7, 1967, in Paris, France. He holds French nationality. He was born to Algerian immigrant parents and grew up in a family of eight children. He began his professional acting career in 1987.

Acting career

Early roles (1988–2003)

Samir Guesmi began his professional acting career in 1988, establishing himself through supporting and character roles in French cinema and theatre. His early work focused on independent and mainstream French productions, where he appeared in a variety of character parts. Among his notable early film roles were Jamel in Les nuits fauves (Savage Nights, 1992) directed by Cyril Collard and Saddam in IP5: L'île aux pachydermes (1992) directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix. In 1996, he starred in the title role of Malik le maudit directed by Youcef Hamidi, earning the Best Actor award at the Amiens International Film Festival. His early theatre credits included Les mariés de la tour Eiffel by Jean Cocteau, staged by Olivier Mothes in 1991 at Théâtre de Vélizy , Tue la mort by Tom Murphy, directed by Bernard Bloch in 1994–1995 , and Une nuit arabe by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Frédéric Bélier-Garcia in 2002 at Théâtre du Rond-Point. These formative roles in the late 1980s through early 2000s laid the foundation for his later breakthrough in more prominent films.

Breakthrough and major film roles (2004–2012)

Samir Guesmi achieved greater visibility in French and international cinema during the 2004–2012 period through a series of memorable supporting and leading roles in acclaimed films. His work in this era often featured collaborations with prominent directors and earned critical recognition, marking his transition to more substantial parts in major productions. He gained early attention in 2004 for his role as Jamel in the action thriller District B13 (Banlieue 13), directed by Pierre Morel. Two years later, he portrayed Lieutenant Saraoui in Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne, 2006), directed by Guillaume Canet. In 2007, Guesmi played the lead role of Yacine in Andalucia, directed by Alain Gomis, a performance that won him the Golden Bayard for Best Actor at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur. Guesmi continued to build his profile with the role of Spatafora in A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël, 2008), directed by Arnaud Desplechin. In 2010, he appeared as Otmani in Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi), directed by Rachid Bouchareb. The following year, he played Sezer in the thriller The Woman in the Fifth (2011), directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. This productive period reached a high point in 2012 when Guesmi portrayed Éric in Camille Rewinds (Camille redouble), directed by Noémie Lvovsky, earning him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 2013 César Awards. Throughout these years, he worked with directors such as Guillaume Canet, Arnaud Desplechin, Rachid Bouchareb, and Noémie Lvovsky on projects that highlighted his range in French cinema.

Later acting work (2013–present)

Samir Guesmi has sustained a consistent presence in French television and cinema since 2013, often appearing in supporting and character roles that showcase his versatility in dramatic and procedural formats. His extended involvement in the acclaimed supernatural series The Returned (Les Revenants) carried into this period, with his portrayal of gendarmerie captain Thomas Mézache appearing in 10 episodes across the show's two seasons from 2012 to 2015. In the 2020s, Guesmi expanded his television work with significant recurring parts. He played police captain Rafik Abderrafi in the thriller series Rebecca, appearing in all 16 episodes from 2021 to 2022. He then portrayed chief of staff Harold Drassin in the political mini-series Sous contrôle, featuring in all 6 episodes in 2023. On the film side, Guesmi took the role of Ahmed, the serious and reserved father of the titular teenager, in the drama Ibrahim (2020). He also appeared as Adil in the 2022 feature Pour la France. More recently, he has continued in supporting capacities with roles including Azzedine in Hunting with Tigers (2024), Richard Roulier in Fallen from the Truck (2024), and Nacer Belkacem in the upcoming Gagne ton ciel (2025). Throughout this phase of his career, Guesmi has remained a reliable character actor within the French film industry, contributing to a range of independent and mainstream projects.

Filmmaking

Directing and writing credits

Samir Guesmi has credits as both director and writer on two projects, marking a limited but acclaimed foray into filmmaking alongside his primary work as an actor. He made his directorial and screenwriting debut with the short film C'est dimanche! (2008), where he served as director and writer. The 30-minute film won the Audience Award in the National Competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. It was also nominated for the Adult's Jury Award at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival the same year. Guesmi followed this with his feature directorial debut, Ibrahim (2020), which he co-wrote (original scenario, adaptation, and dialogue) with Camille Lugan, Rosa Attab, and Sylvie Verheyde. The film was selected in the First Features section of the Official Selection at the Festival de Cannes in 2020. Guesmi appears in the lead role as well.

Theatre career

Stage performances

Samir Guesmi has sustained a consistent theatre career alongside his film and television work, appearing in a range of contemporary and classical productions often in collaboration with key directors. He began his stage performances in 1991 with Les mariés de la tour Eiffel by Jean Cocteau, directed by Olivier Mothes at L'Onde (théâtre de Vélizy-Villacoublay). From 1994 to 1995, he performed in Tue la mort by Tom Murphy, directed by Bernard Bloch, with presentations including at the Théâtre de la Commune and Nouveau Théâtre de Bourgogne. In 2002, Guesmi appeared in Une nuit arabe by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Frédéric Bélier-Garcia at the Théâtre du Rond-Point. He collaborated again with Bélier-Garcia in 2004 for La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler at venues including La Criée in Marseille and the Théâtre national de Nice. That same year, he portrayed the title role in Othello by William Shakespeare, directed by Éric Vigner. More recently, in 2013–2014, Guesmi starred in Perplexe by Marius von Mayenburg, directed by Frédéric Bélier-Garcia at the Théâtre du Rond-Point, playing one half of a bourgeois couple in a production noted for its blend of comedy and philosophical disruption. These stage roles demonstrate Guesmi's ongoing commitment to live performance, marked by repeated partnerships with Bélier-Garcia across diverse dramatic works.

Awards and nominations

Recognitions received

Samir Guesmi has received several awards and nominations for his contributions to acting and filmmaking across independent and international cinema. In 1996, he won the Best Actor award (tied) at the Amiens International Film Festival for his performance in Calamity Malik (also known as Malik le maudit). In 2007, he earned the Golden Bayard for Best Actor at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur for his leading role in Alain Gomis's Andalucia. His directorial and writing debut with the short film C'est dimanche! received the Audience Award in the National Competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2008. For his supporting performance as the father in Noémie Lvovsky's Camille Redouble (Camille Rewinds), Guesmi received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 2013 César Awards. Additional recognitions include nominations for Best First Film at the 2022 Lumières Awards for his directorial feature Ibrahim and for Best Actor at the 2022 Critics Awards for Arab Films for his performance in Life Suits Me Well.

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