Mehdi Nebbou

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Mehdi Nebbou
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Nebbou in 2013
Born
Mehdi Nebbou

(1974-01-10) 10 January 1974 (age 50)
Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present

Mehdi Nebbou (born 10 January 1974) is a French actor.

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Early life and education

Mehdi Nebbou was born on 10 January 1974 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, to a German mother and an Algerian father. [1] His brother is the film director Safy Nebbou.[ citation needed ]

Career

He started his career by appearing in the film My Sweet Home , directed by Filipos Tsitos.

In 2004, the director Samir Nasr offered him the leading role in the film Seeds of Doubt , which won the Golden Gate Award for best film at the San Francisco Film Festival. 2005 was a turning point in Nebbou's career thanks to the film Schläfer by German film director Benjamin Heisenberg. The film received excellent reviews and was selected for the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

In 2006, he portrayed Ali Hassan Salameh in the Steven Spielberg blockbuster film Munich . [2]

In 2007, for his performance in Teresas Zimmer , directed by German film director Constanze Knoche, he won the award for best actor at First Steps Awards. [3]

In 2008, Nebbou worked in the Ridley Scott film Body of Lies with Leonardo DiCaprio. In it, he portrayed Nizar, an Iraqi linguistics doctorate turned Al-Qaeda operative who approaches CIA to defect after being enlisted by his jihadist superiors for suicide bombing. In addition, he played in several French TV series and films, among them as a disabled ex-middleweight boxing world champion in Douce France for which he won the award for best actor in 2009 at the Rochelle TV Festival. [4] He played Mustafa Larbi, a sadistic and unpredictable drug dealer, in season 2 of Spiral , the successful Canal+ TV series.

In 2010, he portrayed Bruno in the Salvatore Allocca Italian romantic comedy Come trovare nel modo giusto l'uomo sbagliato and in 2011, Amin in the French action film Forces spéciales with Diane Krüger.

In 2012, he had his breakthrough into the Indian film industry thanks to the film English Vinglish , starring Sridevi.

He portrayed the lead in Les heures souterraines , directed by Philippe Harel and inspired by the novel of Delphine de Vigan in 2014.

In 2015 and 2016, he played Cyclone in six episodes of season 1 and 2 of Le Bureau des Légendes. Also In 2016, he was the co-lead in the Romanian movie The Fixer directed by Adrian Sitaru, about human traffic in Europe and under-age prostitution.

In 2017, he played a lead role in the second season of the Norwegian series Occupied and in the German series Deutschland 86 .

He stars the Netflix series Baby (2018) directed by Andrea De Sica and Anna Negri.

In 2021, he played a middile-east investor in the movie "House of Gucci" by Ridley Scott. [5]

Personal life

Mehdi is fluent in French, German, English, and Italian.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1998Spiel des TagesSoldierDamir LukacevicShort
2001My Sweet HomeHakim Filippos Tsitos
2002Lovers & FriendsArnaudChristoph SchreweTV movie
AchterbahnHabibKlaus KrämerTV series (1 episode)
2004Manson's DreamKarimFlorian ScheibeShort
FolgeschädenTariq SlimaniSamir NasrTV movie
2005 Munich Ali Hassan Salameh Steven Spielberg Central Ohio Film Critics Association - Best Ensemble
Nominated - Online Film & Television Association - Best Ensemble
Sleeper Farid Atabay Benjamin Heisenberg
Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall AhmetHarald SicheritzTV series (1 episode)
2006 Running on Empty Rachid Bülent Akinci
Fay Grim Islamic Cleric Hal Hartley
2 Floors Down...MaximilianMindi LeeShort
Teresas ZimmerBilalConstanze KnocheTV Short
First Steps Awards - Best Actor
Verschleppt - Kein Weg zurückTarik Al-SamiraiHansjörg ThurnTV movie
2007 Paris Lockdown HichamFrédéric Schoendoerffer
Faits diversDanielBill BarluetShort
GSG 9 – Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben Ishan HamsaHans-Günther BückingTV series (1 episode)
Tatort AliPeter FratzscherTV series (1 episode)
2008 Mark of an Angel The Policeman Safy Nebbou
Body of Lies Nizar Ridley Scott
Secret Defense Ahmed Philippe Haïm
Ca$h VincentÉric Besnard
Berlin Calling Jamal the JunkHannes Stöhr
Les liens du sangJosé Lazaga Jacques Maillot
Long ShadowsTalatConnie Walter
Spiral Mustapha LarbiPhilippe Venault & Philippe TriboitTV series (4 Episode)
2009MagmaPaul NevillePierre Vinour
Le choix de MyriamKaderMalik ChibaneTV movie
Luchon International Film Festival - Best Young Actor
Douce FranceAbdel ChaoucheStéphane GiustiTV movie
2010 Zeiten ändern dich Uli Edel
8:28 AM  [ fr ]Alexander Frey Christian Alvart
600 kilos d'or purNorrisÉric Besnard (2)
The Coming Days VincentLars Kraume
By NightMartinJuan Diaz Bohorquez.Short
Tatort Hassan Adub Jobst Oetzmann TV series (1 episode)
2011 Forces spéciales AmenStéphane Rybojad
Switch Stéphane DeferFrédéric Schoendoerffer (2)
Come trovare nel modo giusto l'uomo sbagliatoBrunoSalvatore Allocca & Daniela Cursi Masella
Unter Verdacht Hamid SherzadAndreas HerzogTV series (1 episode)
2012 English Vinglish Laurent Gauri Shinde Bollywood Movie
Mince alors! Doctor Hachemi Charlotte de Turckheim
Die feinen UnterschiedeHerr ThalbergSylvie Michel
Happy HourNic Franz Müller TV movie
Die BesucherStudienberaterConstanze Knoche (2)
Rue MandarSimonIdit Cebula
ZappelphilippSebastian SanderConnie Walter (2)TV movie
Die Chefin Cristian FarronMichael SchneiderTV series (1 episode)
2013 11.6 Monaco Philippe Godeau
Joséphine GillesAgnès Obadia
CookieMathieu Léa Fazer
Back on Track GeromeKilian Riedhof
Hasta mañanaDavidSébastien Maggiani & Olivier Vidal
Mein Mann, ein Mörder  [ de ]Arie van DoornLancelot von NasoTV movie
Vogue la vieClaire de la RochefoucauldTV movie
Inga LindströmPaul AnderssonUdo WitteTV series (1 episode)
2014Vivre BerlinPierreNehra StellaShort
Witnesses EricHervé HadmarTV mini-series
2015 We Monsters PaulSebastian Ko
Happy HourNicFranz Müller
Les heures souterrainesThibault Philippe Harel TV movie
PaarePatientJohann BuchholzTV series short
Le Bureau des LégendesCyclone Éric Rochant & Laïla Marrakchi TV series (3 episodes)
Hard Rémi CapelleLaurent Dussaux & Melissa DrigeardTV series (9 episodes)
Homeland HusseinAlex Gansa & Gideon Raff & Howard GordonTV series (12 episodes)
2016 Joséphine s'arrondit Gilles Marilou Berry
Fixeur Adrian Sitaru
2017 Animals Tarek
2018 Mothers' Instinct Simon Brunelle Olivier Masset-Depasse
Deutschland 86 Jean-LucTV series (2 episodes)
2021 House of Gucci Said Ridley Scott
HPI Adam Karadec Stéphane Carrié & Alice Chegaray-Breugnot & Nicolas JeanTV series (16 episodes)

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