Abderrahmane El Kebir

Abderrahmane El Kebir

1930-02-01 – 2017-07-21 (age 87) Maghnia, Algeria
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Biography

Abderrahmane El Kebir (in arabic : عبد الرحمن الكبير), born February 1, 1930 in Maghnia, Algeria and died July 21, 2017 in Paris, is an Algerian actor.

After a few extras, he was hired by Ali Ghalem to play the lead role in his film/documentary Mektoub, which tells the story of a young Maghrebian arriving in France in the 1970s, lost in a world he does not know. He was then assigned to the roles that French cinema attributed to Maghrebians in the 1970s and 80s: dark henchman, terrorist, grocer...

Often credited El Kebir, El Kebir, Adder El Kebir, Abderrahmane El Kebir, he will accumulate throughout his career, between 1969 and 2017, more than seventy appearances in films, TV films and short films. He will work with Michel Audiard, Gérard Oury, Georges Lautner, Mathieu Kassovitz, among others...

Abderrahmane El Kebir died on July 21, 2017 in Paris.

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Known For

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

1973

as Farès Henchman

The Conspiracy
White Nightmare
White Nightmare

1992

as Farouk

Death of a Corrupt Man
Money Money Money
Money Money Money

1972

as Militant (uncredited)

Ismael's Ghosts
Ismael's Ghosts

2017

as Le vieil homme préfecture

Élisa
Plus ça va, moins ça va
Plus ça va, moins ça va

1977

as L'ouvrier arabe

Brothers in Arms
Brothers in Arms

1989

as Kada

No Problem!
No Problem!

1975

as Anita's upstairs neighbor

Douce France
Douce France

1995

as Father Malouf

Barjo
Barjo

1992

as Le gardien de l'usine

Une Histoire à ma Fille
Nuit d'ivresse
Nuit d'ivresse

1986

as The drinker of Boukha

Return to Algiers
Return to Algiers

2000

as Fadel's brother

Made in France
Made in France

2001

as Lamine

Fugue en Ré
Fugue en Ré

1999

as Maghribi man

Mektoub
Mektoub

1970

as Ahmed

Les Déracinés