Salim Kechiouche
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Salim Kechiouche | |
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Born | Lyon, France | 2 April 1979
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1996–present |
Website | www |
Salim Kechiouche (born 2 April 1979) is an Algerian-French actor.
Early life[]
He was born to Algerian parents. While 15 years old, he was first discovered by French actor director Gaël Morel. Morel gave him his first role in a feature film, À Toute Vitesse (Full Speed), released in 1996. Kechiouche has acted in most of Morel's works, including in 1999, Le Clan (Three Dancing Slaves) in 2004 and (2007). He entered acting school and graduated in 2002.
Salim Kechiouche now lives in Paris, dividing his time between cinema and the stage.
Career[]
Film and stage[]
In addition to Morel, Kechiouche has worked with other French directors such as François Ozon, as well as with non-French directors.
In 2003, Kechiouche played the role of Karim in Gigolo, directed by German director , opposite Amanda Lear. Kechiouche played a self-destructive gigolo trying to get his life back on track in the jet-set world of Paris. The film was nominated for a Golden Bear Award in the Best Short Film category at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival.
Kechiouche has acted in short and feature films, plays and TV series. His movies include Grande École (2004), playing Mécir, and Le Clan (2004), released as Three Dancing Slaves in the U.S.. On stage in Paris, he played the role of Giuseppe Pelosi, the killer and lover of Pier Paolo Pasolini in , written by .
Kechiouche was kick boxing champion of France in 1998 and first runner-up in Thai boxing in 1999 and in 2002. His boxing skills were used on a few occasions in some of his films where he played a boxer, such as Les Amants Criminels, , Le Clan, , and when playing himself in the experimental film Cinématon.
He has appeared in full-frontal nude scenes in at least two films. In Francois Ozon's 1999 film, Les Amants Criminels, released as Criminal Lovers in the U.S. A few years later, Kechiouche had a lengthy full-frontal scene in Grande École.[1]
Modeling[]
Pierre et Gilles produced photographs and paintings related to Les Amants Criminels and for the play Vie et Mort de Pier Paolo Pasolini in 2003. Youssef Nabil and Michel Giliberti also created a dozen paintings in 2005 and 2006. Kechiouche appeared with French actress Julie-Marie Parmentier in the photo series Doppelgänger (2007) by French photographer .
Filmography[]
Feature film[]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1996 | À Toute Vitesse | Jamel | Released as "Full Speed" in the USA |
1999 | Kacem | Directed by Gaël Morel | |
1999 | Les Amants Criminels | Saïd | Released as "Criminal Lovers" in the USA |
2004 | Grande École | Mécir | |
2004 | Le Clan | Hicham | Released as Three Dancing Slaves in the USA |
2007 | Nayib | By | |
2007 | Karim | By David Oelhoffen | |
2007 | Salim | Directed by Gaël Morel | |
2009 | The String | Bilal | Directed by |
2013 | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Samir | Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche |
2014 | Être | Mohamed | Directed by Fara Sene |
2015 | Noir | Kadhafi | Directed by Yves Christian Fournier |
2015 | Voyoucratie | Sam | Directed by Fabrice Garçon and Kevin Ossona |
2015 | Foreign Body | Imed | Directed by Raja Amari |
2017 | Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno | Tony | Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche |
2019 | Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo | Tony | Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche |
Qu'un sang impur | post-production |
Short film[]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Luc | By | |
2004 | Golden Boy | Experimental short by | |
2005 | Gigolo (color version) (black-and-white version) |
Karim | Nominated for a Golden Bear Award at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival |
2005 | or | Saïd | By |
2005 | Cinematon | Himself | Experimental film by - #2,102 in the collection |
2006 | Sofiane | By | |
2006 | Himself | Documentary with the actor going back to his roots in Algeria |
TV series[]
Year | Title | Episode | Role |
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2003 | Malone | La Promesse de l'Ours | |
2004 | En Quarantaine | Sami | |
2006 | Balle Perdue | ||
2006 | Docudrama French and English | Malik |
Theatre[]
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2001 | A l'Ombre d'Ambre | Edmonde Franchi | Radio play for Radio France Lyon |
2002 | Le Piqueur de Macadam | Edmonde Franchi | Radio play for Radio France Lyon |
2002 | Lumières - Une Tuerie | Julien Collet | Radio play for France Culture |
2002 | Les Derniers Jours de l'Humanité | By Karl Kraus | |
2003 | Vie et Mort de Pier Paolo Pasolini | Playing Giuseppe Pelosi | |
2005–2006 | By | ||
2006 | By Jean-Marie Besset | ||
2006 | |||
2007 | Also written by Frédéric Rondot |
References[]
- ^ Nick Rees-Roberts French Queer Cinema, p. 28, at Google Books
External links[]
- Salim Kechiouche at IMDb
- salimkechiouche.com (French)
- 1979 births
- French people of Algerian descent
- 21st-century French male actors
- French male film actors
- Living people
- French male television actors
- French male stage actors