Abderrahmane El Kebir
ActingAlso Known As
Abderrahmane El Kébir, Abder El Kebir, Abder El Kébir, Abderraahmane El Kebir, Abderrahamane El Kebir
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.
Movies
(21 total)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as Farès henchman
Ismael's Ghosts
as Le vieil homme préfecture
Money Money Money
as Militant (uncredited)
Death of a Corrupt Man
as Kébir
Nuit d'ivresse
as The drinker of Boukha
Brothers in Arms
as Kada
No Problem!
as Anita's upstairs neighbor
White Nightmare
as Farouk
Barjo
as Le gardien de l'usine
Plus ça va, moins ça va
as L'ouvrier arabe
Return to Algiers
as Fadel's brother
Douce France
as Father Malouf
Made in France
as Lamine
Mektoub
as Ahmed
Fugue en Ré
as Maghribi man
Une Histoire à ma Fille
as Ahmed
TV Shows
(3 total)
The Castle of Olive Trees
as Blaïd
Un curé de choc
as Le gitan
Minichronique
as Un bricoleur