Abderrahmane El Kebir
Born: 1930-02-01 in Maghnia, Algeria
Died: 2017-07-21
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2017
- Ismael's Ghosts as Le vieil homme préfecture
2007
- Une Histoire à ma Fille as Ahmed
2001
- Made in France as Lamine
2000
- Return to Algiers as Fadel's brother
1999
- Fugue en Ré as Maghribi man
1995
- Elisa
- Douce France as Father Malouf
1993
- The Castle of Olive Trees as Blaïd
1992
- Barjo as Le gardien de l'usine
- White Nightmare as Farouk
1989
- Brothers in Arms as Kada
1986
- Nuit d'ivresse as The drinker of Boukha
1983
1977
- Plus ça va, moins ça va as L'ouvrier arabe
- Death of a Corrupt Man as Kébir
1976
- Minichronique as Un bricoleur
1975
- No Problem! as Anita's upstairs neighbor
1974
- Un curé de choc as Le gitan
1973
- The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob as Farès henchman
- The Conspiracy
1972
- Money Money Money as Militant (uncredited)
- Les Déracinés
1970
- Mektoub as Ahmed