Abderrahmane 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.
Known For
Nuit d'ivresse
Un curé de choc
The Castle of Olive Trees
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Minichronique
Death of a Corrupt Man
Élisa
Ismael's Ghosts
All Movies (22)
- Ismael's Ghosts2017 · as Le vieil homme préfecture
- Une Histoire à ma Fille2007 · as Ahmed
- Made in France2001 · as Lamine
- Return to Algiers2000 · as Fadel's brother
- Fugue en Ré1999 · as Maghribi man
- Douce France1995 · as Father Malouf
- Élisa1995
- Barjo1992 · as Le gardien de l'usine
- White Nightmare1992 · as Farouk
- Brothers in Arms1989 · as Kada
- Nuit d'ivresse1986 · as The drinker of Boukha
- Retour à Cherchell1983
- Girls1980
- These Sorcerers Are Mad1978
- Death of a Corrupt Man1977 · as Kébir
- Plus ça va, moins ça va1977 · as L'ouvrier arabe
- No Problem!1975 · as Anita's upstairs neighbor
- The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob1973 · as Farès Henchman
- The Conspiracy1973
- Les Déracinés1972
- Money Money Money1972 · as Militant (uncredited)
- Mektoub1970 · as Ahmed
All TV Shows (3)
- The Castle of Olive Trees1993 · as Blaïd
- Minichronique1976 · as Un bricoleur
- Un curé de choc1974 · as Le gitan