Sami Bouajila (born 12 May 1966) is a French actor.
Childhood
Bouajila's father emigrated from Tunisia to France in 1956, and worked as a building painter, a professionally recognized skill requiring specific technical knowledge. His grandfather was a Berber born in Tripoli, Libya and immigrated to Tunisia. Sami was born and grew up in Échirolles, a suburb south of Grenoble. He studied theatre.
Filmography
- 1991: La Thune as Kamel
- 1993: Les Histoires d'amour finissent mal... en général as Slim Touati
- 1993: L'Avocat (The Hour of the Pig) as Mahmoud
- 1994: Les Silences du palais (Samt el qusur) as Lofti
- 1995: Bye-Bye as Ismaël
- 1996: Anna Oz as Marc
- 1997: Artemisia as the assistant of Tassi
- 1997: Le Déménagement as Jean
- 1997: Né quelque part as Driss Bourafia
- 1998: The Siege as Samir Nazhde
- 1998: Une voix en or (TV feature)
- 1999: Inséparables as Boris
- 1999: La Peur du vide
- 1999: Nos vies heureuses as Ali
- 2000: Douce France
- 2000: Drôle de Félix by Jacques Martineau and Olivier Ducastel as Félix
- 2000: Faites comme si je n'étais pas là as Tom
- 2000: La Faute à Voltaire as Jallel
- 2000: Nouvelle de la tour L as "Le dealer"
- 2001: Change moi ma vie as Fidel
- 2001: Combats de femme - Libre à tout prix (TV) as the supervisor
- 2001: La Répétition as Nicolas
- 2002: Embrassez qui vous voudrez as Kévin
- 2002: Nid de guêpes (The Nest) as Selim
- 2002: Vivre me tue as Paul Smaïl
- 2003: La Légende de Parva as Agni (voice)
- 2003: Léo, en jouant "Dans la compagnie des hommes" as Léonard
- 2003: Pas si grave as Charlie
- 2005: Avant l'oubli as Augustin Burger
- 2005: Zaïna, cavalière de l'Atlas as Mustapha
- 2006: Indigènes (Days of Glory) as AbdelKader
- 2006: Le Concile de Pierre as Lucas
- 2007: 24 mesures as Chris
- 2007: Le Dernier gang as Casa
- 2007: Les Témoins (The Witnesses) as Mehdi
- 2009: Le Premier Cercle as Saunier
- 2010: De vrais mensonges as Jean
- 2010: Outside the Law
- 2011: Omar Killed Me
- 2014: Divin Enfant
Awards
- 2008: César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Les Témoins of André Téchiné.
- 2006: "Best Male Interpretation" at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Indigènes by Rachid Bouchareb
- 2000: "Best Young Actor" at the Festival du film romantique de Cabourg for his role in Drôle de Félix.
References
External links
- Sami Bouajila at the Internet Movie Database
