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Abderrahmane El Kebir
Maghnia, Algeria
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…
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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.
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2017
Ismael's Ghosts
Movie Le vieil homme préfecture
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2007
Une Histoire à ma Fille
Movie Ahmed
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2001
Made in France
Movie Lamine
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2000
Return to Algiers
Movie Fadel's brother
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1999
Fugue en Ré
Movie Maghribi man
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1995
Douce France
Movie Father Malouf
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1995
Élisa
Movie
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1993
The Castle of Olive Trees
TV show Blaïd
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1992
Barjo
Movie Le gardien de l'usine
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1992
White Nightmare
Movie Farouk
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1989
Brothers in Arms
Movie Kada
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1986
Nuit d'ivresse
Movie The drinker of Boukha
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1983
Retour à Cherchell
Movie
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1980
Girls
Movie
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1978
These Sorcerers Are Mad
Movie
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1977
Death of a Corrupt Man
Movie Kébir
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1977
Plus ça va, moins ça va
Movie L'ouvrier arabe
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1976
Minichronique
TV show Un bricoleur
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1975
No Problem!
Movie Anita's upstairs neighbor
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1974
Un curé de choc
TV show Le gitan
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1973
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Movie Farès Henchman
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1973
The Conspiracy
Movie
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1972
Les Déracinés
Movie
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1972
Money Money Money
Movie Militant (uncredited)
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1970
Mektoub
Movie Ahmed
