Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 01, 1930
Died
Jul 21, 2017
Place of Birth
Maghnia, Algeria
Credits
25 titles
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
Filmography
Ismael's Ghosts
Le vieil homme préfecture
Une Histoire à ma Fille
Ahmed
Made in France
Lamine
Return to Algiers
Fadel's brother
Fugue en Ré
Maghribi man
Douce France
Father Malouf
Élisa
The Castle of Olive Trees
Blaïd
Barjo
Le gardien de l'usine
White Nightmare
Farouk
Brothers in Arms
Kada
Nuit d'ivresse
The drinker of Boukha
Retour à Cherchell
Girls
These Sorcerers Are Mad
Death of a Corrupt Man
Kébir
Plus ça va, moins ça va
L'ouvrier arabe
Minichronique
Un bricoleur
No Problem!
Anita's upstairs neighbor
Un curé de choc
Le gitan
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Farès Henchman
The Conspiracy
Les Déracinés
Money Money Money
Militant (uncredited)
Mektoub
Ahmed