Hichem Yacoubi
{{short description|Tunisian actor}}
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| name = Hichem Yacoubi
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| native_name_lang = ar
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|04|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tunis, Tunisia
| citizenship = French
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2005-present
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Hichem Yacoubi (born 4 April 1964 in Tunis, Tunisia) is a Tunisian-born French actor who had a role in the film A Prophet (in French Un prophète) (2009) directed by Jacques Audiard.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1311741/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=June 2022}} He studied theater (including a course at the Actors Studio) and dance. He has appeared in several films including a short film which he co-directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Daniel Kupferstein.{{cite web|url=http://www.festivalcinemaafricano.org/index.php?pag=vis_film&id_film=470|title=Festival del Cinema Africano, d'Asia e America Latina|publisher=www.festivalcinemaafricano.org| date= |accessdate=2010-05-16}}
''[[A Prophet]]'' (''Un prophète'') (2009)
Yacoubi's most recent role was as an incarcerated Arab named Reyeb who was a witness to a crime. He is a hostile witness, willing to testify against the Corsican mafia group which is led by a fellow inmate, César Luciani (Niels Arestrup). Luciani, having no direct access to his target, enlists the movies lead character, Malik El Djebani, to kill Reyeb. Though the character is killed early on, he appears throughout most of the film as a manifestation of Malik's conscience.
''Happy Birthday'' (''Bon Anniversaire'') (2007)
Yacoubi and Daniel Kupferstein co-directed Bon Anniversaire (Happy Birthday), a 2007 short film.{{cite web|url=http://www.festivalcinemaafricano.org/index.php?pag=vis_film&id_film=470|title=Festival del Cinema Africano, d'Asia e America Latina|publisher=www.festivalcinemaafricano.org| date= |accessdate=2010-05-16}} He submitted the short documentary piece in 2008 to the 18° Festival del Cinema Africano, d'Asia e America Latina, which features films in Italy by African, Asian, and Latin American individuals.
Selected filmography
=Film=
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! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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| 2005
| Munich | Arab Guard #3 |Produced and directed by Steven Spielberg |
| rowspan="2" |2006
|L'Equilibre de la terreur | |Directed by Jean-Martial Lefranc |
| Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
|(voice) |Animated film directed by Michel Ocelot{{cite web |date= |title=Azur & Asmar on Blockbuster |url=http://www.blockbuster.com/browse/catalog/movieDetails/286620#readMore |accessdate=2010-05-16 |publisher=www.blockbuster.com}} |
| 2007
| |Short film directed by Yacoubi and Daniel Kupferstein;{{cite web |date= |title=Bon Anniversaire on Myspace |url=http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=26292567 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719104501/http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=26292567 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2012 |accessdate=2010-05-16 |publisher=www.myspace.com}} French title: Bon Anniversaire |
| 2009
|Reyeb | |
| 2019
|Raouf | |
| 2022
|Muhajid | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1311741}}
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Category:French male film actors
Category:Tunisian male film actors
Category:21st-century French male actors