Reda Kateb

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| name = Reda Kateb

| image = Reda Kateb Cannes 2017 4.jpg

| caption = Kateb at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|7|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ivry-sur-Seine, France

| nationality = French
Algerian

| othername =

| spouse =

| occupation = Actor, film director, screenwriter

| yearsactive = 2003–present

| website =

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Reda Kateb ({{IPA|fr|ʁeda katɛb|lang}}; {{langx|ar|رضا كاتب}}; born 27 July 1977) is a French actor.

Life and career

Kateb was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, to an Algerian actor, Malek-Eddine Kateb, and a French nurse of Czech and Italian origin.{{Cite news|url=http://next.liberation.fr/cinema/2013/09/02/r-tchoutchouka_928923|title=Reda Kateb: Tchoutchouka|work=Libération.fr|access-date=2018-02-08|language=fr}} He is a grandnephew of the Algerian writer Kateb Yacine. He grew up in Ivry-sur-Seine, in the Paris region, where he lived until 2011 before moving to Montreuil.

His short film Pitchoune was presented in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/cannes-directors-fortnight-2015-line-up/5086794.article|title=Cannes: Directors' Fortnight 2015 line-up |work=Screendaily}}

Political views

In June 2024, Katab signed a petition addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron demanding France to officially recognize the State of Palestine.{{Cite web |title=Reconnaissance de l’Etat palestinien : qu’attendez-vous monsieur Macron ? 230 artistes lancent un appel |url=https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/tribunes/reconnaissance-de-letat-palestinien-quattendez-vous-monsieur-macron-230-artistes-lancent-un-appel-20240604_DTVFAEGJ2BDOVFO4AIE56VPKWI/ |website=Libération |date=4 June 2024 |language=fr}}

Filmography

= As actor =

== Film ==

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2003 \| Nif \| \| Short film
2009 \| A Prophet \|Jordi \|
2009 \| Silent Voice \|Stéphane \|
2010 \| Pieds nus sur les limaces \|Seb \|
2010 \| Sur la tête de Bertha Boxcar \| \| Short film
2011 \| Tenir les murs \| \|
2011 \| 1, 2, 3, voleurs \|Le Capitaine Martin \|
2012 \| Coming Home \|Vincent Maillard \|
2012 \| Ce chemin devant moi \| \|
2012 \| Three Worlds \|Doak \|
2012 \| Chroniques d'une cour de récré \| \|
2012 \| Le Monde nous appartient \|Zoltan \|
2012 \| Zero Dark Thirty \|Ammar \|
2013 \|Me, Myself and Mum \| Karim \|
2013 \|Paris Countdown \| Wilfried \|
2013 \|The Dream Kids \|Reza \|
2013 \|Gare du Nord \|Ismaël \|
2013 \|La Fin du début \|Atreyu \|Short film
2014 \|Les Fantômes de l'usine \|Narrator \|Short film
2014 \| Fishing Without Nets \| Victor \|
2014 \|Lost River \|Driver \|
2014 \|Hippocrate \|Abdel \|
2014 \|Insecure \|Chérif Arezki \|
2014 \|Far from Men \|Mohamed \|
2015 \|L'Astragale \| Julien \|
2015 \|Pitchoune \| Karim \|Short film
2015 \| Through the Air \| Vincent Cavelle \|
2015 \| The White Knights \|Xavier \|
2015 \| Stop Me Here \|Samson Cazalet \|
2016 \| The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez \|The man \|
2016 \| Sarah Winchester, Phantom Opera \|Director \|Short film
2016 \| Paris Prestige \|Nasser \|
2017 \| Django \|Django Reinhardt \|
2017 \| Submergence \|Saif \|
2018 \| Close Enemies \|Driss \|
2019 \| The Wolf's Call \| Grandchamp \|
2019 \| The Specials \| Malik \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2003

| Nif

| Short film

2009

| A Prophet

|Jordi

2009

| Silent Voice

|Stéphane

2010

| Pieds nus sur les limaces

|Seb

2010

| Sur la tête de Bertha Boxcar

| Short film

2011

| Tenir les murs

2011

| 1, 2, 3, voleurs

|Le Capitaine Martin

2012

| Coming Home

|Vincent Maillard

2012

| Ce chemin devant moi

2012

| Three Worlds

|Doak

2012

| Chroniques d'une cour de récré

2012

| Le Monde nous appartient

|Zoltan

2012

| Zero Dark Thirty

|Ammar

2013

|Me, Myself and Mum

| Karim

2013

|Paris Countdown

| Wilfried

2013

|The Dream Kids

|Reza

2013

|Gare du Nord

|Ismaël

2013

|La Fin du début

|Atreyu

|Short film

2014

|Les Fantômes de l'usine

|Narrator

|Short film

2014

| Fishing Without Nets

| Victor

2014

|Lost River

|Driver

2014

|Hippocrate

|Abdel

2014

|Insecure

|Chérif Arezki

2014

|Far from Men

|Mohamed

2015

|L'Astragale

| Julien

2015

|Pitchoune

| Karim

|Short film

2015

| Through the Air

| Vincent Cavelle

2015

| The White Knights

|Xavier

2015

| Stop Me Here

|Samson Cazalet

2016

| The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

|The man

2016

| Sarah Winchester, Phantom Opera

|Director

|Short film

2016

| Paris Prestige

|Nasser

2017

| Django

|Django Reinhardt

2017

| Submergence

|Saif

2018

| Close Enemies

|Driss

2019

| The Wolf's Call

| Grandchamp

2019

| The Specials

| Malik

== Television series==

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2008 \| Spiral \|Mr. Aziz \|
2010 \|Mafiosa \|Nader \|
2011 \| De l'encre \|Romuald \|
2012 \| Treasure Island \|David Dujon \|
2021 \| In Therapy \|Adel \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2008

| Spiral

|Mr. Aziz

2010

|Mafiosa

|Nader

2011