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Walid Afkir

Walid Afkir

Walid Afkir born September 2, 1982 in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis is a Franco-Moroccan actor and screenwriter. His father, Brahim Foudili, arrived in France in the 1960s. Very involved in the FLN, he owned and managed a hotel in Montreuil where he welcomed the newly arrived Algerian diaspora. His mother, Fattouma Afkir, meanwhile, from a family from the city of Ouarzazate was born in Mohammedia in Morocco, she arrived in France in August 1963 at the age of 17. She does odd jobs as a nanny, a cleaning lady or even an usher at the Kinopanorama cinema in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. His talents as a cook allow him to work with great celebrities of French fashion and cinema such as designer Hilton McConnico, decorator Carlos Conti or even the director of Pédale Douce Gabriel Aghion. She ended her career as sous-chef at the Concorde Lafayette Hotel where she retired in 2006. Walid Afkir is the youngest of a family made up of two brothers and a sister. He grew up in the Boissière district of Montreuil where he spent his childhood there. At the age of 15, after the death of his father, he decides to stop his schooling and enters the world of work by becoming a pizza delivery boy. At 17, he was spotted during a wild casting by Elsa Pharaon for a feature film project. Very quickly his profile seduces other professionals like Kris de Bellair, casting director who will offer him his first role in "Unknown Code" by Michael Haneke. Film in which Walid performs a scene alongside Juliette Binoche. This sequence shot even becomes the trailer for the film presented in the Official Selection of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival; this is moreover what reveals it to the general public. He will be nominated for the César in 2006 in the Best Male Newcomer category, for the film "Hidden" by Michael Haneke.

Personal information

Birthday

1982-09-02

Birth Place

Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

Movies and TV shows :

A Short Trip

A Short Trip

2023

6.0

Movie
A Son

A Son

2003

4.4

Movie
Amour

Amour

2012

7.8

Movie
Burn Out

Burn Out

2018

6.7

Movie
Caché

Caché

2005

7.0

Movie
Code Unknown

Code Unknown

2000

6.7

Movie
Fahim

Fahim

2019

6.9

Movie
Kandisha

Kandisha

2022

6.1

Movie
La chute des hommes

La chute des hommes

2016

5.0

Movie
Let the Sunshine In

Let the Sunshine In

2017

5.2

Movie
poster

Lupin

2021

7.7

TV
Narvalos

Narvalos

2021

6.0

Movie
Neuilly-Poissy

Neuilly-Poissy

2024

5.4

Movie
On the Sly

On the Sly

2018

5.6

Movie
Promises

Promises

2022

6.4

Movie
Stand Up Girl

Stand Up Girl

2017

6.5

Movie
Street Flow

Street Flow

2019

6.9

Movie
The Faithful Son

The Faithful Son

2017

4.5

Movie
The Good Teacher

The Good Teacher

2024

6.4

Movie
The Price of Success

The Price of Success

2017

5.6

Movie
The Three Kings

The Three Kings

2001

5.7

Movie
poster

Thicker Than Water

2023

6.6

TV