Areski Nebti
Date of birth: 1926-05-05
Place of birth: Alger, Algérie
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Arezki Nabti
Biography
Areski Nebti (Arabic: أريسكي نبتي) born on May 5, 1926, in the Belcourt district of Algiers, is an Algerian actor and assistant director. Arezki Nabti is often spelled Arezki. A major figure on Algerian television and film, he is known for the name of one of his characters, Moh Bab El-Oued, in Abdelkader Bouritina's film El Hozi. From a young age, he was passionate about theater and cinema. He appeared on the radio shows of Mrs. Lafarge, aka L’la Tassadit, who had created a children's program where she trained young talents, girls and boys, mainly from Kabylie. From his school emerged true talents such as Kadri Seghir, Arezki Nabti, Smaïl Si Ahmed, Ahmed Halit, Madjid Bennacer, and Saïd Hilmi. In 1963, he made his film debut. He went on to star in classic post-independence Algerian films, ranging from dramas to comedies, including Mohamed Slimane Riad's The Way (1967), Tewfik Farès's The Outlaws (1969), Inspector Tahar, The Hanged Man's Inn (1969), Mohamed Slimane Riad's Sanaoud (1972), Mohamed Slimane Riad's The South Wind (1975), Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina's Chronicle of the Years of Embers (1975), Merzak Allouache's Omar Gatlato (1976), and Mahmoud Zemmouri's From Hollywood to Tamanrasset (1990). Areski Nebti died on April 28, 1994, of a heart attack at the age of 68.
Movie Credits
Le Retour
1979-01-01
In the early 1970s, Lakhdar, an Algerian peasant, is forced to leave his desert land and his family
Omar Gatlato
1976-07-15
Omar, a young man, lives a simple life with his family and suffers from loneliness. His life changes
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975-11-26
A meticulous chronicle of the evolution of the Algerian national movement from 1939 until the outbre
From Hollywood to Tamanrasset
1990-07-25
On the outskirts of Algiers, Algeria. the arrival of the satellite dishes governs the lives of the i
Wind from the South
1975-01-02
Néfissa, a student in Algiers, returns to her village in the south in the summer. Her father wants h
We Will Return
1972-01-02
The story of a young Palestinian who left his refugee camp to become a resistance fighter in the Pal
The Way
1967-01-02
The Algerian War is seen through the eyes of a group of Algerian freedom-fighters who have been capt
Stories of the Revolution
1969-01-02
The film recounts in three parts by three different directors the Algerian people's struggle for ind
Forbidden Zone
1974-01-02
A revolutionary militant is killed during the repression of May 1945. His son, who is unaware of the
The Outlaws
1969-01-01
In prison in colonial Algeria, shortly after the end of the Second World War, three indigenous cellm
L'inspecteur Tahar L'auberge du Pendu
1969-06-12
Inspector Tahar conducts one of his investigations in an inn...
Deux Femmes
1992-06-01
An Algerian social satire that tells the story of Boujemaa, who marries a second wife in addition to
Bab El Oued City
1994-11-16
Bab El-Oued, a popular district of Algiers, in 1989, a few months after the riots. Boualem works at
Sombréro
1986-01-01
Sombrero is a 1986 crime comedy by Algerian director Rabah Bouberras, produced by ENTV. A gang smugg