Abderrahmane El Kebir
Date of birth: 1930-02-01
Place of birth: Maghnia, Algeria
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Abderrahmane El Kébir, Abder El Kebir, Abder El Kébir, Abderraahmane El Kebir, Abderrahamane El Kebir, 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.
Movie Credits
White Nightmare
1992-01-08
Four racists plan to assault a local Arab man, but soon things get out of control.
Ismael's Ghosts
2017-05-17
Just as the disheveled and alcoholic filmmaker Ismaël embarks on a difficult new film project, his l
Douce France
1995-11-22
In this French comedy, the young adult children of working-class Arab immigrants living in the proje
Fugue en Ré
1999-04-02
Two neighbors, Louis and Coralie, have been at war with each other for years because of their differ
Nuit d'ivresse
1986-09-23
Jacques Belin, presenter of a silly TV show, gets drunk after receiving an award and misses the trai
Brothers in Arms
1989-03-15
Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo shi
Mektoub
1970-09-23
Ahmed, an Algerian laborer and young father, leaves his country and arrives in France, hoping to fin
Une Histoire à ma Fille
2007-11-07
Made in France
2001-01-24
Patrick Morel has his limits tested when he's thrown in jail after a misunderstanding with the lovel
Les Déracinés
1972-08-16
1962: events in Algeria. Captain Sainbenin has just taken over the leadership of a newly created fig
The Conspiracy
1973-05-10
Paris 1960. DeGaulle determines to end a bitter war in Algeria by granting its independence. Millio
Plus ça va, moins ça va
1977-08-16
In Provence, a young woman is found naked and hanged. Inspectors Pignon and Melville lead the invest
Death of a Corrupt Man
1977-12-07
In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with dist
These Sorcerers Are Mad
1978-06-28
Julien est envoyé par son patron à l'île Maurice, où il fait la connaissance d'Henri, un chômeur pro
Return to Algiers
2000-04-12
Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Par
No Problem!
1975-06-18
A man with a gunshot wound in the stomach comes to first house and collapses in Anita's apartment. A
Money Money Money
1972-05-04
When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to person
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973-10-17
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted Fren
Elisa
1995-02-01
Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of
Retour à Cherchell
1983-04-05
Barjo
1992-05-12
The narrator, "Barjo" (nutcase, crap artist), is an obsessive simpleton, given to filling his notebo