Ahmed Benaissa

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-03-02 (78 years old)

Deathday

2022-05-20

Place of Birth

Tlemcen, Algeria

Ahmed Benaissa

Biography

Ahmed Benaïssa (in Arabic: أحمد بن عيسى), born March 2, 1944 in Algiers and died May 20, 2022 in Cannes, is a Franco-Algerian actor. As a child, Ahmed Benaïssa was fascinated by the religious festivals of Nédroma where he spent his summer holidays and at the age of 9, in Mazouna, he played in front of another kid's 9.5mm camera for 1mn30! The magic of the show leads him to make his own cinema with cardboard. He joined his father in Paris who had retreated there after his release following independence activities in Algeria. In Oise, at the college boarding school, he became a designated projectionist. In 1960-61, he was in Lyon, aged 17, and...

Acting

2007

Arabian Nights

as Sheperd

2006

2017

2023

Habib

as Habib's father

2015

2023

1965

La Tragédie du Roi Christophe

as Juan de Dios-Martial Besse

2016

1980

1989

Le Clandestin

as The Sheriff

2018

Close Enemies

as Raji, "godfather" of the estate

2010

2008

Inland

as Lakhdar

2007

Morituri

as Commissioner Dine

2019

Papicha

as Hafid

2014

1994

Bab El Oued City

as The Imam

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