Salim Kechiouche Explained

Salim Kechiouche
Birth Date:1979 4, df=y
Birth Place:Lyon, France
Years Active:1996–present
Occupation:Actor

Salim Kechiouche (born 2 April 1979) is a French actor.

Early life

He was born to Algerian parents. While 15 years old, he was first discovered by French actor director Gaël Morel. Morel gave him his first role in a feature film, À Toute Vitesse (Full Speed), released in 1996. Kechiouche has acted in most of Morel's works, including Premières Neiges in 1999, 3 Dancing Slaves (Le Clan) in 2004 and After Him (Après lui) in 2007. He entered acting school and graduated in 2002.

Salim Kechiouche now lives in Paris, dividing his time between cinema and the stage.

Career

Film and stage

In addition to Morel, Kechiouche has worked with other French directors such as François Ozon, as well as with non-French directors.

In 2003, Kechiouche played the role of Karim in Gigolo, directed by German director Bastian Schweitzer, opposite Amanda Lear. Kechiouche played a self-destructive gigolo trying to get his life back on track in the jet-set world of Paris. The film was nominated for a Golden Bear Award in the Best Short Film category at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival.

Kechiouche has acted in short and feature films, plays and TV series. His movies include Grande École (2004), playing Mécir, and Le Clan (2004), released as Three Dancing Slaves in the U.S.. On stage in Paris, he played the role of Giuseppe Pelosi, the killer and lover of Pier Paolo Pasolini in Vie et Mort de Pier Paolo Pasolini, written by Michel Azama.

Kechiouche was kick boxing champion of France in 1998 and first runner-up in Thai boxing in 1999 and in 2002. His boxing skills were used on a few occasions in some of his films where he played a boxer, such as Les Amants Criminels, Archives De Nuit, Le Clan, Nos Retrouvailles, and when playing himself in the experimental film Cinématon.

He has appeared in full-frontal nude scenes in at least two films. In Francois Ozon's 1999 film, Les Amants Criminels, released as Criminal Lovers in the U.S. A few years later, Kechiouche had a lengthy full-frontal scene in Grande École.[1]

Modeling

Pierre et Gilles produced photographs and paintings related to Les Amants Criminels and for the play Vie et Mort de Pier Paolo Pasolini in 2003. Youssef Nabil and Michel Giliberti also created a dozen paintings in 2005 and 2006. Kechiouche appeared with French actress Julie-Marie Parmentier in the photo series Doppelgänger (2007) by French photographer Raphaël Neal.

Filmography

Feature film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1996À Toute VitesseJamelReleased as "Full Speed" in the USA
1999Premières NeigesKacemDirected by Gaël Morel
1999Les Amants CriminelsSaïdReleased as "Criminal Lovers" in the USA
2004Grande ÉcoleMécir
2004Le ClanHichamReleased as Three Dancing Slaves in the USA
2007L'Année SuivanteNayibBy Isabelle Czajka
2007Nos RetrouvaillesKarimBy David Oelhoffen
2007After Him (Après lui)SalimDirected by Gaël Morel
2009The StringBilalDirected by Mehdi Ben Attia
2013Blue Is the Warmest Colour SamirDirected by Abdellatif Kechiche
2014ÊtreMohamedDirected by Fara Sene
2015NoirKadhafiDirected by Yves Christian Fournier
2015VoyoucratieSamDirected by Fabrice Garçon and Kevin Ossona
2015Foreign BodyImedDirected by Raja Amari
2017TonyDirected by Abdellatif Kechiche
2019TonyDirected by Abdellatif Kechiche
Qu'un sang impurpost-production

Short film

YearFilmRoleNotes
2004Couscous Pour Tout Le MondeLucBy Vincent Pesci
2004Pas Sans MoiGolden BoyExperimental short by Sandra Dalle
2005Gigolo (color version)
Archives De Nuit (black-and-white version)
KarimNominated for a Golden Bear Award at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival
2005Temps Morts or A Summer AfternoonSaïdBy Éléonore Weber
2005CinematonHimselfExperimental film by Gérard Courant - #2,102 in the collection
2006YasminaSofianeBy Vincent Pesci
2006Er-radja, Le RetourHimselfDocumentary with the actor going back to his roots in Algeria

TV series

YearTitleEpisode Role
2003MaloneLa Promesse de l'Ours
2004Le Grand PatronEn QuarantaineSami
2006PréjudicesBalle Perdue
2006Docudrama French and EnglishLa Grande InondationMalik

Theatre

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2001A l'Ombre d'AmbreEdmonde FranchiRadio play for Radio France Lyon
2002Le Piqueur de MacadamEdmonde FranchiRadio play for Radio France Lyon
2002Lumières - Une TuerieJulien ColletRadio play for France Culture
2002Les Derniers Jours de l'HumanitéSalvadora ParrasBy Karl Kraus
2003Vie et Mort de Pier Paolo PasoliniJean MenaudPlaying Giuseppe Pelosi
2005–2006Le Centième NomStéphane AucanteBy Michel Giliberti
2006Les GrecsGilbert DésveauxBy Jean-Marie Besset
2006Un Petit Pull Over AngoraDavid HaddadDavid Haddad
2007Rupture Entre AmisFrédéric RondotAlso written by Frédéric Rondot

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Notes and References

  1. Nick Rees-Roberts