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Walid Afkir‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1982-09-02

Popularity

star2.1

Walid Afkir

Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

Walid Afkir

Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1982-09-02

Popularity

star2.1

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Caché

Caché‌
star7.1
calendar 2005

The Good Teacher

The Good Teacher‌
star6.4
calendar 2024

Promises

Promises‌
star6.4
calendar 2022

Street Flow

Street Flow‌
star6.9
calendar 2019

Neuilly-Poissy

Neuilly-Poissy‌
star5.4
calendar 2024

Amour

Amour‌
star7.8
calendar 2012

Fahim

Fahim‌
star6.9
calendar 2019

A Short Trip

A Short Trip‌
star6.0
calendar 2023

The Three Kings

The Three Kings‌
star5.7
calendar 2001

Code Unknown

Code Unknown‌
star6.7
calendar 2000

On the Sly

On the Sly‌
star5.6
calendar 2018

The Price of Success

The Price of Success‌
star5.6
calendar 2017

Stand Up Girl

Stand Up Girl‌
star6.5
calendar 2017

Burn Out

Burn Out‌
star6.7
calendar 2018

The Faithful Son

The Faithful Son‌
star4.5
calendar 2017

Let the Sunshine In

Let the Sunshine In‌
star5.2
calendar 2017

La chute des hommes

La chute des hommes‌
star5.0
calendar 2016

A Son

A Son‌
star4.4
calendar 2003

Narvalos

Narvalos‌
star6.0
calendar 2021

Kandisha

Kandisha‌
star6.1
calendar 2022

Tv Credits

Thicker Than Water

Thicker Than Water‌
star6.6
calendar 2023

Lupin

Lupin‌
star7.7
calendar 2021