Abderrahmane El Kebir
Actor
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.
Filmography
Ismael's Ghosts
as Le vieil homme préfecture 2017
Money Money Money
as Militant (uncredited) 1972
Death of a Corrupt Man
as Kébir 1977
Nuit d'ivresse
as The drinker of Boukha 1986
Elisa
1995
Brothers in Arms
as Kada 1989
No Problem!
as Anita's upstairs neighbor 1975
These Sorcerers Are Mad
1978
White Nightmare
as Farouk 1992
Barjo
as Le gardien de l'usine 1992
Plus ça va, moins ça va
as L'ouvrier arabe 1977
The Conspiracy
1973
Return to Algiers
as Fadel's brother 2000
Douce France
as Father Malouf 1995
Made in France
as Lamine 2001
Mektoub
as Ahmed 1970