Alaa Safi
Actor
Biography
Alaa Safi is a French actor, director, and producer. He was the world champion in Tae Kwon Do at 18, then began his TV/Film career as an action actor and landed his first major role when he partnered with Jackie Chan in the movie Chinese Zodiac (2012). Since then, Alaa Safi has worked with multiple major studios such as Marvel's Doctor Strange (2016), The Mauritanian (2021), and most recently, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023).
In addition to Alaa's film roles, he is also a series regular on the groundbreaking TV series The Chosen (2017). Alaa Safi began directing in 2020 with the short film Chrysalis (Short 2020), followed by Coming Home (2023), both of which have earned awards in American film festivals.
As Director
Filmography
Doctor Strange
as Tall Zealot 2016
The Mummy
as Sickle Slave 2017
Death on the Nile
as Corporal 2022
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Rahim 2023
American Assassin
as Javeed 2017
The Mauritanian
as Moroccan Translator / Marseille 2021
Armour of God 3: Chinese Zodiac
as Vulture 2012
Traitor
as Omar's Crew 2008
All Three of Us
as Berouz 2015
Outcast
as The Moor 2014
Anything for Her
as Moussa 2008
Incoming
as Idris 2018
Villa Caprice
as Karim Benkhelif 2021
Brotherhood of Tears
as Un joueur de poker 2013
Victor Young Perez
as Battling Mokhtar 2013
Mercury Man
as Tri-x Martial Art 2006
A Butterfly Kiss
as l'homme des coulisses 2011