Walid Afkir
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.
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Neuilly-Poissy 2024Razis★ 5.4
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The Good Teacher 2024Omar★ 6.4
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A Short Trip 2023★ 6
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Thicker Than Water 2023Mayo★ 6.6
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Kandisha 2022Rector★ 6.1
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Promises 2022Kamel★ 6.4
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Narvalos 2021Mo★ 6
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Lupin 2021Kad★ 7.7
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Fahim 2019Hotel manager★ 6.9
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Street Flow 2019Young man on the bus★ 6.9
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On the Sly 2018Younes★ 5.5
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Burn Out 2018Farid★ 6.7
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Stand Up Girl 2017Brams★ 6.5
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The Faithful Son 2017Mustapha★ 4.5
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Let the Sunshine In 2017Taxi Driver★ 5.2
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The Price of Success 2017Le Fâcheux★ 5.6
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La chute des hommes 2016★ 5
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Amour 2012Paramedic #2★ 7.8
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Caché 2005Majid's Son★ 7.1
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A Son 2003★ 4.4
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The Three Kings 2001Jo★ 5.7
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Code Unknown 2000The Young Arab★ 6.7