Sami Bouajila

Sami Bouajila
Sami Bouajila in 2012
Born	(1966-05-12) 12 May 1966 Grenoble, France
Awards	Best Supporting Actor Les Témoins (2008)
Website	samibouajila.com

Sami Bouajila (born 12 May 1966) is a French-Tunisian actor.

Early life

Bouajila's father emigrated from Tunisia to France in 1956, and worked as a building painter, a professionally recognized skill requiring specific technical knowledge. His grandfather was a Berber born in Tripoli, Libya and immigrated to Tunisia. Sami was born and grew up in Échirolles, a suburb south of Grenoble. He studied theatre.

Filmography

• 1991: La Thune as Kamel
• 1993: Les Histoires d'amour finissent mal... en général as Slim Touati
• 1993: L'Avocat (The Hour of the Pig) as Mahmoud
• 1994: Les Silences du palais (Samt el qusur) as Lofti
• 1995: Bye-Bye as Ismaël
• 1996: Anna Oz as Marc
• 1997: Artemisia as the assistant of Tassi
• 1997: Le Déménagement as Jean
• 1997: Né quelque part as Driss Bourafia
• 1998: The Siege as Samir Nazhde
• 1998: Une voix en or (TV feature)
• 1999: Inséparables as Boris
• 1999: La Peur du vide
• 1999: Nos vies heureuses as Ali
• 2000: Douce France
• 2000: Drôle de Félix by Jacques Martineau and Olivier Ducastel as Félix
• 2000: Faites comme si je n'étais pas là as Tom
• 2000: La Faute à Voltaire as Jallel
• 2000: Nouvelle de la tour L as Le dealer
• 2001: Change moi ma vie as Fidel
• 2001: Combats de femme – Libre à tout prix (TV) as the supervisor
• 2001: La Répétition as Nicolas
• 2002: Embrassez qui vous voudrez as Kévin
• 2002: Nid de guêpes (The Nest) as Selim
• 2002: Vivre me tue as Paul Smaïl
• 2003: La Légende de Parva as Agni (voice)
• 2003: Léo, en jouant "Dans la compagnie des hommes" as Léonard
• 2003: Pas si grave as Charlie
• 2005: Avant l'oubli as Augustin Burger
• 2005: Zaïna, cavalière de l'Atlas as Mustapha
• 2006: Indigènes (Days of Glory) as AbdelKader
• 2006: Le Concile de pierre as Lucas
• 2007: 24 mesures as Chris
• 2007: Le Dernier gang as Casa
• 2007: Les Témoins (The Witnesses) as Mehdi
• 2009: Le Premier Cercle as Saunier
• 2010: De vrais mensonges as Jean
• 2010: Outside the Law
• 2011: Omar Killed Me
• 2014: Divin Enfant

Awards

• 2008: César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Les Témoins of André Téchiné.
• 2006: "Best Male Interpretation" at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Indigènes by Rachid Bouchareb
• 2000: "Best Young Actor" at the Festival du film romantique de Cabourg for his role in Drôle de Félix.

External links

• Sami Bouajila at the Internet Movie Database