Samir Guesmi

Birth Name:

Samir Guesmi

Birth Place:

Paris, France

Profession

Actor

In 2008, he received the Audience Award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
In 2007, he won the Golden Bayard award at the Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film
In 2013, he was nominated for the César award for Best Supporting Actor
Received the 2008 Grand Prix Award at the Grenoble Short Film Festival
Best known for performing the character of Thomas Mézache in the television series “The Returned” from 2012 to 2015
Won second place at the Chicago International Film Festival for his work on "C'est dimanche!"
He studied acting at the Studio Pygmalion, at the theater school Tania Balachova et at the theater school of Belle de mai in Marseille
He grew up in an Algerian immigrant family of eight children, with a construction worker father and a childminder mother
He performed the character of José Géraud in the French-Portuguese drama “The Young One” in 2016

2007Golden Bayard - Best Actor:Winner
2013César - Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle):Nominated
2022The Critics Awards for Arab Films Award - Best Actor:Nominated

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