Sami Bouajila
Introduction '''Sami Bouajila''' (born 26 May 1966) is a French-Tunisian actor who has won two César Awards. Bouajila has worked and acted in two Oscar nominated films (''Days of Glory'' and ''Outside the Law''), both directed by director Rachid Bouchareb.
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 and immigrated to Tunisia. Bouajila was born and grew up in Échirolles, a suburb south of Grenoble. He studied theatre.
Filmography Sami Bouajila at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009.===Film=== Year Title Role Notes1991''La Thune'' Kamel  1993 ''Les Histoires d'amour finissent mal... en général''  Slim Touati 1993 ''The Hour of the Pig''  Mahmoud 1994''The Silences of the Palace''  Lofti 1995''Bye-Bye'' Ismaël 1996''Anna Oz'' Marc 1997''Artemisia''Tassi's assistant 1997''Le Déménagement''Jean 1997''Né quelque part''  Driss Bourafia 1998''The Siege''Samir Nazhde 1999''Inséparables'' Boris 1999''La Peur du vide'' 1999''Our Happy Lives''Ali 2000''Douce France'' 2000Félix 2000''Faites comme si je n'étais pas là'' Tom 2000''Poetical Refugee'' Jallel 2000''Nouvelle de la tour L''Dealer 2001''Change moi ma vie''Fidel 2001''Replay''Nicolas 2002''Embrassez qui vous voudrez''Kévin 2002''The Nest'' Selim 2002''Vivre me tue''Paul Smaïl 2003''La Légende de Parva''Agni Voice 2003''Playing 'In the Company of Men'''Léonard  2003 ''Pas si grave''Charlie 2005 ''Avant l'oubli'' Augustin Burger 2005''Zaïna, cavalière de l'Atlas''  Mustapha 2006''Days of Glory''  Abdel Kader 2006''Le Concile de pierre'' Lucas 2007 ''24 mesures'' Chris 2007 ''Le Dernier gang''  Casa 2007 ''The Witnesses'' Mehdi 2009 ''The Whistler''Karim Chaouche 2009 ''London River''Imam 2009 ''Bitter Victory''Yacine Guesmila 2009 ''Le Premier Cercle''Saunier 2010 ''De vrais mensonges''Jean 2010 ''Outside the Law''Abdelkader 2011''Omar Killed Me''Omar Raddad  2011''Carré blanc''Philippe  2014''Patchwork Family''Christian  2014''Divin Enfant''Jean  2015''Braqueurs''Yanis Zeri  2015''A Stormy Summer Night''Nabil  2015''Good Luck Algeria''Sam  2016 ''Pattaya'' Krimo's father 2016 ''Scribe''Labarthe 2017 ''The Blessed'' Samir  2018 ''Through the Fire'' Dr. Almeida  2018 ''The Bouncer'' Zeroual 2019 ''A Son''Fares Ben Youssef  2019 ''Paradise Beach''Mehdi  2020 ''Earth and Blood''Sami 2022 ''Our Ties''Moussa 2024 ''The Crow''  Post-production===Television=== Year Title Role Notes 1998 ''Une voix en or''  Film 2001 ''Combats de femme – Libre à tout prix'' The supervisor 2011 ''Signature'' Toman  2014 ''My Son's Murderer Will Die Tonight'' Antoine Harfouche Film 2016 ''Don't Leave Me'' Medhi  Film 2017–2018 ''Remember'' Belgarde  2020 ''Of Earth and Blood'' Saïd  Film 2021 ''Ganglands'' Mehdi 2023 ''Black Butterflies'' Carrel
Theatre  Year Title DirectorNotes 1993 ''Romeo and Juliet'' Daniel Benoin  1995 ''La Traversée ou le Cri de Peter Pan'' Éric de Dadelsen  1996 ''Sallinger'' Anne-Françoise Benhamou & Denis Loubaton  2004 ''Gagarin Way'' Bertrand Bossard  2013 ''Ring'' Catherine Schaub
Awards and nominations  Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1995 Thessaloniki Film Festival Best Actor ''Bye-Bye''  2000 Cabourg Film Festival Male Revelation   2006 Cannes Film Festival Best Actor ''Days of Glory''  2008 César Award Best Supporting Actor ''The Witnesses''  2012 César Award Best Actor ''Omar Killed Me''  2015 Dubai International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award   2019 Venice Film Festival Horizons Award for Best Actor''A Son''  2021 César Award Best Actor
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