Mehdi Nebbou is a French actor.
Early life and education Mehdi Nebbou was born in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, to a German mother and an Algerian father. His brother is the film director Safy Nebbou.
Career
He started his career by appearing in the film My Sweet Home, directed by Filipos Tsitos.
In 2004, the director Samir Nasr offered him the leading role in the film Seeds of Doubt, which won the Golden Gate Award for best film at the San Francisco Film Festival. 2005 was a turning point in Nebbou's career thanks to the film Schläfer by German film director Benjamin Heisenberg. The film received excellent reviews and was selected for the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2006, he portrayed Ali Hassan Salameh in the Steven Spielberg blockbuster film Munich.
In 2007, for his performance in Teresas Zimmer, directed by German film director Constanze Knoche, he won the award for best actor at First Steps Awards.
In 2008, Nebbou worked in the Ridley Scott film Body of Lies with Leonardo DiCaprio. In it, he portrayed Nizar, an Iraqi linguistics doctorate turned Al-Qaeda operative who approaches CIA to defect after being enlisted by his jihadist superiors for suicide bombing. In addition, he played in several French TV series and films, among them as a disabled ex-middleweight boxing world champion in Douce France for which he won the award for best actor in 2009 at the Rochelle TV Festival. He played Mustafa Larbi, a sadistic and unpredictable drug dealer, in season 2 of Spiral, the successful Canal+ TV series.
In 2010, he portrayed Bruno in the Salvatore Allocca Italian romantic comedy Come trovare nel modo giusto l'uomo sbagliato and in 2011, Amin in the French action film Forces spéciales with Diane Krüger.
In 2012, he had his breakthrough into the Indian film industry thanks to the film English Vinglish, starring Sridevi.
He portrayed the lead in Les heures souterraines, directed by Philippe Harel and inspired by the novel of Delphine de Vigan in 2014.
In 2015 and 2016, he played Cyclone in six episodes of season 1 and 2 of Le Bureau des Légendes. Also In 2016, he was the co-lead in the Romanian movie The Fixer directed by Adrian Sitaru, about human traffic in Europe and under-age prostitution.
In 2017, he played a lead role in the second season of the Norwegian series Occupied and in the German series Deutschland 86.
He stars the Netflix series Baby (2018) directed by Andrea De Sica and Anna Negri.
In 2021, he played a middle-east investor in the movie "House of Gucci" by Ridley Scott.
Personal life Mehdi is fluent in French, German, English, and Italian.
Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes1998 Spiel des Tages Soldier Damir Lukacevic Short2001 My Sweet Home Hakim Filippos Tsitos 2002 Lovers & Friends Arnaud Christoph Schrewe TV movie Achterbahn Habib Klaus Krämer TV series (1 episode)2004 Manson's Dream Karim Florian Scheibe Short Folgeschäden Tariq Slimani Samir Nasr TV movie2005 Munich Ali Hassan Salameh Steven Spielberg Central Ohio Film Critics Association - Best EnsembleNominated - Online Film & Television Association - Best Ensemble Sleeper Farid Atabay Benjamin Heisenberg Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall Ahmet Harald Sicheritz TV series (1 episode)2006 Running on Empty Rachid Bülent Akinci Fay Grim Islamic Cleric Hal Hartley 2 Floors Down... Maximilian Mindi Lee Short Teresas Zimmer Bilal Constanze Knoche TV ShortFirst Steps Awards - Best Actor Verschleppt - Kein Weg zurück Tarik Al-Samirai Hansjörg Thurn TV movie2007 Paris Lockdown Hicham Frédéric Schoendoerffer Faits divers Daniel Bill Barluet Short GSG 9 – Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben Ishan Hamsa Hans-Günther Bücking TV series (1 episode) Tatort Ali Peter Fratzscher TV series (1 episode)2008 Mark of an Angel The Policeman Safy Nebbou Body of Lies Nizar Ridley Scott Secret Defense Ahmed Philippe Haïm Ca$h Vincent Éric Besnard Berlin Calling Jamal the Junk Hannes Stöhr Les liens du sang José Lazaga Jacques Maillot Long Shadows Talat Connie Walter Spiral Mustapha Larbi Philippe Venault & Philippe Triboit TV series (4 Episode)2009 Magma Paul Neville Pierre Vinour Le choix de Myriam Kader Malik Chibane TV movieLuchon International Film Festival - Best Young Actor Douce France Abdel Chaouche Stéphane Giusti TV movie2010 Zeiten ändern dich Uli Edel Alexander Frey Christian Alvart 600 kilos d'or pur Norris Éric Besnard (2) The Coming Days Vincent Lars Kraume By Night Martin Juan Diaz Bohorquez. Short Tatort Hassan Adub Jobst Oetzmann TV series (1 episode)2011 Forces spéciales Amen Stéphane Rybojad Switch Stéphane Defer Frédéric Schoendoerffer (2) Come trovare nel modo giusto l'uomo sbagliato Bruno Salvatore Allocca & Daniela Cursi Masella Unter Verdacht Hamid Sherzad Andreas Herzog TV series (1 episode)2012 English Vinglish Laurent Gauri Shinde Bollywood Movie Mince alors! Doctor Hachemi Charlotte de Turckheim Die feinen Unterschiede Herr Thalberg Sylvie Michel Die Besucher Studienberater Constanze Knoche (2) Rue Mandar Simon Idit Cebula Zappelphilipp Sebastian Sander Connie Walter (2) TV movie Die Chefin Cristian Farron Michael Schneider TV series (1 episode)2013 11.6 Monaco Philippe Godeau Joséphine Gilles Agnès Obadia Cookie Mathieu Léa Fazer Back on Track Gerome Kilian Riedhof Hasta mañana David Sébastien Maggiani & Olivier Vidal Arie van Doorn Lancelot von Naso TV movie Vogue la vie Claire de la Rochefoucauld TV movie Inga Lindström Paul Andersson Udo Witte TV series (1 episode)2014 Vivre Berlin Pierre Nehra Stella Short Witnesses Eric Hervé Hadmar TV mini-series2015 We Monsters Paul Sebastian Ko Happy Hour Nic Franz Müller Les heures souterraines Thibault Philippe Harel TV movie Paare Patient Johann Buchholz TV series short Le Bureau des Légendes Cyclone Éric Rochant & Laïla Marrakchi TV series (3 episodes) Hard Rémi Capelle Laurent Dussaux & Melissa Drigeard TV series (9 episodes) Homeland Hussein Alex Gansa & Gideon Raff & Howard Gordon TV series (12 episodes)2016 Joséphine s'arrondit Gilles Marilou Berry Fixeur Adrian Sitaru 2017 Animals Tarek 2018 Mothers' Instinct Simon Brunelle Olivier Masset-Depasse Deutschland 86 Jean-Luc TV series (2 episodes)2021House of GucciSaidRidley ScottHPIAdam KaradecStéphane Carrié & Alice Chegaray-Breugnot & Nicolas JeanTV series (32 episodes)2025 No Beast. So Fierce. Imad York Burhan Qurbani
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