Abdel Qissi (born 20 January 1960) is a Moroccan-Belgian actor and former professional boxer with eight recorded fights in the early 1980s. As an actor, Abdel debuted as the antagonist Attila in Lionheart (1990), opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme's character. He went on to appear with Van Damme in two more films, The Quest (1996), where Abdel played the main antagonist Khan, and The Order (2001).
Biography Life Qissi was born in Oujda, Morocco and moved to Brussels, Belgium in his early years. In the 1980s he had a boxing career of eight fights consisting of five wins, two via knockout, one draw and two losses. Through his brother Michel, Qissi later became an associate of Jean-Claude Van Damme to which he starred in some of Van Damme's movies.
Political career Qissi took part in the 2006 and 2012 Ixelles local elections on the lists of the Mouvement Réformateur (MR), a right-wing political party. However, he was never directly elected, winning 322 votes2006 Municipal elections in the Brussels Region - Official results and then 148 votes.2012 Municipal elections in the Brussels Region - Official results In February 2012 (8 months before the October 2012 elections), he was indirectly elected to replace Vanessa Cuevas, who had moved from Ixelles.see a collective flyer where he appears: "Ixelles 2006 - liste MR - Dori Dumbi, Kenza Lahlou, Abdel Qissi, Dominique Dufourny, Gautier Calomne", Tractothèque, 17 August 2006
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes8Loss5–2–1 Marco VitaglianoPTS13 November 1981Sint-Truiden7Win5–1–1 Antimo TescioneTKO24 October 1981Ixelles6Draw4–1–1 Marco VitaglianoPTS24 April 1981Ixelles5Loss4–1 Mary KonateTKO31 January 1981Ixelles4Win4–0 Fred VoltinePTS15 November 1980Ixelles3Win3–0 Roberto BosioTKO24 October 1980Molenbeek-Saint-Jean2Win2–0 Alessandro CasanovaPTS26 April 1980Molenbeek-Saint-Jean1Win1–0 Lassine NiarePTS28 March 1980Ixelles Source:
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1990 Lionheart Attila 1993 Shadow Boxing Corner Man Short1996 The Quest Khan (Mongolian Fighter) 2001 The Order Big Arab 2001 Los Bravos 2018 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2 Episodes2024 The Last Kumite Detective Dobrev
References
External links
Abdel Qissi at the British Film Institute