Lotfi Abdelli (, born March 14, 1970, in Tunis) is a Tunisian actor and comedian.
Biography Lotfi Abdelli started his artistic career as a dancer in Tunis Conservatory, under the direction of Anne-Marie Sellami, and then in the ballet of the National Theatre of Tunisia, under the direction of Mohamed Driss, also in the Tunisian national ballet, under the direction of Odile Cougoule (Histoires d'elles show in 1991), Nawel Skandrani and Imed Jemâa in her company, the Dance Theater. He participated as a dancer in the show of Hadhra by Fadhel Jaziri.
In film acting, he won the award of best performance by an actor in the Carthage Film Festival of 2006 for his role in the film Making Of by Nouri Bouzid.
In August 2012, his one-man show 100% Hallal was cancelled by salafist protesters, who claimed they wanted to pray in the room that was reserved for the show as a way of disrupting it.
In June 2015, he presented the show Chich Bich on the Attessia TV channel. He took advantage to be reconciled with Samir Dilou three years later, an altercation with him on the show Sans éloge on Hannibal TV.
In 2015 and 2016, Abdelli received the award of the best comedian for his role in Bolice and the award of the Ramadan star in Romdhane Awards, organized by Mosaïque FM.
In December 2015, he won the prize for best actor for his performance in Farès Naânaâ's film Les Frontières du ciel at the twelfth Dubai International Film Festival.
In September 2017, Abdelli opened a tea room. And then in December he launched a new television show called Abdelli ShowTime broadcast on the Attessia TV channel. In June 2019 he announced that he wants to become a shareholder in the channel.
In 2019, Lotfi created his one-man show Just Abdelli 100% Tabou.
Cinema Feature films Year Title Role Director 1998 No man's love Hakim Nidhal Chatta 2002 Poupées d'argile Riva Nouri Bouzid 2002 The Assassinated Sun Zine Abdelkrim Bahloul 2004 La Villa Hédi Mohamed Damak 2006 Noce d'été Sami Mohktar Ladjimi 2006 Making Of Bahta Nouri Bouzid 2007 Le Sacre de l'homme 2010 City of Shadows (La Cité) Soufik 2010 Fin décembre Sofiane Moez Kammoun 2011 L'Infiltré Hamza 2011 Always Brando Lamine Ridha Béhi 2011 Le Cochon de Gaza Young policeman Sylvain Estibal 2012 Fausse note Lotfi Abdelli Majdi Smiri 2012 Millefeuille Brahim Nouri Bouzid 2014 Simshar Simon Rebecca Cremona 2015 Les Frontières du ciel Sami Fares Naânaâ 2019 Noura Rêve Jamel Hinde Boujenaâ
Medium-length films 2008: Penalty (Dharbet Jazzaa) by Nouri Bouzid
Short films
Television TV series
TV shows
Theater 2006: Borj Eddalou by Taoufik El Ayeb 2009: Made in Tunisia by Chedly Arfaoui 2015: Abdelli Best Of Show 2019: Just Abdelli 100% Tabou by Rabi Tekali
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