Sami Bouajila
Acting
Biography
Sami Bouajila (born in Grenoble, France on 12 May 1966) is a French award-winning actor of Tunisian origin. Bouajila's grandfather was a Berber born in Tripoli, Libya and immigrated to Tunisia. Bouajila's father decided to immigrate to France in 1956. Sami was born and grew up in Échirolles, a suburb south of Grenoble. He studied theater.
Born: May 12, 1966
Place of Birth: La Tronche, Isère, France
Known For
Desert Warrior
An honorable and mysterious rogue, known as Hanzala, makes himself an enemy of the Emperor Kisra after he helps a fugitive king and princess in the desert.
Through the Fire
Franck is a firefighter in Paris. He saves people. He lives at the station with his wife, who is about to have twins. He’s happy. During a call out to a fire, he puts himself in danger, to save his men. He’s going to have to learn to live again and accept to be the one being saved, this time.
Signature
Playing 'In the Company of Men'
A troupe of actors rehearse a play. In the play-within-the-film, an ambitious son and his distant father fight for control of an armaments firm and are pushed to eventual destruction by dangerous outside forces and traitorous aides.
A Son
Tunisia, summer 2011. The holiday to the South of the country ends in disaster for Fares, Meriem and their 10-year-old son Aziz, when he is accidentally shot in an ambush. His injury will change their lives: Aziz needs a liver transplant, which leads to discovery of a long-buried secret. Will Aziz and the relationship survive?
Ganglands
Mehdi, a qualified robber, and Liana, an apprentice thief, get involved in a turf war between drug dealers, and have to collaborate in order to save their loved ones.
Zaina: Rider of the Atlas
Young Zaina, must lead a caravan of precious thoroughbreds to Marrakech to take part of the most prestigious of all races : the Agdal. Along she'll have to face powerful OMAR and learn to trust her newly discovered father Mustapha.
Black Butterflies
Low on inspiration for his second book, a gloomy novelist agrees to write a memoir for a dying man — and swiftly becomes part of his bloodstained past.
Days of Glory
1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous” soldiers, to liberate the “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy. Heroes that history has forgotten…
London River
After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 terror attacks on the city, two strangers come to discover their respective children had been living together at the time of the attacks
Filmography
as Self - Guest
as Samuel
as Malik
as Kronos
as Moussa
as Carrel
as Victor Deneulin
as Mehdi
as Slimane Hamadi
as Saïd
as Fares Ben Youssef
as Mehdi
as Dr. Almeida
as Hakim Zeroual
as Benoît Belgarde
as Samir
as Labarthe
as Yanis
as Sam
as Medhi
as Nabil
as Christian Fellous
as Jean
as Antoine Harfouche
as Philippe
as Omar Raddad
as Toman
as Jean
as Abdelkader
as Karim Chaouche
as Yacine Guesmila
as L'inspecteur Saunier
as Imam
as Chris
as Casa
as Mehdi
as Lucas
as Abdelkader
as Mustapha
as Ali Redjala
as Léonard
as Charlie
as Agni (voice)
as Paul Smaïl
as Selim
as Kevin
as Fidel
as Nicolas
as Jallel
as Tom
as Félix
as Ali
as Samir Nazhde
as Assistente di Tassi
as Jean
as Marc
as Ismael
as Lofti
as Mahmoud
as Slim Touati
as Kamel