Ali Ammar is a

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actor.Normand Provencher
"Ali Ammar: le courage à l'épreuve"
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'', March 3, 2012. He is most noted for his performance in the film ''

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at the

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who emigrated to

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, with his family in childhood, has mild

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. At the time of his casting in ''Romeo Eleven'', in which he played a man with a physical disability trying to navigate

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, he was a psychology student at

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.Cédric Bélanger
"La chance du débutant"
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'', February 29, 2012. He has not had any other prominent acting roles since, although he did appear on an episode of the talk show '' Tout le monde en parle'' in 2012.

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* 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian male film actors Lebanese emigrants to Canada Male actors from Montreal Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-actor-stub