Driss Roukhe (born July 5, 1968) is a Moroccan actor and director.

Early life

Roukhe was born in Dyour Jdad B’ni M’Hamed, a poor neighborhood of

Meknes Meknes ( ar, مكناس, maknās, ; ber, ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ, amknas; french: Meknès) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th c ...

, and lost his father when he was 7. He practiced

theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actor, actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The p ...

in high-school and with various youth associations. He later joined the Institut supérieur d’art dramatique et d’animation culturelle (ISADAC) where he was formally trained as an actor. He first appeared in the Moroccan director

Ahmed Essyad Ahmed Essyad (born 1939 in Salé) is a Moroccan composer of classical music.Born in 1938 according to Born in Salé, he studied at the conservatory of Rabat. He moved to France in 1962, where he continued studies with Max Deutsch. Essyad has comp ...

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

, ''Le Collier des ruses'', in 1993.

Works

Films

* '' Un aller simple'' (2001) as Omar * '' La chambre noire'' (2004) * '' Le Regard'' (2005) as Ramzi * ''

Syriana ''Syriana'' is a 2005 American political thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, loosely based on Robert Baer's 2003 memoir ''See No Evil (Baer book), See No Evil''. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of George Clooney, Mat ...

'' (2005) as Guard * ''

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'' (2006) as Alarid * '' The Situation'' (2006) as Walid * ''

Les Anges de Satan ''The Satanic Angels'' (french: Les Anges de Satan) is a 2007 Moroccan film, directed by Ahmed Boulane. Synopsis ''The Satanic Angels'' is the story of fourteen young hard rock musicians who are arrested and sentenced to three months to one ye ...

'' (2007) as Kader * '' Rendition'' (2007) as Bahi * '' Arn: The Knight Templar'' (2007) as Fakhr * ''

Number One Number One most commonly refers to: * 1 (number) Number One, No. 1, or #1 may also refer to: Music Albums * ''Number 1'' (Big Bang album), and the title song * ''No. 1'' (BoA album), and the title song * ''No.1'' (EP), by CLC * ''n.1' ...

'' (2008) as Toro * ''

Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End ''Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End'' ( sv, Arn – Riket vid vägens slut) is an epic film based on Jan Guillou's trilogy about the fictional Swedish Knights Templar Arn Magnusson. It was released to cinemas in Sweden on 22 August 2008 and is th ...

'' (2008) as Fakhr * '' Secret défense'' (2008) as Natrif * '' Gud, lukt och henne'' (2008) * '' Casanegra'' (2008) as Adil's stepfather * ''

Die zwei Leben des Daniel Shore ''Die zwei Leben des Daniel Shore (The Two Lives of Daniel Shore)'' is a 2009 German film by Michael Dreher; written by him and produced by Karim Debbagh, Rüdiger Heinze, Rainer Kölmel and Stefan Sporbert. It stars Nikolai Kinski, Katharina Sch ...

'' (2009) as Commandant * ''

Green Zone The Green Zone ( ar, المنطقة الخضراء, translit=al-minṭaqah al-ḫaḍrā) is the most common name for the International Zone of Baghdad. It was a area in the Karkh district of central Baghdad, Iraq, that was the governmental ...

'' (2010) as Tahir al-Malik * '' 37 Kilometers Celsius'' (Short) (2009) * ''

Pegase PEGASE is a design for a space observatory developed by France in the early 2000s. It combined formation flying with infrared telescopes operating as a double-aperture interferometer. Three free-flying satellites would operate together;a beam combin ...

'' (2011) as Chrif * '' Agadir Bombay'' (2011) * '' Love in the Medina'' (2011) as the Le Mokkadem * ''

Ben X ''Ben X'' is a 2007 Belgian-Dutch drama film based on the novel '' Nothing Was All He Said (Dutch: Niets Was Alles Wat Hij Zei)'' by Nic Balthazar, who also directed the film. The film is about a boy with Asperger syndrome (played by Greg Timmer ...

'' (2011) * ''Or noir'' (2011) as Magrouf (English title: '' Day of the Falcon'') * '' L'enfant cheikh'' (2012) * '' Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter'' (2012) as Arahan * '' Entropya'' (Short) (2013) as Husband * ''

Traitors Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...

'' (2013) as Haj * '' L'esclave Du Mâle (Short) (2014) as Chief Inspector Bougati

Television

* '' The Passion'' (TV serial) episode #1.2 (2008) as Roman Soldier at Procession * ''The Grid'' (TV mini-series) (2004) as Saudi Customs Officer

References

External links

*
Official website
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