Gilbert Melki (; born 12 November 1958) is a French actor.

Life and career

Nephew of actor

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('' The Acrobat''), Melki grew up in a Jewish family from Algeria. His father, an antiques dealer, came from

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and his mother was from

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. Both hid during the

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: his father in

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and his mother in

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.Gilbert Melki: fair play
Les Inrockuptibles, January 19, 2005 His father sent him to a woodworking school, but Melki only stayed a few months. At 20 he decided to move towards comedy and took multiple drama classes. Fearful of not being up to par he went to live for several years in Italy. After a first appearance on screen in 1992 in the Claude Chabrol film ''

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'', Gilbert Melki rose to prominence in 1996 through '' Would I Lie To You?'' by

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in which he played Patrick Abitbol, a great businessman and millionaire megalomaniac, a role he revisited in the sequel in 2001. His later films include the 2005 film '' Crustacés et Coquillages''. In 2012, he moved to television with the

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comedy series '' Kaboul Kitchen''.

Filmography

*1992 : ''

'' by Claude Chabrol *1997 : ''

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*1998 : ' by : ''

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*1999 : ''

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*2000 : ''

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'' by Philippe Berenger : '' La Taule'' by Alain Robak *2001 : ''

A Hell of a Day ''A Hell of a Day'' (original title: ''Reines d'un jour'') is a 2001 French comedy film directed by Marion Vernoux. Cast * Karin Viard : Hortense Lassalle * Hélène Fillières : Marie Larue * Victor Lanoux : Maurice Degombert * Jane Birkin : ...

'' by Marion Vernoux : ' by Antoine de Caunes : '' La Vérité si je mens ! 2'' by

*2002 : ''

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: '' Au plus près du paradis'' by

*2003 : '' Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran'' by

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: '' Rencontre avec le dragon'' by Hélène Angel *2004 : '' Les Temps qui changent (Changing Times)'' by André Téchiné : '' Prendre femme'' by Ronit Elkabetz and

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: '' Incautos'' by

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: '' Confidences trop intimes (Intimate Strangers)'' by Patrice Leconte *2005 : '' Angel-A'' by

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*2006 : '' Crustacés et coquillages (Cockles and Muscles)'' by

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and Jacques Martineau : '' Ça brûle'' by Claire Simon : '' La Raison du plus faible'' by

: '' Mr. Average'' *2007 : '' Le Deuxième Souffle'' by

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Anna M. ''Anna M.'' is a 2007 French thriller film, written and directed by Michel Spinosa and starring Isabelle Carré and Gilbert Melki. Plot Anna, a somewhat introverted woman, becomes obsessed with the orthopedic surgeon who helped with her recuperat ...

'' by Michel Spinosa : '' Très bien, merci'' by

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: '' Cowboy'' by Benoît Mariage : '' Le Tueur'' by Cédric Anger *2008 : ''

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'' by Stéphane Giusti : ''

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'' by

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*2009 : '' Accomplices'' by Frédéric Mermoud *2010 : '' Le Mac'' by Pascal Bourdiaux : '' L’Avocat'' by Cédric Anger *2012 *: '' La vérité si je mens ! 3'' by

*2016 *: '' Vendeur'' by Sylvain Desclous *2019 *: '' Le Bazar de la Charité'' by Alexandre Laurent

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Melki, Gilbert 1968 births Living people French male film actors French male television actors French people of Algerian descent Male actors from Paris Jewish French male actors 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors