Hubert Koundé (born December 30, 1970) is a French actor and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. Koundé is best known for his role as Hubert in the film ''La Haine'' by

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Background

Koundé spent his childhood between

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and France, where he was born.

Career

In addition to ''La Haine'', Koundé is also the author of a play: "Cagoule: Valentine and Yamina," performed in 2003 (Cagoule: Valentin et Yamina, montée en 2003). He has made two short films: ''Qui se ressemble s'assemble'' and ''Menhir'', and co-directed a feature film: ''Paris, la métisse''. He has also worked in English-language films such as ''

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Filmography

Actor

* 1992: ''Le Temps d'une nuit'' * 1992: '' Diên Biên Phu'' by

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* 1993: '' Métisse'' by

: Jamal Saddam Abossolo M'bo * 1995: ''

La Haine ''La Haine'' (, ; released in the United States as ''Hate'') is a 1995 French crime drama film written, co-edited, and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé and Saïd Taghmaoui, the film chronicles a day and nig ...

'' by

: Hubert — nominated for the

César Award for Most Promising Actor The César Award for Most Promising Actor (french: César du meilleur espoir masculin) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize the outstanding breakthrough performance of a y ...

* 1996: ''Colis postal'' * 1996: ''La Sicilia'' by

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: Désiré Mbuyu * 1997: ''Saraka bô'' by

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: Blanche-Neige * 1997: ''

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'' by

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: Mamadou * 1998: '' Restons groupés'' by

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: Aimé * 1999: ''Simon le mage'' by Ildiko Enyedi * 2000: ''Qui se ressemble s'assemble'': le lecteur * 2000: ''Tout va bien, on s'en va'' by

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: Arthur * 2001: ''

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: Jean-Toussaint * 2001: ''Ndeysaan (Le prix du pardon)'' by

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: Yatma * 2004: ''

'' by Fernando Meirelles: Arnold Bluhm * 2011: ''

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'' by Thomas Vincent. * 2017: ''

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'' by Romain Lévy: Ulysse Abraham Bakel

Director

* 1998: ''Menhir'' (short film) * 2000: ''Qui se ressemble s'assemble'' (short film) * 2005: ''Paris, la métisse''

Writer

* 1998: ''Menhir'' (short film) * 2000: ''Qui se ressemble s'assemble'' (short film)

Television

* 1992 : ''

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'', 1 episode * 1995 : ''

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'', episode ''Meurtre à l'université'' : Francis * 1997 : ''Les Enfants du Karoo'' * 1998 : ''Maternité'' * 2005 : ''Quelques jours en avril'' : Père Salomon * 2005 : ''L'Arbre et l'oiseau'' : inspector Kwame * 2006 : ''

Plus belle la vie ''Plus belle la vie'' (More beautiful life) is a French television soap opera based on an idea by Hubert Besson and characters created by Georges Desmouceaux, Bénédicte Achard, Magaly Richard-Serrano and Olivier Szulzynger. On air since 30 Augus ...

'' : Étienne Anglade (seasons 2 and 3) * 2007 : ''

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'', episode ''Contact'' : Thierry Benesh * 2008 : '' La Cour des grands'', episode ''Alison'' : Virgil Bouaké * 2008 : ''

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'', episode ''Celui qui n'existe pas'' : Omar Touré * 2008 : ''Le Voyage de la veuve'' : Léopold * 2009 : '' Pigalle, la nuit'' : Adam * 2010 : '' 1788... et demi'' by Olivier Guignard : Balthazar Beugnot * 2011 : ''

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'' (saison 2) by Éric Valette and

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— Jonas Luanda * 2011 : '' La Couleur de l'océan'' by

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: ''Zola'' * 2012 : ''

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'' by Philippe Niang : ''

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'' * 2014 : ''La Vallée des Mensonges'' : Police lieutenant

Theater

* 2001 : ''Le Costume'' by Mothobe Mutloatse, directed by

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* 2004 : ''Cagoule'' by and directed by Hubert Koundé

Awards

* 1996:

for ''La Haine''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kounde, Hubert 1970 births Living people French male film actors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French people of Beninese descent People from Seine-Saint-Denis French male television actors