Lotfi Abdelli ( ar, لطفي العبدلي, born March 14, 1970, in

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) is a Tunisian actor and comedian.

Biography

Lotfi Abdelli started his artistic career as a dancer in Tunis Conservatory, under the direction of Anne-Marie Sellami, and then in the ballet of the National Theatre of Tunisia, under the direction of Mohamed Driss, also in the Tunisian national ballet, under the direction of Odile Cougoule (''Histoires d'elles'' show in 1991), Nawel Skandrani and Imed Jemâa in her company, ''the Dance Theater''. He participated as a dancer in the show of ''Hadhra'' by Fadhel Jaziri. Couv-Tunivisions Mars 2012

In film acting, he won the award of best performance by an actor in the Carthage Film Festival of 2006 for his role in the film ''

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'' by

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. In August 2012, his one-man show ''100% Hallal'' was cancelled by

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st protesters, who claimed they wanted to pray in the room that was reserved for the show as a way of disrupting it. In June 2015, he presented the show ''Chich Bich'' on the Attessia TV channel. He took advantage to be reconciled with

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three years later, an altercation with him on the show ''Sans éloge'' on

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. In 2015 and 2016, Abdelli received the award of the best comedian for his role in ''Bolice'' and the award of the

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star in ''Romdhane Awards'', organized by

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. In December 2015, he won the prize for best actor for his performance in Farès Naânaâ's film ''Les Frontières du ciel'' at the twelfth

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. In September 2017, Abdelli opened a

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. And then in December he launched a new television show called ''Abdelli ShowTime'' broadcast on the Attessia TV channel. In June 2019 he announced that he wants to become a shareholder in the channel. In 2019, Lotfi created his one-man show ''Just Abdelli 100% Tabou.''

Cinema

Feature films

Medium-length films

* 2008 : ''Penalty'' (Dharbet Jazzaa) by

Short films

Television

TV series

TV shows

Theater

* 2006 : ''Borj Eddalou'' by Taoufik El Ayeb * 2009 : ''Made in Tunisia'' by Chedly Arfaoui * 2015 : ''Abdelli Best Of Show'' * 2019 : ''Just Abdelli 100% Tabou'' by Rabi Tekali

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdelli, Lotfi 1970 births Living people Tunisian male television actors Tunisian male film actors Tunisian male stage actors People from Tunis