Ralph Amoussou (born 3 May 1989) is a French actor. He is known for his roles as Séby on the

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'' (2019), Samuel Becker on the OCS series '' Missions'' (2019-2021), and Paul on the Netflix series ''

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'' (2023). For his performance in the 2008 film ''

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'', he was nominated for a

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Early life

Amoussou was born in Paris and raised in Benin and Nigeria until he was twelve years old. He was named after

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. His maternal grandmother is an Ethiopian Jew, and his maternal grandfather is from the former Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day

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. His mother speaks Fon. Amoussou started acting as a teenager and landed his first role at fifteen. He trained at the Susan Batson Studio in New York.

Career

His performance in the 2008 film ''

'' earned him a nomination for Most Promising Actor at the 34th César Awards. In 2019, he played Séby on the

horror series ''

''. Between 2019 and 2021, he played the astronaut Samuel Becker in the French science-fiction television series '' Missions'', broadcast by OCS. In 2023, he starred as hotel concierge Paul Kandjo on the Netflix series ''

''. Amoussou will appear in a new re-telling of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel ''

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''; '' The Three Musketeers: Milady'', where he will play Hannibal, based on the true story of Louis Aniaba, prince of Assinie and the first Black musketeer. He will also appear in the television series ''Split'', directed by .

Filmography

Feature films

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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