Salim Kechiouche (born 2 April 1979) is a French actor.

Early life

He was born to

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n parents. While 15 years old, he was first discovered by French actor director

Gaël Morel Gaël Morel (born 25 September 1972) is a French film director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Morel was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône (department), Rhône, France, a town of 30,000 inhabitants outside Lyon. He grew up in the ...

. Morel gave him his first role in a feature film, '' À Toute Vitesse'' (''Full Speed''), released in 1996. Kechiouche has acted in most of Morel's works, including ''

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'' in 1999, ''

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'' (''Three Dancing Slaves'') in 2004 and '' Après Lui'' (2007). He entered acting school and graduated in 2002. Salim Kechiouche now lives in Paris, dividing his time between cinema and the stage.

Career

Film and stage

In addition to Morel, Kechiouche has worked with other French directors such as

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, as well as with non-French directors. In 2003, Kechiouche played the role of Karim in ''Gigolo'', directed by German director Bastian Schweitzer, opposite

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. Kechiouche played a self-destructive gigolo trying to get his life back on track in the jet-set world of Paris. The film was nominated for a

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in the Best Short Film category at the 2005

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. Kechiouche has acted in short and feature films, plays and TV series. His movies include ''

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'' (2004), playing Mécir, and ''

'' (2004), released as ''Three Dancing Slaves'' in the U.S.. On stage in Paris, he played the role of Giuseppe Pelosi, the killer and lover of

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in '' Vie et Mort de Pier Paolo Pasolini'', written by

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. Kechiouche was

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champion of France in 1998 and first runner-up in

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in 1999 and in 2002. His boxing skills were used on a few occasions in some of his films where he played a boxer, such as ''

Les Amants Criminels ''Criminal Lovers'' (French title: ''Les Amants criminels'') is a 1999 psychological thriller and horror film by French director François Ozon. In fact, it is modern retelling of Hansel and Gretel. Plot High school student Alice convinces her bo ...

'', '' Archives De Nuit'', ''

'', '' Nos Retrouvailles'', and when playing himself in the experimental film ''

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''. He has appeared in full-frontal nude scenes in at least two films. In Francois Ozon's 1999 film, ''

'', released as ''Criminal Lovers'' in the U.S. A few years later, Kechiouche had a lengthy full-frontal scene in ''

''.Nick Rees-Roberts

Modeling

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produced photographs and paintings related to ''Les Amants Criminels'' and for the play ''Vie et Mort de Pier Paolo Pasolini'' in 2003. Youssef Nabil and Michel Giliberti also created a dozen paintings in 2005 and 2006. Kechiouche appeared with French actress

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in the photo series ''Doppelgänger'' (2007) by French photographer

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Filmography

Feature film

Short film

TV series

Theatre

References

External links

*
salimkechiouche.com
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