Reda Kateb (; ; born 27 July 1977) is a French

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

Life and career

Kateb was born in

Ivry-sur-Seine Ivry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Paris's main Asian district, the Quartier Asiatique in the 13th arrondissement, borders the ...

, France, to an Algerian actor, Malek-Eddine Kateb, and a French nurse of Czech and Italian origin. He is a grandnephew of the Algerian writer

Kateb Yacine Kateb Yacine (; 2 August 1929 or 6 August 1929 – 28 October 1989) was an Algerian writer notable for his novels and Play (theatre), plays, both in French language, French and Algerian Arabic, and his advocacy of the Berberism, Berber caus ...

. He grew up in Ivry-sur-Seine, in the Paris region, where he lived until 2011 before moving to Montreuil. His short film ''Pitchoune'' was presented in the Directors' Fortnight section at the

2015 Cannes Film Festival The 68th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 24 May 2015. Coen brothers, Ethan and Joel Coen were the Co-Presidents of the Jury for the main competition, marking the first time that two people co-chaired the jury. Since the Coen brothers ...

Political views

In June 2024, Katab signed a petition addressed to French President

Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He was Ministry of Economy and Finance (France), Minister of Economics, Industr ...

demanding France to officially recognize the

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Filmography

As actor

Film

Television series

As film director/screenwriter

Awards and nominations

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kateb, Reda 1977 births Living people Male actors from Paris French male film actors French male television actors French people of Algerian descent French people of Czech descent French people of Italian descent People from Ivry-sur-Seine Male actors from Île-de-France 21st-century French male actors Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Best Supporting Actor César Award winners French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters Algerian people of Italian descent Algerian people of Czech descent