1962-03-05 Gonesse, Val d'Oise, France
Simon Abkarian (born 5 March 1962) is a French-Armenian actor. Born in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, of Armenian descent, Abkarian spent his childhood in Lebanon. He moved to Los Angeles, where he joined an Armenian theater company managed by Gerald Papazian. He returned to France in 1985, settling in Paris. He took classes at the Acting International school, then he joined Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil. Abkarian left the Théâtre du Soleil in 1993 and played in 2001 "Beast on the Moon" by Richard Kalinoski, directed by Irina Brook, a play about the life of a survivor of the Genocide of the Armenians, a role which won him critical acclaims and the Molière of the best comedian. His first roles in cinema were proposed by French filmaker Cédric Klapisch, who asked him to play in several of his movies, notably in "Chacun cherche son chat" ("When the Cat is Away" (1996) and in "Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire)" en 2003. He was featured in Sally Potter's Yes (2004), in which he played the lead role. Abkarian then played Mehdi Ben Barka in the thriller "J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka" by Serge Le Péron, about the kidnapping and the murder of the leader of the Moroccan opposition. He then played in "Prendre Femme" by Ronit Elkabetz which won him several interpretation prizes. Playing different roles and in different genres, he was featured in the adventure "Zaïna, cavalière de l'Atlas" by Bourlem Guerdjou, in the comedy "Le Démon de midi" by Marie-Pascale Osterriet. He has also appeared in Atom Egoyan's Ararat (2002), he was Albert in Almost Peaceful (2004) by French Director Michel Deville a film about Holocaust survivors, he was featured in "Your Dreams" (2005) by Denis Thybaud. He played the role of villain Alex Dimitrios in the James Bond film, Casino Royale. The character is a Government contractor and arms dealer working against Bond. He was featured as Sahak in the thriller "Les Mauvais Joueurs" ("The Gamblers") (2007) by Frédéric Balekdjian. He has also been the voice of Ebi in the French version of the animated feature "Persepolis". Abkarian played the role of the eminent Armenian poet Missak Manouchianin in "Army of Crime" (2010) by Robert Guédiguian, a French filmaker based in Marseilles, who is also of Armenian parentage. He has also played Dariush Bakhshi, the Iranian Special Consul, in the BBC drama Spooks MI-5. Abkarian is known for his intensity in acting and for his ecclectism in the roles he choses. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Abkarian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .
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Le quatrième mur | Marwan | 2025-01-15 |
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Comme des riches | 2025-07-23 | |
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Mémoires de Palestine | Narrator (voice) | 2023-12-19 |
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Sans répit | Antoine Marelli | 2022-02-25 |
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Le Chemin du bonheur | Saül Birnbaum | 2022-06-15 |
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Overdose | Daniel Prat | 2022-11-04 |
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Electre des bas-fonds | 2022-05-01 | |
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Selon la police | Tristan | 2022-02-23 |
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Basse saison | Anthony | 2021-11-26 |
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מחברות שחורות | 2021-07-07 | |
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Les Damnés de la Commune | Narrateur (voice) | 2021-03-16 |
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Permis de construire | Müller | 2021-11-15 |
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Le dernier jour du jeûne | 2020-12-17 | |
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Ce soir-là et les jours d'après | Karan | 2019-06-26 |
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Les Hirondelles de Kaboul | Atiq (voice) | 2019-09-04 |
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Deux moi | Mansour | 2019-09-11 |
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Rebelles | Simon Bénéké, Sandra's father | 2019-01-17 |
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Das Vorspiel | Philippe | 2019-11-06 |
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Edmond | Ange Fleury | 2018-11-10 |
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The Sonata | Charles Vernais | 2018-11-15 |
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J'ai tué ma femme | Le patron du café | 2017-02-04 |
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Overdrive | Jacomo Morier | 2017-06-16 |
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Djam | Kakourgos | 2017-08-09 |
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Chouf | Le libanais | 2016-10-05 |
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La Mécanique de l'ombre | Gerfaut | 2016-10-19 |
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Il était une fois... « Le procès de Viviane Amsalem » | Self | 2016-11-29 |
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La vengeance des Arméniens, Le procès Tehlirian | Narrator | 2015-04-28 |
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1915 | Simon | 2015-04-17 |
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Une histoire de fou | Hovannès Alexandrian | 2015-11-11 |
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Colt 45 | Commander Luc Denard | 2014-08-06 |
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The Cut | Krikor | 2014-10-16 |
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גט: המשפט של ויויאן אמסלם | Elisha | 2014-06-25 |
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La Marche | Le père de Farid | 2013-11-27 |
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Angélique | L'avocat François Desgrez | 2013-12-18 |
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Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi? | Abraham Drucker | 2012-12-19 |
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Zarafa | Hassan (voice) | 2012-01-25 |
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De force | Jimi Weiss | 2011-10-26 |
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Les Amants naufragés | Milo Garavan | 2011-06-13 |
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Tête de Turc | Le veuf | 2010-03-31 |
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Comme une ombre | Vincent | 2010-12-21 |
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Rage | Merlin | 2009-09-24 |
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L'Armée du crime | Missak Manouchian | 2009-09-16 |
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Petites révélations | 2008-04-09 | |
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Un Monde à nous | L'oncle de Noé (voice) | 2008-07-16 |
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L'Affaire Ben Barka | le général Oufkir, ministre marocain de l'intérieur | 2008-01-21 |
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שבעה | Eliyau | 2008-05-05 |
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Khamsa | Khamsa's Father | 2008-10-08 |
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Musée haut, musée bas | Gilles Paulin | 2008-11-19 |
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Le Chant des Mariées | Raoul | 2008-11-24 |
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Secret Défense | Al Barad | 2008-12-10 |
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Le Menteur : La Pièce ! | Lelio | 2008-11-20 |
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Persepolis | Marjane's Father (voice) | 2007-06-27 |
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New Délire | Gunter (voice) | 2007-07-04 |
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Rendition | Said Abdel Aziz | 2007-09-07 |
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La Disparue de Deauville | Pierre | 2007-05-23 |
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Le serpent | Sam | 2006-10-21 |
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Casino Royale | Alex Dimitrios | 2006-11-14 |
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Le Voyage en Arménie | Sarkis Arabian | 2006-06-28 |
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Dans tes rêves | Wilson | 2005-04-13 |
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J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka | Mehdi Ben Barka | 2005-11-02 |
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Les mauvais joueurs | Sahak | 2005-04-20 |
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Le Démon de midi | Julien Cestac | 2005-06-22 |
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Zaïna, cavalière de l'Atlas | Omar | 2005-10-26 |
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Yes | He | 2005-08-05 |
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S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre | Cesari | 2005-11-29 |
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ולקחת לך אישה | Eliyahoo | 2004-06-01 |
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Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire) | Freddy | 2003-03-05 |
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La légende de Parva | Swami (voice) | 2003-02-12 |
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Ararat | Arshile Gorky | 2002-05-20 |
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Un monde presque paisible | Albert | 2002-12-18 |
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The Truth About Charlie | Lieutenant Dessalines | 2002-10-25 |
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Aram | Aram | 2002-11-27 |
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Lila Lili | Simon | 1999-01-06 |
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Tempête dans un verre d'eau | 1997-12-10 | |
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Le silence de Rak | Customer | 1997-07-09 |
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J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici | Simon | 1997-10-01 |
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Chacun cherche son chat | Carlos | 1996-04-03 |
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Ana El Awan | 1994-01-02 | |
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Le Poisson rouge | Customer | 1994-01-01 |
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Le lièvre | ||
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Playground | The Father | |
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Indic | Lakhdar | |
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De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre | Charles De Gaulle | |
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De Gaulle – Partie 2 | Charles De Gaulle | |
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Dieu reconnaîtra les siens |
