Samy Naceri

French actor (born 1961)

Samy Naceri
Naceri at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival
Born	Saïd Naceri (1961-07-02) 2 July 1961 (age 62) Paris, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present

Saïd Naceri (Arabic: سعيد ناصري; born 2 July 1961), known as Samy Naceri (French: [sami naseʁi]), is a French actor known for his work in the four Taxi films and The Code (La Mentale).

Early life and career

Naceri was born to an Algerian Berber Kabyle father and a French mother in the 4th arrondissement of Paris and spent his childhood in the Parisian suburb of Fontenay-sous-Bois. His brother is Bibi Naceri, who co-wrote and co-starred in international hit film District 13. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in the film Days of Glory at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Personal life

Stemming from a substance abuse charge in 2003, Naceri was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment with deferment, had his driving licence suspended for three years, and was penalized with a €5,000 fine for a road rage incident in which he smashed a car and assaulted one of its occupants.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

In November 2005, after waiting for a late guest, Naceri attacked a 22-year-old man with an ashtray at a Paris restaurant.^[6] The actor was convicted for assault and spent two months in jail.^[7] He was released in February 2006. Then, in December 2006 he was imprisoned for racially abusing police officers.^[8] In January 2007 he was accused of attempted murder after stabbing a security guard in Aix-en-Provence. He was sentenced to nine months in prison (six months suspended) for violence and was also sentenced to one month in prison for assaulting two guards at a medical center where he was being treated for overdosing on drugs.^[9]^[10]

Filmography

1980: Inspector Blunder (Extra)
1989: La Révolution française directed by Robert Enrico and Richard T. Heffron (uncredited)
1994: Léon directed by Luc Besson
1994: Frères directed by Olivier Dahan
1995: Coup de vice directed by Zak Fishman
1995: Raï directed by Thomas Gilou
1996: Malik le maudit directed by Youcef Hamidi
1996: La Légende de Dede directed by Antonio Olivares
1997: Bouge! directed by Jérôme Cornuau
1997: Autre chose à foutre qu'aimer directed by Carole Giacobbi
1998: Taxi directed by Gérard Pirès
1998: Cantique de la racaille directed by Vincent Ravalec
1999: Un pur moment de rock'n'roll directed by Manuel Boursinhac
1999: Une pour toutes directed by Claude Lelouch
2000: Taxi 2 directed by Gérard Krawczyk
2000: Là-bas, mon pays directed by Alexandre Arcady
2001: Le Petit Poucet directed by Olivier Dahan
2001: Nid de guêpes (The Nest) directed by Florent Emilio Siri
2001: La Merveilleuse Odyssée de l'idiot toboggan directed by Vincent Ravalec
2001: The Repentant directed by Laetitia Masson
2001: Féroce directed by Gilles de Maistre
2002: La Mentale directed by Manuel Boursinhac
2002: Concerto pour un violon directed by Gilles de Maistre
2002: Disparu directed by Gilles de Maistre
2002: Tapis volant directed by Youcef Hamidi
2003: Taxi 3 directed by Gérard Krawczyk
2003: Finding Nemo directed by Andrew Stanton (voice of Crush the sea turtle in the French dubbed version)
2004: Bab el web directed by Merzak Allouache
2006: Indigènes directed by Rachid Bouchareb
2007: Taxi 4 directed by Gérard Krawczyk
2008: Des poupées et des anges directed by Nora Hamidi
2012: Ce que le jour doit à la nuit, directed by Alexandre Arcady
2013: Tip Top
2013: Günahsız Günahım (MV)
2015: Heliopsis, directed by Sandra Kobanovitch^[11]
2021: Redemption Day, directed by Hicham Hajji
2023: Atoman, directed by Anouar Moatassim

Awards and nominations

Winner

2006: Cannes Film Festival - Best Actor

1995: Locarno International Film Festival - Best Actor

1995: Festival du Film de Paris - Special Mention

Nominated

1999: Cesar Award for Most Promising Actor

References

^ "Festival de Cannes: Days of Glory". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
^ Philippe DU TANNEY, Les nouvelles frasques de Samy Naceri, in Le Figaro, no. 17644, jeudi 3 mai 2001, p. 16
^ Philippe DU TANNEY, Sami Naceri condamné pour injures, dans Le Figaro, no. 17668, jeudi 31 mai 2001, p. 11
^ Philippe du TANNEY, Le timide repentir de Samy Naceri, in Le Figaro, no. 18071, samedi 14 septembre 2002, p. 10
^ Associated Press, Samy Naceri à l'amende, in Le Monde, samedi 12 octobre 2002
^ Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot, Samy l'embrouille a encore frappé, in Le Point, jeudi 1er décembre 2005, p. 82.
^ Le Monde, lundi 28 novembre 2005, p. 8
^ "French actor jailed over insults". BBC News. 14 December 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
^ "FOXNews.com - Actor Samy Naceri Sentenced in Two Cases - Celebrity Gossip – Entertainment News – Arts And Entertainment". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
^ « Samy Naceri de nouveau devant la justice ! »^{[permanent dead link]}, Peoplestar.tv, 15 Octobre 2008.
^ "The young director from Nanterre directed Samy Naceri". Le Parisien (in French). 4 January 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2023.