Soufiane Guerrab

French actor

Soufiane Guerrab
Guerrab in 2017
Born	Paris, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present
Known for	Lupin

Soufiane Guerrab is a French actor best known to international audiences for his role as police detective Youssef Guedira in the Netflix mystery series Lupin.

Early life

Born to Algerian parents,^[1]^[2] Guerrab grew up in Rosny-sous-Bois, in the eastern suburbs of Paris.^[3] Before getting into acting at the age of 18, he composed music.^[3]

Career

Guerrab received his first major role in the series Les Beaux Mecs,^[4] followed by several supporting roles in the films The Measure of a Man, Dheepan, and Two Birds, One Stone. In 2017, he received the Rendez-vous Award at the Cabourg Film Festival for his role as Farid in the film Patients.^[5] In 2018, Guerrab created the Tapis Bleu film festival, based in Rosny-sous-Bois and sponsored by poet and filmmaker Grand Corps Malade.^[6]^[7]

Since 2021, he has appeared in the Netflix mystery comedy series Lupin.^[8]

He plays a major role in the 2022 TF1 TV series Visions, which premiered at Canneseries that year.^[9]^[10] The show, directed by Akim Isker, also stars Louane Emera, Jean-Hugues Anglade, and Julien Boisselier.^[11]

Filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year	Title	Role
2006	Girlfriends	Alexandre
2009	Tellement proches	Francky
2009	District 13: Ultimatum	Guy at the supermarket
2012	Paulette	Zak
2015	The Night Watchman	Ziad
	The Measure of a Man	Arrested young man
	Dheepan	Guard
	All Three of Us	Elyess
2016	Two Birds, One Stone	Marcel / Mars
2017	Patients	Farid
2017	Burn Out	Man at motorway rest stop
2019	School Life

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Les Beaux Mecs	Kenz	8 episodes
2013	The Tunnel	Yacine Cherfi	2 episodes
2014	Julie Lescaut		1 episode
2016	Braquo	Majid Aquati	3 episodes
2018	Call My Agent!	Sami Abadi, server	1 episode
2019	Spiral	Kader	3 episodes
2022	Visions	Romain Sauvant	6 episodes
2021–present	Lupin	Youssef Guedira	17 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Award	Work	Result
2017	Cabourg Film Festival^[5]	Rendez-vous Award	Patients	Won

References

^ "Netflix – Lupin : L'Algérienne Shirine Boutella fait la Une mondiale" [Netflix – Lupin: Algerian Shirine Boutella makes world headlines]. Dzair Daily. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ "In Netflix's 'Lupin', a new hero avenges Europe's racist past: The immigrant worker". Los Angeles Times. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Soufiane Guerrab, a modest and radiant optimism". Hollington. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "L'acteur des "Beaux Mecs" tourne dans son quartier" [The actor from "Beaux Mecs" films in his neighborhood]. Le Parisien. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "31e Festival du film de Cabourg : Soufiane Guerrab et Lena Magnien, lauréats du prix Premiers rendez-vous" [31st Cabourg Film Festival: Soufiane Guerrab and Lena Magnien, winners of the Premiers rendez-vous prize]. Actu.fr. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "Rosny-sous-Bois : les jeunes de quartier ont leur festival de cinéma" [Rosny-sous-Bois: neighborhood youth have their film festival]. leparisien.fr (in French). 3 July 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Le festival Tapis Bleu ouvre pour la toute première fois ses portes" [Tapis Bleu festival opens for the very first time]. clique.tv (in French). 5 July 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "'Lupin' Tops Netflix Series With 70M Households Bingeing Its First 28 Days". Forbes. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Beyond Signs". CANNESERIES (in French). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
^ "VISIONS: Special screening at Canneseries 2022 – eric neveux". eric neveux – composer. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
^ Visions at IMDb