Mehdi Nebbou is a French actor

Actor

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 born in Bayonne

Bayonne

Bayonne is a city and commune in south-western France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, of which it is a sub-prefecture...

, France

France

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 to a German

Germany

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 mother and an Algerian

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

 father.

Career

Mehdi Nebbou started his career by playing in the movie My Sweet Home, directed by Filipos Tsitos.

In 2004, the director Samir Nasr offered him the leading role in the movie Seeds of Doubt. The movie won the Golden Gate Award

Golden Gate Award

Golden Gate Award may refer to:* A film award at the San Francisco International Film Festival* An award part of the GLAAD Media Awards...

 for best movie, at the San Francisco Film Festival. 2005 was a turning point in Nebbou's career thanks to the movie Schläfer by German movie director Benjamin Heisenberg. The movie received excellent reviews and was selected for the 2005 Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

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In 2006 he played Ali Hassan Salameh in the Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...

 blockbuster movie Munich

Munich (film)

Munich is a 2005 historical fiction film about the Israeli government's secret retaliation attacks after the massacre of Israeli athletes by the Black September terrorist group during the 1972 Summer Olympics. The film stars Eric Bana and was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg...

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In 2007 for his performance in Teresas Zimmer directed by German movie director Constanze Knoche, he won the award for best actor First Steps Awards 

In 2008 he played Nizar in the Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott

Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists , Alien , Blade Runner , Legend , Thelma & Louise , G. I...

 blockbuster movie Body of Lies

Body of Lies (film)

Body of Lies is a 2008 American spy film directed by Ridley Scott. Set in the Middle East, it follows the attempts of the CIA and Jordanian Intelligence to catch "al-Saleem", a fictional jihadist terrorist...

 facing Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is an American actor and film producer. He has received many awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Aviator , and has been nominated by the Academy Awards, Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television...

In addition, he played in several French TV series and movies, among them his astonishing performance of a disabled ex-middleweight boxing world champion in Douce France for which he won the award for best actor at 2009 Rochelle TV Festival . He also played Mustafa Larbi, a sadistic and unpredictibile drug dealer in the Season 2 of Spiral

Spiral (TV series)

Engrenages is a French television police drama series created by the TV production company Son et Lumière. It is marketed in the English speaking world as Spiral. The first eight episodes series started on Canal+ in France on 13 December 2005...

, the successful Canal+ series.

In 2010 he played Bruno in the Salvatore Allocca Italian romantic comedy Come trovare nel modo giusto l'uomo sbagliato and in 2011 Amin in the French action film Forces spéciales

Forces spéciales

Forces spéciales is a 2011 French war adventure film by Stéphane Rybojad which was shot in France, Djibouti and Tajikistan. The French version is partly in English but a release date for a completely English version wasn't officially announced yet.-Plot:In Afghanistan the renowned journalist Elsa...

 with Diane Krüger

Diane Kruger

Diane Kruger is a German actress and former fashion model. She is known for roles such as Helen in Troy, Dr. Abigail Chase in National Treasure and its sequel, Bridget von Hammersmark in Inglourious Basterds, Anna in Mr...

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He is fluent in French, German, English and Italian.

Considered one of the 11 most exciting european actors.

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