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Simon Abkarian

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Simon Abkarian

Simon Abkarian is an actor born on March 5, 1962 in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, France. He is known for Persepolis, Overdrive and Someone, Somewhere. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
March 5, 1962
Place of birth
Gonesse, Val d'Oise, France
Also known as
Simone Abkarian

Biography

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 .

Filmography

  1. 2026De Gaulle: Libertéas Charles de Gaulle
  2. 2026De Gaulle: Résistanceas Charles de Gaulle
  3. 2026Vanishedas Gaspard Drax · 4 episodes
  4. 2025The 4th Wallas Marwan
  5. 2022Overdoseas Daniel Prat
  6. 2022Notre-Dameas Max · 6 episodes
  7. 2022Restlessas Antoine Marelli
  8. 2022Cop Goes Missingas Tristan
  9. 2021Off-Seasonas Anthony
  10. 2021Permis de construireas Müller
  11. 2020Wonderlandas Tony · 6 episodes
  12. 2019The Auditionas Philippe
  13. 2019Someone, Somewhereas Mansour
  14. 2019The Swallows of Kabulas Atiq (voice)
  15. 2019Rebelsas Simon Bénéké, Sandra's father
  16. 2018The Sonataas Charles Vernais
  17. 2018Cyrano, My Loveas Ange Fleury
  18. 2017Journey from Greeceas Kakourgos
  19. 2017Overdriveas Jacomo Morier
  20. 2016Scribeas Gerfaut
  21. 2016Choufas Le libanais
  22. 2015Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Madas Hovannès Alexandrian
  23. 20151915as Simon
  24. 2014The Cutas Krikor
  25. 2014Colt 45as Commander Luc Denard
  26. 2014Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalemas Elisha
  27. 2013Angéliqueas L'avocat François Desgrez
  28. 2013The Marchersas Le père de Farid
  29. 2012Zero Dark Thirtyas Detainee on Monitor
  30. 2012Kaboul Kitchenas Colonel Amanullah · 36 episodes
  31. 2012Zarafaas Hassan (voice)
  32. 2011Forceas Jimi Weiss
  33. 2010Turk's Headas Le veuf
  34. 2009Rageas Merlin
  35. 2009Army of Crimeas Missak Manouchian
  36. 2008Secrets of Stateas Al Barad
  37. 2008The Wedding Songas Raoul
  38. 2008A Day at the Museumas Gilles Paulin
  39. 2008Khamsaas Khamsa's Father
  40. 2008House of Saddamas Qais · 1 episode
  41. 2008A World of Oursas L'oncle de Noé (voice)
  42. 2008The Seven Daysas Eliyau
  43. 2007Renditionas Said Abdel Aziz
  44. 2007Persepolisas Marjane's Father (voice)
  45. 2007Trivialas Pierre
  46. 2006Casino Royaleas Alex Dimitrios
  47. 2006The Snakeas Sam
  48. 2006Armeniaas Sarkis Arabian
  49. 2005I Saw Ben Barka Get Killedas Mehdi Ben Barka
  50. 2005Zaina: Rider of the Atlasas Omar
  51. 2005Yesas He
  52. 2005In Your Dreamsas Wilson
  53. 2004To Take A Wifeas Eliyahoo
  54. 2003Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)as Freddy
  55. 2002Almost Peacefulas Albert
  56. 2002The Truth About Charlieas Lieutenant Dessalines
  57. 2002Araratas Arshile Gorky
  58. 2002Spooksas Dariush Bakhshi · 8 episodes
  59. 1997J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est icias Simon
  60. 1996When the Cat's Awayas Carlos