Youssef Hajdi, born June 8, 1979, in Tarascon, is a French actor.
Biography edit
Born in Tarascon in Bouches-du-Rhône to Moroccan parents, he grew up in Beaucaire.[1] He went to Paris at age 20, where he worked in cafe-theatre and at the théâtre de l’Avancée. Then from 2002 to 2005, he studied acting with Jack Waltzer, a lifetime member of the Actors Studio.[2]
His first film role was in 13 m² by Barthélémy Grossmann, which earned him a 2008 nomination for the Césars award in 2008. He acted in Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec by Luc Besson and in Micmacs à tire-larigot by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. In 2012, he joined Omar Sy and Laurent Lafitte in De l'autre côté du périph, a film by David Charhon. As well, he appeared with Éric Judor in the film Mohamed Dubois by Ernesto Ona in 2013.
In 2014, he acted in La Dernière Échappée,[3] a film by Fabien Onteniente, in which Hajdi played Eddy Clavel, a doctor who treated Laurent Fignon (Samuel Le Bihan). In 2015, he did voice acting for the animated film Pourquoi j'ai pas mangé mon père by Jamel Debbouze.
Filmography edit
Films edit
- 2007 : Truands by Frédéric Schoendoerffer
- 2007 : 13 m² by Barthélémy Grossmann
- 2007 : L'invité by Laurent Bouhnik
- 2008 : La Première Étoile by Lucien Jean-Baptiste
- 2008 : Black by Pierre Laffargue
- 2009 : Micmacs à tire-larigot by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- 2010 : Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec by Luc Besson
- 2011 : Halal police d'État by Rachid Dhibou
- 2011 : La Ligne droite by Régis Wargnier
- 2011 : Low Cost by Maurice Barthélemy
- 2011 : Les Hommes libres by Ismaël Ferroukhi
- 2012 : De l'autre côté du périph by David Charhon
- 2013 : Mohamed Dubois by Ernesto Ona
- 2013 : Gibraltar by Julien Leclercq
- 2013 : Au bonheur des ogres by Nicolas Bary
- 2014 : Vincent n'a pas d'écailles by Thomas Salvador
- 2014 : Tête baissée by Kamen Kalev
- 2015 : Les Nouvelles Aventures d'Aladin by Arthur Benzaquen
- 2015 : Braqueurs by Julien Leclercq
- 2017 : Problemos by Éric Judor
- 2018 : Larguées by Éloïse Lang
- 2018 : Pupille by Jeanne Herry
- 2019 : Le Daim by Quentin Dupieux
- 2019 : Damien veut changer le monde by Xavier de Choudens
- 2019 : Bêtes blondes by Maxime Matray, Alexia Walther
- 2019 : Divorce Club by Michaël Youn
- 2019 : C'est la vie by Julien Rambaldi
- 2022 : Bigbug by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
External links edit
- Youssef Hajdi on CinéArtistes