Aboubakr Bensaihi

Aboubakr Bensaihi (born 1996), is a Belgian actor, singer and rapper of Moroccan descent. He is best known for starring as Marwan in the critically acclaimed 2015 film Black and later the 2022 film Rebel.

Early life He was born in 1996 in and raised in Molenbeek. He completed Dutch-language education at the Imelda Institute.

Career

Actor In 2014, Bensaihi was selected for the film Black by the directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Then, he played the lead male character 'Marwan' in the film Black. The film gained positive acclaim and screened at several international film festivals. He was later nominated at the Ensor Best Debut Award at Ostend Film Festival in 2016 and the Best Actor Award at Magritte Awards in 2017. With the success of the film, he joined the soap opera Thuis as 'Junes Bakkal' in 2017. In 2018, he joined the television serial Daidj.

Filmography Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2015 Black Marwan Film 2016 The Dinner Aboubakr Short film 2018 eLegal Yassine Mejri TV series 2018 Thuis Junes Bakkal TV series 2018 The Crimson Rivers Rachid TV series 2019 Binti Farid Film 2019 Women of the Night Rachid TV series 2022 Rebel Kamal Wasaki Film 2023 Mocro Maffia Idris TV series