Salim Kechiouche

Salim Kechiouche (born 2 April 1979) is a French actor.

Early life Kechiouche was born to Algerian parents in Lyon, France. At the age of 15, he was discovered by French actor and director Gaël Morel. Morel gave him his first role in a feature film, À Toute Vitesse (Full Speed), released in 1996. Kechiouche has acted in most of Morel's works, including Premières Neiges in 1999, 3 Dancing Slaves (Le Clan) in 2004 and After Him (Après lui) in 2007. He entered acting school and graduated in 2002.

Kechiouche now lives in Paris, dividing his time between cinema and the stage.

Career Film and stage In addition to Morel, Kechiouche has worked with other French directors such as François Ozon, as well as with non-French directors.

In 2003, Kechiouche played the role of Karim in Gigolo, directed by German director Bastian Schweitzer, opposite Amanda Lear. Kechiouche played a self-destructive gigolo trying to get his life back on track in the jet-set world of Paris. The film was nominated for a Golden Bear Award in the Best Short Film category at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival.

Kechiouche has acted in short and feature films, plays and TV series. His movies include Grande École (2004), playing Mécir, and Le Clan (2004), released as Three Dancing Slaves in the U.S.. On stage in Paris, he played the role of Giuseppe Pelosi, the killer and lover of Pier Paolo Pasolini in Vie et Mort de Pier Paolo Pasolini, written by Michel Azama.

Kechiouche was kick boxing champion of France in 1998 and first runner-up in Thai boxing in 1999 and in 2002. His boxing skills were used in some of his films where he played a boxer, such as Les Amants Criminels, Archives De Nuit, Le Clan, Nos Retrouvailles, and when playing himself in the experimental film Cinématon.

He has appeared in full-frontal nude scenes in at least two films: in Francois Ozon's 1999 film, Les Amants Criminels, released as Criminal Lovers in the U.S. and a few years later, in Grande École.

Modeling Pierre et Gilles produced photographs and paintings related to Les Amants Criminels and for the play Vie et Mort de Pier Paolo Pasolini in 2003. Youssef Nabil and Michel Giliberti also created a dozen paintings in 2005 and 2006. Kechiouche appeared with French actress Julie-Marie Parmentier in the photo series Doppelgänger (2007) by French photographer Raphaël Neal.

Filmography

Feature film Year Film Role Notes 1996 À Toute Vitesse Jamel Released as "Full Speed" in the USA 1999 Premières Neiges Kacem Directed by Gaël Morel 1999 Les Amants Criminels Saïd Released as "Criminal Lovers" in the USA 2004 Grande École Mécir 2004 Le Clan Hicham Released as Three Dancing Slaves in the USA 2007 L'Année Suivante Nayib By Isabelle Czajka 2007 Nos Retrouvailles Karim By David Oelhoffen 2007 After Him (Après lui) Salim Directed by Gaël Morel 2009 The String Bilal Directed by Mehdi Ben Attia 2013 Blue Is the Warmest Colour Samir Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche 2014 Être Mohamed Directed by Fara Sene 2015 Noir Kadhafi Directed by Yves Christian Fournier 2015 Voyoucratie Sam Directed by Fabrice Garçon and Kevin Ossona 2015 Foreign Body Imed Directed by Raja Amari 2017 Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno Tony Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche 2019 Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo Tony Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche 2025 Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due Tony Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche Qu'un sang impur post-production

Short film Year Film Role Notes 2004 Couscous Pour Tout Le Monde Luc By Vincent Pesci 2004 Pas Sans Moi Golden Boy Experimental short by Sandra Dalle 2005 Gigolo (color version)Archives De Nuit (black-and-white version) Karim Nominated for a Golden Bear Award at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival 2005 Temps Morts or A Summer Afternoon Saïd By Éléonore Weber 2005 Cinematon Himself Experimental film by Gérard Courant - #2,102 in the collection 2006 Yasmina Sofiane By Vincent Pesci 2006 Er-radja, Le Retour Himself Documentary with the actor going back to his roots in Algeria

TV series Year Title Episode Role 2003 Malone La Promesse de l'Ours 2004 Le Grand Patron En Quarantaine Sami 2006 Préjudices Balle Perdue 2006 Docudrama French and English La Grande Inondation Malik

Theatre Year Title Director Notes 2001 A l'Ombre d'Ambre Edmonde Franchi Radio play for Radio France Lyon 2002 Le Piqueur de Macadam Edmonde Franchi Radio play for Radio France Lyon 2002 Lumières - Une Tuerie Julien Collet Radio play for France Culture 2002 Les Derniers Jours de l'Humanité Salvadora Parras By Karl Kraus 2003 Vie et Mort de Pier Paolo Pasolini Jean Menaud Playing Giuseppe Pelosi 2005–2006 Le Centième Nom Stéphane Aucante By Michel Giliberti 2006 Les Grecs Gilbert Désveaux By Jean-Marie Besset 2006 Un Petit Pull Over Angora David Haddad David Haddad 2007 Rupture Entre Amis Frédéric Rondot Also written by Frédéric Rondot