Samy Naceri

Saïd Naceri (; born 2 July 1961), known as Samy Naceri , is a French actor known for his work in the four Taxi films and The Code (La Mentale).

Early life and career Naceri was born to an Algerian Berber Kabyle father and a French mother in the 4th arrondissement of Paris and spent his childhood in the Parisian suburb of Fontenay-sous-Bois. His brother is Bibi Naceri, who co-wrote and co-starred in international hit film District 13. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in the film Days of Glory at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.

He grew up in the suburb of Paris, at Fontenay-sous-Bois. He has a son, Julian, born in 1994.

In 2024 he revealed to the public his relationship with Sofia Athéna, a young actress born in 1994.

Legal issues Stemming from a substance abuse charge in 2003, Naceri was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment with deferment, had his driving licence suspended for three years, and was penalized with a €5,000 fine for a road rage incident in which he smashed a car and assaulted one of its occupants.

In November 2005, after waiting for a late guest, Naceri attacked a 22-year-old man with an ashtray at a Paris restaurant. The actor was convicted for assault and spent two months in jail. He was released in February 2006. Then, in December 2006 he was imprisoned for racially abusing police officers. In January 2007 he was accused of attempted murder after stabbing a security guard in Aix-en-Provence. He was sentenced to nine months in prison (six months suspended) for violence and was also sentenced to one month in prison for assaulting two guards at a medical center where he was being treated for overdosing on drugs.

Filmography 1980: Inspector Blunder (Extra) 1989: La Révolution française directed by Robert Enrico and Richard T. Heffron (uncredited) 1994: Léon directed by Luc Besson 1994: Frères directed by Olivier Dahan 1995: Coup de vice directed by Zak Fishman 1995: Raï directed by Thomas Gilou 1996: Malik le maudit directed by Youcef Hamidi 1996: La Légende de Dede directed by Antonio Olivares 1997: Bouge! directed by Jérôme Cornuau 1997: Autre chose à foutre qu'aimer directed by Carole Giacobbi 1998: Taxi directed by Gérard Pirès 1998: Cantique de la racaille directed by Vincent Ravalec 1999: Un pur moment de rock'n'roll directed by Manuel Boursinhac 1999: Une pour toutes directed by Claude Lelouch 2000: Taxi 2 directed by Gérard Krawczyk 2000: Là-bas, mon pays directed by Alexandre Arcady 2001: Le Petit Poucet directed by Olivier Dahan 2001: Nid de guêpes (The Nest) directed by Florent Emilio Siri 2001: La Merveilleuse Odyssée de l'idiot toboggan directed by Vincent Ravalec 2001: The Repentant directed by Laetitia Masson 2001: Féroce directed by Gilles de Maistre 2002: La Mentale directed by Manuel Boursinhac 2002: Concerto pour un violon directed by Gilles de Maistre 2002: Disparu directed by Gilles de Maistre 2002: Tapis volant directed by Youcef Hamidi 2003: Taxi 3 directed by Gérard Krawczyk 2003: Finding Nemo directed by Andrew Stanton (voice of Crush the sea turtle in the French dubbed version) 2004: Bab el web directed by Merzak Allouache 2006: Indigènes directed by Rachid Bouchareb 2007: Taxi 4 directed by Gérard Krawczyk 2008: Des poupées et des anges directed by Nora Hamidi 2012: Ce que le jour doit à la nuit, directed by Alexandre Arcady 2013: Tip Top 2013: Günahsız Günahım (MV) 2015: Heliopsis, directed by Sandra Kobanovitch 2021: Redemption Day, directed by Hicham Hajji 2023: Atoman, directed by Anouar Moatassim 2024: The Saint 2

Awards and nominations

Winner

2006: Cannes Film Festival - Best Actor

1995: Locarno International Film Festival - Best Actor

1995: Festival du Film de Paris - Special Mention

Nominated

1999: Cesar Award for Most Promising Actor