Youssef Hajdi
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
