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person_profile-Simon Abkarian

Simon Abkarian Age: 62

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Simon Abkarian

Date of Birth:

Mar 05, 1962

Country of birth:

France

Biography of

Simon Abkarian

    Simon Abkarian (born 5 March 1962) is a French-Armenian actor.

    Born in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, of Armenian descent, Abkarian spent his childhood in Lebanon. He moved to Los Angeles, where he joined an Armenian theater company managed by Gerald Papazian. He returned to France in 1985, settling in Paris. He took classes at the Acting International school, then he joined Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil.

    Abkarian left the Théâtre du Soleil in 1993 and played in 2001 "Beast on the Moon" by Richard Kalinoski, directed by Irina Brook, a play about the life of a survivor of the Genocide of the Armenians, a role which won him critical acclaims and the Molière of the best comedian.

    His first roles in cinema were proposed by French filmaker Cédric Klapisch, who asked him to play in several of his movies, notably in "Chacun cherche son chat" ("When the Cat is Away" (1996) and in "Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire)" en 2003.

    He was featured in Sally Potter's Yes (2004), in which he played the lead role.

    Abkarian then played Mehdi Ben Barka in the thriller "J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka" by Serge Le Péron, about the kidnapping and the murder of the leader of the Moroccan opposition. He then played in "Prendre Femme" by Ronit Elkabetz which won him several interpretation prizes. Playing different roles and in different genres, he was featured in the adventure "Zaïna, cavalière de l'Atlas" by Bourlem Guerdjou, in the comedy "Le Démon de midi" by Marie-Pascale Osterriet. He has also appeared in Atom Egoyan's Ararat (2002), he was Albert in Almost Peaceful (2004) by French Director Michel Deville a film about Holocaust survivors, he was featured in "Your Dreams" (2005) by Denis Thybaud. He played the role of villain Alex Dimitrios in the James Bond film, Casino Royale. The character is a Government contractor and arms dealer working against Bond.

    He was featured as Sahak in the thriller "Les Mauvais Joueurs" ("The Gamblers") (2007) by Frédéric Balekdjian. He has also been the voice of Ebi in the French version of the animated feature "Persepolis". Abkarian played the role of the eminent Armenian poet Missak Manouchianin in "Army of Crime" (2010) by Robert Guédiguian, a French filmaker based in Marseilles, who is also of Armenian parentage.

    He has also played Dariush Bakhshi, the Iranian Special Consul, in the BBC drama Spooks MI-5.

    Abkarian is known for his intensity in acting and for his ecclectism in the roles he choses.

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Filmography of

Simon Abkarian

Found 66 Movies in total

The 4th Wall

Marwan ( Actor )

... 2025

Overdose

Daniel Prat ( Actor )

... 2022

The Way to Happiness

Saül Birnbaum ( Actor )

... 2022

Restless

Marelli ( Actor )

... 2022

Cop Goes Missing

Tristan ( Actor )

... 2022

Off-Season

Anthony ( Actor )

... 2021

Permis de construire

Müller ( Actor )

... 2021

... 2021

The Damned of the Comnune

Narrateur (voice) ( Actor )

... 2021

The Audition

Philippe ( Actor )

... 2019

Someone, Somewhere

Mansour ( Actor )

... 2019

The Swallows of Kabul

Atiq (voice) ( Actor )

... 2019

... 2019

Rebels

Simon Bénéké, Sandra's father ( Actor )

... 2019

The Sonata

Charles Vernais ( Actor )

... 2018

Cyrano, My Love

Ange Fleury ( Actor )

... 2018

Journey from Greece

Kakourgos ( Actor )

... 2017

Overdrive

Jacomo Morier ( Actor )

... 2017

Scribe

Gerfaut ( Actor )

... 2016

Chouf

Le libanais ( Actor )

... 2016

Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad

Hovannès Alexandrian ( Actor )

... 2015

1915

Simon ( Actor )

... 2015

The Cut

Krikor ( Actor )

... 2014

Colt 45

Commander Luc Denard ( Actor )

... 2014

... 2014

Angelique

L'avocat François Desgrez ( Actor )

... 2013

The Marchers

Le père de Farid ( Actor )

... 2013

Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi?

Abraham Drucker ( Actor )

... 2012

Zarafa

Hassan (voice) ( Actor )

... 2012

Force

Jimi Weiss ( Actor )

... 2011

Turk's Head

Le veuf ( Actor )

... 2010

Rage

Merlin ( Actor )

... 2009

Army of Crime

Missak Manouchian ( Actor )

... 2009

Secrets of State

Al Barad ( Actor )

... 2008

The Wedding Song

Raoul ( Actor )

... 2008

A Day at the Museum

Gilles Paulin ( Actor )

... 2008

Khamsa

Père ( Actor )

... 2008

A World of Ours

L'oncle de Noé (voice) ( Actor )

... 2008

The Seven Days

Eliyau ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2008

L'Affaire Ben Barka

le général Oufkir, ministre marocain de l'intérieur ( Actor )

... 2008

Rendition

Said Abdel Aziz ( Actor )

... 2007

New Délire

Gunter (voice) ( Actor )

... 2007

Persepolis

Marjane's Father (voice) ( Actor )

... 2007

Trivial

Pierre ( Actor )

... 2007

Casino Royale

Alex Dimitrios ( Actor )

... 2006

The Snake

Sam ( Actor )

... 2006

Armenia

Sarkis Arabian ( Actor )

... 2006

I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed

Mehdi Ben Barka ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2005

Yes

He ( Actor )

... 2005

The Demon Stirs

Julien Cestac ( Actor )

... 2005

Les mauvais joueurs

Sahak ( Actor )

... 2005

In Your Dreams

Wilson ( Actor )

... 2005

To Take A Wife

Eliyahoo ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2003

The Legend of Princess Parva

Swami (voice) ( Actor )

... 2003

Almost Peaceful

Albert ( Actor )

... 2002

Aram

Aram ( Actor )

... 2002

The Truth About Charlie

Lieutenant Dessalines ( Actor )

... 2002

Ararat

Arshile Gorky ( Actor )

... 2002

Lila Lili

Simon ( Actor )

... 1999

... 1997

... 1997

The Silence of Rak

Customer ( Actor )

... 1997

When the Cat's Away

Carlos ( Actor )

... 1996