Actor
Smaïn
January 3, 1958 · Constantine, France [now Algeria]
Smaïn (born Smaïn Fairouze, on January 3, 1958 in Constantine, Algeria) is a French comedian, humorist, writer, actor and director of Algerian descent.
Born in 1958 in Constantine, Algeria, to an unknown father and mother, Smaïn Fairouze was taken in by the children's ward of the civil hospital. In 1960, brought back to France by an administrative assistant, he joined his foster family. His adoptive father, a street sweeper at the Régie immobilière de la ville de Paris, was Algerian and his adoptive mother, a cleaning lady, was Moroccan. He attended the Notre-Dame school in Saint-Mandé and then the Saint-Michel high school in St Mandé. During his childhood, he practiced choral singing for many years.
Often works with
Michel Galabru
4 titles together
The Car Keys, The Joint Brothers, The Telephone Always Rings Twice
Dominique Lavanant
3 titles together
The Joint Brothers, La Smala, L'Œil au beur(re) noir
Daniel Russo
2 titles together
The Car Keys, The Joint Brothers
Gérard Depardieu
2 titles together
The Car Keys, The Big Brother
Jacques Villeret
2 titles together
The Joint Brothers, The Big Brother
Josiane Balasko
2 titles together
The Joint Brothers, La Smala
Full filmography · 45
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
as Doctor Farès
20235.3
The Imaginary Doctor
as Inspecteur Bachir
20225.2
Placés
as Père d'Elias
20227.2
Certifiée Halal
as Aziz Boukamache
2015
Gates of the Sun
as Slimane
2015
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
cast
2014
Un p’tit gars de Ménilmontant
as Maklouf
20135.6
Poor Richard!
as Farid
2013
The Bag of Flour
as Sarah's Father
2012
Le Carnaval des animaux
as Le père
2010
Tomboy
as Amrani
2008
Harkis
as Saïd
2008