Actor

Abdelmadjid Meskoud

March 31, 1953 · Algiers, Alger, France

Abdelmadjid Meskoud (Arabic: عبدالمجيد مسكود‎) is an Algerian singer born on March 31, 1953 in the El Hamma district of Belcourt (today Belouizdad) in Algiers, Algeria. A self-taught artist, he is credited with mastering the art of chaâbi music (Algerian musical genre, born in Algiers at the beginning of the 20th century, derived from Arab-Andalusian music from Algiers. "Chaâbi" means "popular" in Arabic , it is one of the most popular musical genres in Algeria.

Abdelmadjid Meskoud, who never went to music school, began in 1969 to strum his first guitar while first practicing comedy in the Mohamed Touri troupe from the Place du 1er-Mai which Mohamed Tahar Benhamla directed, then in the Popular Theater Troupe (TTP) which was led by Hassan El-Hassani.

Often works with

Biyouna
2 titles together
The Casbah of Algiers, Nass Mlah City
Doudja Abdoun
2 titles together
The Casbah of Algiers, Nass Mlah City
Farid Kessaissia
2 titles together
The Casbah of Algiers, Nass Mlah City

Full filmography · 4

Let Them Come
as Old Man Hotel Dar Mohand
2015
El Gusto
as Le Rire
2012
The Casbah of Algiers
cast
1993