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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Abkarian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .

Nacimiento: 1962-03-05, Gonesse, Val d'Oise, France
Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,5 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Overdrive como Jacomo Morier

Conocido por

Casino Royale (2006) — Alex Dimitrios
Persépolis (2007) — Marjane's Father (voz)
La noche más oscura (2012) — Detainee on Monitor
La gran fuga (2017) — Jacomo Morier
Tan cerca, tan lejos (2019) — Mansour
Sin respiro (2022) — Antoine Marelli
Expediente Anwar (2007) — Said Abdel Aziz
La bataille de Gaulle - partie 1 : L'âge de fer (2026) — Charles de Gaulle

Filmografía

Le lièvre (2026)
Dieu reconnaîtra les siens
Malin Fors
Playground (2026) — The Father
La bataille de Gaulle - partie 2 : J'écris ton nom (2026) — Charles de Gaulle
La bataille de Gaulle - partie 1 : L'âge de fer (2026) — Charles de Gaulle
Desaparecida (2026) — Gaspard Drax
‎Chroniques D'un Indic (2025) — Lakhdar
Le Quatrième Mur (2025) — Marwan
Sobredosis (2022) — Daniel Prat
Notre-Dame (2022) — Max
Le Chemin du bonheur (2022) — Saül Birnbaum
Electre des bas-fonds (2022)
Sin respiro (2022) — Antoine Marelli
Un policía desaparece (2022) — Tristan
Basse saison (2021) — Anthony
Permis de construire (2021) — Müller
Le dernier jour du jeûne (2020)
Wonderland (2020) — Tony
La audición (2019) — Philippe
Tan cerca, tan lejos (2019) — Mansour
Las golondrinas de Kabul (2019) — Atiq (voz)
Ce soir-là et les jours d'après (2019) — Karan
Rebelles (2019) — Simon Bénéké, Sandra's father
The Sonata (2018) — Charles Vernais
Cartas a Roxane (2018) — Ange Fleury
Djam (2017) — Kakourgos
La gran fuga (2017) — Jacomo Morier
Playground (2017) — The Father
J'ai tué ma femme (2017) — Le patron du café
Testigo (2016) — Gerfaut
Chouf (2016) — Le libanais
Malaterra (2015) — Thomas Rotman
Una historia de locos (2015) — Hovannès Alexandrian
1915 (2015) — Simon
El padre (2014) — Krikor
Colt 45 (2014) — Commander Luc Denard
Gett: El divorcio de Viviane Amsalem (2014) — Elisha
Angélique (2013) — L'avocat François Desgrez
La Marche (2013) — Le père de Farid
Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi? (2012) — Abraham Drucker
La noche más oscura (2012) — Detainee on Monitor
Kaboul Kitchen (2012) — Colonel Amanullah
Zarafa (2012) — Hassan (voz)
De force (2011) — Jimi Weiss
Les Amants naufragés (2011) — Milo Garavan
Les Beaux Mecs (2011) — Tony Roucas
Comme une ombre (2010) — Vincent
Tête de Turc (2010) — Le veuf
Pigalle, la nuit (2009) — Nadir Zainoun
Rage (2009) — Merlin
El ejército del crimen (2009) — Missak Manouchian
Secretos de Estado (2008) — Al Barad
Le Chant des mariées (2008) — Raoul
Le Menteur : La Pièce ! (2008) — Lelio
Musée haut, musée bas (2008) — Gilles Paulin
Khamsa (2008) — Khamsa's Father
House of Saddam (2008) — Qais
Un Monde à nous (2008) — L'oncle de Noé (voz)
Los siete días (2008) — Eliyau
Petites révélations (2008)
L'Affaire Ben Barka (2008) — le général Oufkir, ministre marocain de l'intérieur
Expediente Anwar (2007) — Said Abdel Aziz
New Délire (2007) — Gunter (voz)
Persépolis (2007) — Marjane's Father (voz)
El misterio de Deauville (2007) — Pierre
Casino Royale (2006) — Alex Dimitrios
Le serpent (2006) — Sam
Le voyage en Arménie (2006) — Sarkis Arabian
S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre (2005) — Cesari
El asunto Ben Barka (2005) — Mehdi Ben Barka
Zaïna, cavalière de l'Atlas (2005) — Omar
Yes (2005) — He
Le Démon de midi (2005) — Julien Cestac
Les mauvais joueurs (2005) — Sahak
Dans tes rêves (2005) — Wilson
To Take a Wife (2004) — Eliyahoo
Ni a favor ni en contra (2003) — Freddy
La Leyenda de Parva (2003) — Swami (voz)
Un monde presque paisible (2002) — Albert
Aram (2002) — Aram
La verdad sobre Charlie (2002) — Lieutenant Dessalines
Ararat (2002) — Arshile Gorky
Spooks (Doble identidad) (2002) — Dariush Bakhshi
Lila Lili (1999) — Simon
Tempête dans un verre d'eau (1997)
J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici (1997) — Simon
Le silence de Rak (1997) — Customer
Chacun cherche son chat (1996) — Carlos
Ana El Awan (1994)
Le Poisson Rouge (1994) — Customer
La nuit miraculeuse (1989)