Ahmed Benaissa
Birthday
1944/03/02
Day of death
2022/05/20 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Tlemcen, Algeria
Also know as
Ahmed Benaïssa, Ahmed Ben Aïssa, Ahmed Ben Aissa, أحمد بن عيسى
Biography
Ahmed Benaïssa (in Arabic: أحمد بن عيسى), born March 2, 1944 in Algiers and died May 20, 2022 in Cannes, is a Franco-Algerian actor. As a child, Ahmed Benaïssa was fascinated by the religious festivals of Nédroma where he spent his summer holidays and at the age of 9, in Mazouna, he played in front of another kid's 9.5mm camera for 1mn30! The magic of the show leads him to make his own cinema with cardboard. He joined his father in Paris who had retreated there after his release following indep...Read more
Acting
(2007) Arabian Nights
as Sheperd
(1971) Étoile aux dents ou Poulou le magnifique
as Jibé
(2006) Rome Rather Than You
as Policeman
(1985) The Epic of Cheikh Bouamama
as ---
(2003) Rumeur, etc.
as ---
(1977) Leila and the Others
as ---
(1994) The Female Demon
as ---
(2017) Ismael's Ghosts
as Farias
(2023) Habib
as Habib's father
(1975) Les Enfants de Novembre
as ---
(2015) Gates of the Sun
as Mohamed
(2014) Krim Belkacem
as ---
(2023) Sons of Ramses
as Younes
(2015) Profumi d'Algeri
as ---
(1982) One Roof, One Family
as ---
(1965) La Tragédie du Roi Christophe
as Juan de Dios-Martial Besse
(2016) My Revolution
as Rida
(2008) Mostefa Ben Boulaïd
as ---
(2013) Harraga Blues
as ---
(1980) Kahla wa Bayda
as Rago
(1989) Le Clandestin
as The Sheriff
(2018) Close Enemies
as Raji, "godfather" of the estate
(2013) Sotto Voce
as ---
(2010) Outside the Law
as Father
(2008) Inland
as Lakhdar
(2007) Morituri
as Commissioner Dine
(2019) Papicha
as Hafid
(2014) Mista
as ---