Birthday:
06-08-1979
(45 years)
Birthplace:
Tarascon, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Biography
Youssef Hajdi, born June 8, 1979 in Tarascon, is a French actor.
Born in Tarascon in Bouches-du-Rhône to Moroccan parents, he grew up in Beaucaire. He went to Paris at age 20, where he worked in cafe-theatre and at the théâtre de l’Avancée. Then from 2002 to 2005, he studied acting with Jack Waltzer, a lifetime member of the Actors Studio.
His first film role was in 13 m² by Barthélémy Grossmann, which earned him a 2008 nomination for the Césars award in 2008. He acted in Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec by Luc Besson and in Micmacs à tire-larigot by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. In 2012, he joined Omar Sy and Laurent Lafitte in De l'autre côté du périph, a film by David Charhon. As well, he appeared with Éric Judor in the film Mohamed Dubois by Ernesto Ona in 2013.
In 2014, he acted in La Dernière Échappée, a film by Fabien Onteniente, in which Hajdi played Eddy Clavel, a doctor who treated Laurent Fignon (Samuel Le Bihan). In 2015, he did voice acting for the animated film Pourquoi j'ai pas mangé mon pèreby Jamel Debbouze.
Source: Article "Youssef Hajdi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born in Tarascon in Bouches-du-Rhône to Moroccan parents, he grew up in Beaucaire. He went to Paris at age 20, where he worked in cafe-theatre and at the théâtre de l’Avancée. Then from 2002 to 2005, he studied acting with Jack Waltzer, a lifetime member of the Actors Studio.
His first film role was in 13 m² by Barthélémy Grossmann, which earned him a 2008 nomination for the Césars award in 2008. He acted in Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec by Luc Besson and in Micmacs à tire-larigot by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. In 2012, he joined Omar Sy and Laurent Lafitte in De l'autre côté du périph, a film by David Charhon. As well, he appeared with Éric Judor in the film Mohamed Dubois by Ernesto Ona in 2013.
In 2014, he acted in La Dernière Échappée, a film by Fabien Onteniente, in which Hajdi played Eddy Clavel, a doctor who treated Laurent Fignon (Samuel Le Bihan). In 2015, he did voice acting for the animated film Pourquoi j'ai pas mangé mon pèreby Jamel Debbouze.
Source: Article "Youssef Hajdi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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13 m²
Act like Reza
event2007 star_border 5.1
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Jose is looking for a way out of his small time banlieue deals. When he overhears a conversation between his girlfriend and his step-brother,he might just have found a very lucrative way.Together with his two best friends,he decides to attack an armored vehicle, full of cash. But everything goes wrong and they're forced into hiding,in a 13 square meters bunker. There, they will have to test their friendship, their motivations, as every move outside triggers even more, paranoia.
Black
Act like Al Kayd
event2009 star_border 5.1
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A Senegalese bank-robber born and raised in France is getting over a disastrous heist. As he considers going straight, his cousin calls him from Dakar with an easy opportunity.
Petit Jésus
Act like Hakim
event2023 star_border 4.1
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Jean, a father recently separated, is facing a lot of difficulties. But his life may will change because he thinks his 10 years old son Loulou, do wonders. With a bit of luck... he could be a new messiah ! Jean has just to convince everybody else.
Halal State Security
Act like Farid
event2011 star_border 4.6
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Someone is killing Parisians of Arab ethnicity. When an Algerian diplomat is murdered by the same assailant, two Algerian detectives are sent to help the French with the investigation and they have their own ways of doing things.
Gold Brick
Act like Ange
event2023 star_border 6.2
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Determined to even the scales and profit from his thankless job, a factory worker schemes to traffic luxury perfumes from under his employer's nose.
On the Other Side of the Tracks
Act like Giovanni / Nabil
event2012 star_border 5.6
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Two mismatched cops team up to investigate the murder of a business mogul's wife.
New Beginnings
Act like Erwan
event2023 star_border 5.8
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Alain and Diane have been together for 30 years. In his mind, Alain is still 30 years old. But the equation 30 years of routine feelings, empty nest (and incidentally a job where being 50 is like an incurable disease) creates a much less euphoric effect for Diane. She oscillates between depression and free fall - and the first one who says "hormonal" she smokes. Alain loves Diane like crazy and love is proof. He's going to do something crazy for her, something to make her feel vital again, to make her heart beat and youthfulness pulsate. The crazy thing? Leave her. The risk with electroshock ? Unknown: either it wakes up or it burns. They will take it, with their eyes closed.
Mohamed Dubois
Act like Mustafa
event2013 star_border 4.8
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Arnaud Dubois may be the heir to a bank, but he prefers to call himself Mohamed. Having fallen out with his father, he turns his back on the family residence. On his travels, he meets Mustafa, who introduces him to his sister Sabrina. Having fallen in love with the attractive young woman, Arnaud decides to pass himself off as an ordinary street guy named...Mohamed.
Like a Prince
event2024 star_border 5.6
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Souleyman, 27, a boxing champion in full preparation for the Olympic Games with the French team, sees his future crumble when he cracks the bones of his hand, following a fight in a bar. Souleyman is excluded from the team and is sent to the Château de Chambord, where he must perform his 400 hours of community service (TIG) collecting waste in the gardens.
Vincent
Act like Driss
event2014 star_border 5.6
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Vincent has an extraordinary ability: his strength and reflexes increase tenfold when in contact with water. To make full use of this gift, he settles in a region with many lakes and rivers, which is isolated enough to allow him to live a peaceful life. Then, one day, during an aquatic escapade, he encounters Lucie.
Tous Inconnus
Act like ("Télémagouilles" segment)
event2022 star_border 3.6
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The three "Unknown" are back in this movie where they wake up in a world where they really are unknown! They'll eventually find out that their career, films, sketches & songs do exist but from someone else!
The New Adventures of Aladdin
Act like Cheik Loukoums
event2015 star_border 4.7
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A pair of losers working at department store plan to rob the place after it closes. When a bunch of kids show up begging for a story, the men launch into an improvised version of Aladdin.
Princes of the Desert
Act like Tarek
event2023 star_border 7
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Zodi, a 12 years old nomad, find an orphan baby dromedary in the desert. He takes in the animal, feeds it, calls it Téhu and becomes its best friend.
Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape
Act like Marcel (voice)
event2015 star_border 5.2
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Based on the novel 'Evolution Man' by Roy Lewis, this tells the story about the first man - young Edward - to descend from apes. Edward is ejected by his tribe, but is very resourceful. He learns to walk, discovers fire, manages to hunt - and we follow him as he evolves. He has a generous nature, and search for true humanity - a world where we don't eat our fathers.
The Crew
Act like Nasser
event2016 star_border 6.2
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One of the members of a gang of thieves commits a serious mistake that force them to work for a ruthless gang of drug dealers, endangering the future of the team, their lives and those of their families.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
Act like Aziz
event2010 star_border 6.2
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An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.
Camille Chamoux - Chamouxland
event2024 star_border 6.2
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In the land of Chamoux, there are powerful women from the 2020s who are unable to get a raise, hyper-efficient secret agents who are unaware of their abilities, friends who listen without seeming to, and women who believe in telekinesis. There are girls who count quickly and accurately, girls who speak too softly, and girls who think too loudly. The common thread is Elise Lucide, an insatiable and sensationalist investigative reporter, a pure product of the old-school French media landscape, determined to bring viewers the purest essence of this terra incognita: female humor. From couple's life to palliative care, from schools to Comedy Clubs, Chamouxland is a journey to the limits of the post-modern, post-feminist, and post-Me-Too world.
La dernière échappée
Act like Eddy Clavel
event2014 star_border 5.7
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In July 2010, Laurent Fignon, the great cycling legend, commented on the Tour de France. Although the two-time tour winner of the 80s has incurable cancer, he follows as a reporter day by day the entire race. His doctor should treat him medically during the tour. After facing each other in disgust, the two men develop more understanding for each other from stage to stage. For Laurent, ending this tour means upholding life, even though broadcasting efforts are reducing the chances of a successful life-prolonging therapy.
Problemos
Act like Simon
event2017 star_border 5.5
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When a pandemic strikes the world, Victor and his family get stuck within a hippie community.
In Safe Hands
Act like Ahmed
event2018 star_border 7.4
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Théo is given up for adoption by his biological mother on the very day he is born. After this anonymous birth, the mother has two months to change her mind… Or not. The child welfare services and adoption service spring into action… The former have to take care of the baby and support it during this limbo-like time, this period of uncertainty, while the latter must find a woman to become his adoptive mother. She is called Alice, and she has spent the last ten years fighting to have a child.
Dumped
Act like Charlemagne
event2018 star_border 6.1
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Françoise has just been dumped by her husband for a much younger woman. In order to cheer her up, and to celebrate her 60th birthday, sisters Rose and Alice decide to take their mother to a resort on the tropical island of Reunion so they can relax, work on their tans, and have too many margaritas. But when Rose pays a one-night stand, Thierry, to show her mother a good time, their holiday plans start to unravel.
Face Down
Act like Driss
event2015 star_border 5.9
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Samy is a Frenchman accused of smuggling counterfeit money from Bulgaria to France. To avoid jail, he becomes an informer for the French police, joining under cover a Bulgarian channel for human trafficking. Gradually, he falls in love with Elka, an underage gypsy prostitute. Torn by the pressure from all sides, he almost turns into an unscrupulous pimp. His feelings for the girl will help him keep the last thing he has – his dignity.
Low Cost
Act like Nadir
event2011 star_border 5
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Passengers on a low cost flight from Djerba to Beauvais have their patience tested to destruction when their departure is delayed for eight hours because of a fault with the plane's air-conditioning. In the end, they are so fed up that they will do almost anything to get back home.
Two Snails Set Off
Act like (voice)
event2017 star_border 6.1
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A forest full of animated animals encourage a pair of snails, who are fully clad in black because they are in mourning for a dead leaf, to celebrate the new spring and reclaim the colors of life. Based on the children's poem by Jacques Prévert entitled "Chanson des escargots qui font à l'enterrement" ("Song of the snails who are on their way to a funeral").
Adopt a Daddy
Act like Marco
event2019 star_border 5.8
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Damien is a pawn in a primary school, and leads a quiet life. To rescue one of his young students, Bahzad, and his mother from imminent expulsion from the land, Damien reconnects with his parents' militant past and convinces his sister Mélanie, who has become a formidable business lawyer, her best friend Rudy and a bunch of unlikely pals to accompany him in his new fight. Together, they will break the law by solidarity. And very quickly to be completely exceeded.
Beautiful Loser
Act like Houcine
event2018 star_border 7.6
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Michel, a former junkie weaning himself off drugs, raises hell with his seventeen-year-old son, Léo, while also trying to manage as best he can the baby that he's just had with his ex, Hélène. But the years of dope have taken their toll.
Deerskin
Act like Olaf
event2019 star_border 6.5
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A man's obsession with owning the designer deerskin jacket of his dreams leads him to turn his back on his humdrum life in the suburbs, blow his life savings, and even turn him to crime.
C'est la vie
Act like Nathan Laval
event2020 star_border 5.5
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Five women are about to give birth. They do not know each other, are not alike, but will find themselves in the same maternity to live the best day of their lives. The first contractions at birth, the film traces their journey, between laughter and tears.
Brutus vs Cesar
Act like Vercingétorix / Versus
event2020 star_border 4
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Faced with the tyranny of Caesar who acts as absolute master over Rome, Senators Rufus and Cassius form a plot to assassinate him.
Divorce Club
Act like Helmut
event2020 star_border 5.8
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After 5 years of marriage, Ben is still madly in love. Until the day he discovers in public that his wife is cheating on him: humiliated and dumped in the process.
Apprendre à t'aimer
Act like Zack
event2020 star_border 7
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Frank is a father whose dreams will be shaken by the birth of his daughter with Down syndrome. How will he face the small and big sacrifices that this new life imposes on him?
Bigbug
Act like Victor Barelli
event2022 star_border 5.3
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Set in the world of 2045, where communities have robotic helpers, a group of suburbanites are locked in for their protection by their household robots, while a rogue, self-aware AI android revolt uprising takes place outside.
Les Justes
Act like Boris Annenkov
event2019
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Today, immense confusion reigns over the quest for the absolute, revolt and fury, violence and its appendages. And many people plunge back in Albert Camus' work to find answers. In the foreword to his play, the philosopher and writer summarizes the intrigue as follows: "In February 1905, in Moscow, a group of terrorists, belonging to the Socialist Revolutionary Party, organized a bomb attack against the Grand Duke Serge, Tsar's uncle ”. The rapper and slammer Abd Al Malik offers with this "musical tragedy" a contemporary staging of "The Just", a complete creation, faithful to the text of Camus, but reinventing a scenic and musical language resolutely inscribed in our time.
The Neverending Wedding
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French adaptation of "Palm Springs", two wedding guests find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
Made in Jamel
event2010 star_border 5.3
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Pour cette nouvelle aventure, Jamel a invité des artistes, à participer à plus d’une douzaine de courts-métrages originaux créés par lui-même et son équipe. Au programme des parodies désopilantes (Low School Musical, Les Experts Ouarzazate, Les Smashin’ Pump Spin’s…), des sketches hilarants (L’interview de la Chaussure de Bush, la leçon de Jamel…) et surtout la présence de guest stars tels que Florence Foresti, Audrey Lamy, Stromae, Didier Bourdon, David Pujadas ou Gad Elmaleh.Au final, un voyage humoristique de plus d’1h15, revisitant l’univers du cinéma et de la télévision et tout droit tiré de l’imagination délirante de Jamel.
The Rookie Guide
Act like Inspecteur Slimane
new_releases Release: April 02, 2025
Yann can’t find a job he likes or can keep, and dreams of a better life. One day he learns that the famous travel guide Le Routard pays its employees to travel the world. Surely the perfect free holiday! Smooth-talking his way through the door, Yann manages to get himself hired for a trial research trip to Morocco, but he rapidly comes to realise that he’s seriously underestimated the job… Beguiled by Sofia, a feisty tourist guide, Yann gets swept up in an art trafficking operation led by the infamous mobster art dealer Dr Charoux and is plunged into an adventure where nothing will go as planned!
An interview
Act like Rachid (10 ep.)
event2018 star_border 4.7
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A director of human resources conducts job interviews. As the episodes unfold, the candidates introduce themselves. Annoying, too sure of themselves or frankly confusing, they trigger internal thoughts that distract him and disrupt his exchanges with the candidates.
No Limit
Act like Choulken (1 ep.)
event2012 star_border 6.9
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A terminally ill French secret service agent is hired by Hydra, a mysterious black ops organization set up by the government, to fight crime by any means necessary and receive experimental treatment in return. Also, his daughter hates him.
L'Incroyable Embouteillage
Act like Grégoire/Dj Putsch (2 ep.)
event2023 star_border 5
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It’s the big start of the summer holidays! Somewhere in France, on a small country road cut off from the world, hundreds of cars are suddenly stuck in a traffic jam that seems endless. This incident, which seems trivial, will then create a multitude of situations, funny, quirky, and more surprising than the last. Because we know well that it is in adversity that personalities are revealed.
Disturbing Disappearances
Act like Alaoui (1 ep.)
event2019 star_border 6.2
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A school excursion to Strasbourg Cathedral turns into a tragedy when a teacher is murdered in the cathedral square and nine children disappear.
All the Way Up
Act like Nabil (12 ep.)
event2020 star_border 6.7
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A talented young rapper, supported by his two childhood friends, finds himself overnight "validated" by one of the stars in the business. Only, this alliance quickly turns into a dangerous rivalry ...
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