Smaïn

ActorDirectorWriter Jan 3 (age 68) Constantine, France [now Algeria] 1976–2023 (47 year career)

5.3 avg rating

Biography

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 ado…

Known For

Film

Placés

Père d'Elias

Film

Three Lives and Only One Death

Luca

Film

The Car Keys

Actor who refuses to film with Laurent

Film

The Joint Brothers

Le jeune homme du train

Film

The Telephone Always Rings Twice

Momo

Film

La Smala

Le jeune maghrébin de la bagarre

Film

The Imaginary Doctor

Inspecteur Bachir

Film

Un p’tit gars de Ménilmontant

Maklouf

Filmography

Acting (63)

Movies (48)

The Blond Boy from the Casbah

2023

as Doctor Farès

5.2

Fernandel, l'homme au sourire

2023

as Self

The Imaginary Doctor

as Inspecteur Bachir

Placés

as Père d'Elias

Les 60 ans du one-man-show

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Gates of the Sun

as Slimane

Certifiée Halal

as Aziz Boukamache

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

2014

8.0

Un p’tit gars de Ménilmontant

as Maklouf

Poor Richard!

as Farid

The Bag of Flour

as Sarah's Father

Le Carnaval des animaux

as Le père

Harkis

as Saïd

Tomboy

as Amrani

Smaïn - Mon dernier avant le prochain

2007

as Self

6.0

For the Love of God

2006

as Kevin's Father

Smaïn: Rebelote

2005

as Self

4.0

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

2005

7.8

La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia

2004

as Self

The Car Keys

2003

as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent

5.1

Don't Worry, Be Happy

as Self

Old School

as M. Fonblard

Recto/Verso

as Fred

Le Schpountz

as Irénée

Charité biz'ness

as Sam

Bingo!

as Vincent

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur

1998

7.2

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés

1997

6.0

Smaïn - Comme ça se prononce

1996

as Self

Two Dads and One Mom

1996

as Salim

2.7

Three Lives and Only One Death

1996

as Luca

6.4

Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique

Tom est tout seul

as Street musician

Wacko

as Jimmy

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

1993

6.5

Les Enfoirés 1992 - La Soirée des Enfoirés à l'Opéra

One Can Always Dream

as Rachid Merzahoui

J'aurais jamais dû croiser son regard...

1989

as Bambi

2.0

L'Œil au beur(re) noir

1987

as Rachid

5.1

Le Passager du Tassili

1987

as Fefer

The Joint Brothers

1986

as Le jeune homme du train

5.3

The Telephone Always Rings Twice

1985

as Momo

5.4

La Smala

1984

as Le jeune maghrébin de la bagarre

Dorothée : Le Show

The Big Brother

as Abdel

Les Chômeurs en folie

1982

Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !

Mosaïque

as Self

Television (15)

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as Self

Mask Singer

as Monstre

À votre service

as L'huissier

The Unexpected Getaway

as Self

Camping paradis

as Christian Dissaut

Salut les Terriens !

as Self - Guest

On n'est pas couché

as Self - Guest

La France a un incroyable talent

2006

as Self - Judge

6.0

Commissariat Bastille

2001

as Capitaine Mo Loumani

10.0

Le Grand Tralala

1999

as Self

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

Victoires de la musique

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Le Théâtre de Bouvard

1982

as Various characters

6.5

Crew (4)

Movies (4)

Sandrine Alexi - Prise de têtes

2006

Director

Smaïn: Rebelote

2005

Writer

4.0

Smaïn - Comme ça se prononce

1996

Writer

Two Dads and One Mom

1996

Director

2.7