

The basics
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French actor
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Male
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Birth:
27 July 1977(Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France)
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Father:
Malek Kateb
The details
Biography
Introduction
Reda Kateb (Arabic: رضا كاتب; born 27 July 1977) is a French actor.
Life and career
Kateb was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, to an Algerian actor, Malek-Eddine Kateb, and a French nurse of Czech and Italian origin. He is a grandnephew of the Algerian writer Kateb Yacine. He grew up in Ivry-sur-Seine, in the Paris region, where he lived until 2011 before moving to Montreuil.
His short film Pitchoune was presented in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
As actor
Film
- Nif - (2003, Short)
- A Prophet - Jordi (2009)
- Silent Voice - Stéphane (2009)
- Pieds nus sur les limaces - Seb (2010)
- Sur la tête de Bertha Boxcar - (2010, Short)
- Tenir les murs - (2011)
- 1, 2, 3, voleurs - Le Capitaine Martin (2011)
- Coming Home - Vincent Maillard (2012)
- Ce chemin devant moi
- Three Worlds - Doak (2012)
- Chroniques d'une cour de récré - (2012)
- Le monde nous appartient - (2012) - Zoltan
- Zero Dark Thirty - (2012) - Ammar
- Fishing without Nets - (2013) - Victor
- Me, Myself and Mum - (2013) - Karim
- Paris Countdown - (2013) - Wilfried
- The Dream Kids (2013) - Reza
- Gare du Nord (2013) - Ismaël
- La fin du début - (2013, Short) - Atreyu
- Lost River (2014) - Driver
- Hippocrate (2014) - Abdel
- Insecure (2014) - Chérif Arezki
- Far from Men (2014) - Mohamed
- L'Astragale (2015) - Julien
- Pitchoune - (2015, Short) - Karim
- Through the Air (2015) - Vincent Cavelle
- The White Knights (2015) - Xavier
- Arrêtez-moi là (2016) – Samson Cazalet
- The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez (2016)
- Django Mélodies (2017) Django Reinhardt
Television
- Spiral - Mr. Aziz (2008, TV Series)
- De l'encre - Romuald (2011, TV Series)
- Mafiosa - Nader (2010, TV Series)
- Treasure Island - (2012, TV Series) - David Dujon
As film director/screenwriter
- Pitchoune - (2015, Short)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Hippocrate | 40th César Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Won |
| — | Prix Patrick Dewaere | — | Won |