Roschdy Zem
Roschdy Zem ( born September 27, 1965 in Gennevilliers, France ) is a French actor and director of Moroccan origin.
Life
Roschdy Zem was born in 1965 in Gennevilliers, the son of Moroccan immigrants. As a child he spent many summer holidays with foster parents in Belgium, while his parents in Morocco made holiday, but Zem and his four siblings could not take. In addition to French and Arabic, he speaks Flemish since then. He was trained as an actor and appeared in 1987 in Les Keufs directed by Josiane Balasko first time in a film. 1991 gave him director André Téchiné a role in his film I kiss not ( J'embrasse pas ), in which Philippe Noiret and Emmanuelle Béart played the lead roles. Two years later he was also in Téchiné's My Favorite Season (Ma saison préférée, 1993) can be seen next to Catherine Deneuve and Daniel Auteuil. 1998 a further cooperation with Téchiné for the film Alice & Martin (Alice et Martin) with Juliette Binoche. Mostly Zem plays in his films immigrant Moroccan or Algerian origin. So also in the film drama Change moi ma vie, where he played alongside Fanny Ardant an Algerian transvestite.
In 2000 Zem received his first nomination for a César Award for Best Supporting Actor for All for the company (Ma petite entreprise ). In 2006 he won as part of the male ensemble in Days of Glory ( Days of Glory ) the price for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival. In the same year his directorial debut followed under the title Mauvaise foi, for which he was nominated for the César for Best debut.