Ary Abittan

Ary Abittan (born 31 January 1974) is a French actor and humorist.

Ary Abittan
Ary Abittan in 2012
Born (1974-01-31) 31 January 1974
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Actor, Humorist

Life and career

Ary Abittan was born on January 31, 1974, in Paris. He comes from a Sephardic Jewish (Maghrebi Jewish) family. His father is from Morocco and his mother from Tunisia. He spent part of his childhood between Garges-lès-Gonesse and Sarcelles. At age 19, he became a taxi driver, like his father, an activity that allowed him to finance his first theater lessons.[1]

In 1993, Ary Abittan wrote (in parallel of theater lessons) his first sketches and then performed on stage since 1994 In 2007, he took the lead role in a play, Happy Hanukah, which Jean-Luc Moreau directed. The same year, he plays the main role during three seasons of Nos années pension, broadcast on France 2.

In 2012, he plays in Dépression et des potes of Arnaud Lemort. The same year, he made his first participation in Marrakech du rire. In 2014, he plays in Serial (Bad) Weddings with Christian Clavier and Chantal Lauby by Philippe de Chauveron.

Filmography

Feature films
Year Title Role Director Notes
2008 Tu peux garder un secret ? David Alexandre Arcady
2009 Coco Max Gad Elmaleh
Tellement proches Moshé Benhamou Éric Toledano & Olivier Nakache
2010 La Fête des voisins François-Xavier David Haddad
Tout ce qui brille Lila's father Géraldine Nakache & Hervé Mimran
Fatal David Fontana Michaël Youn
2011 De l'huile sur le feu Pizzeria Server Nicolas Benamou
2012 Dépression et des potes Romain Arnaud Lemort
2013 Vive la France Jafaraz Ouèchemagül Michaël Youn
Chimpanzee French Voice-over Mark Linfield & Alastair Fothergill
Hôtel Normandy Yvan Carlotti Charles Nemes
La Grande Boucle Tony Agnelo Laurent Tuel
2014 Serial (Bad) Weddings David Benichou Philippe de Chauveron
2015 Robin des bois, la véritable histoire Little John Anthony Marciano
2016 The Visitors: Bastille Day Lorenzo Baldini, marquis de Portofino Jean-Marie Poiré
Débarquement immédiat José Fernandez Philippe de Chauveron
2017 With Open Arms Babik Philippe de Chauveron
Coco Héctor Lee Unkrich French voice
I Feel Better Edouard Jean-Pierre Améris
2018 Under the Eiffel Tower Frederic Archie Borders
2019 Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 David Benichou Philippe de Chauveron

Television
Year Title Role Director Notes
1999 Sur la vie d'ma mère Yves Azeroual & Philippe Layani TV series - Episode 4
2008 Inéluctable Kudlip Badwar François Luciani TV movie
Manhunt The Mossad agent Laurent Jaoui TV movie
2008-2010 Nos années pension Alexandre « Bobor » Ganielle Cristina Arellano & Sylvie Coquart TV series -Season 2 to 4
2013 Scènes de ménages Emma's trader cousin Alain Kappauf Guest
2014 L'Esprit de famille Yvan Perez Frédéric Berthe TV movie

References
  1. Telestar.fr (2019-08-17). "La Chanson challenge : Ary Abittan, les sentiers de la gloire - Télé Star". www.telestar.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-14.
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