Abdelhafid Metalsi
Abdelhafid Metalsi (born 1969) is an Arabic actor, of Kabyle descent and Algerian ethnicity, who lives in France and was naturalized as French. He is best known for his starring role as the dedicated Capitaine Kader Chérif in the French police series Cherif.
Born in Algeria in 1969, Abdelhafid Metalsi moved to France at age one, in Champagne province, where he grew up. He lived in the Orgeval district in Reims for part of his childhood. He began training as an actor at the Chaillot National Theater which gave him the chance to work on stage and act in television shows such as Spiral season 4 (Canal+) or Spin (France 2). Metalsi is especially known for his role as captain Kader Chérif, the lead character in the cop show Cherif which has been broadcast on the France 2 network since October 25, 2013.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 6.563 |
| Birthday | 1969-10-10 |
| Place of Birth | Maghnia, Algeria |
| Also Known As | Abdelhafid Métalsi, |
2005
The Tiger and the Snow
6.8/475
Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittor...
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The Tiger and the Snow
2005
Dark Night, October 17, 1961
7.3/10
Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest moments of the Alge...
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Dark Night, October 17, 1961
2007
Intimate Enemies
6.322/76
A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.
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Intimate Enemies
2008
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
7.327/924
Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by...
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Mesrine: Killer Instinct
2010
Of Gods and Men
6.7/368
French drama based on the 1996 kidnapping and killing of seven monks in Algeria. A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Alg...
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Of Gods and Men
2012
The Belgian Job
4.9/40
Willy Vander Brook, a world with Franco-Belgian roots, travels to Paris for an interview. He is welcomed by his childhood friend Serge, an ex pub oper...
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The Belgian Job
2005
Zim and Co
5.4/5
Because of a motorcycle accident, a young man from the poor outskirts of Paris must find a steady job in order to avoid being sent to prison. He gets...
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Zim and Co
2008
A Police Romance
3/2
In a small police station, Lieutenant Emilie Carange finds herself sexually attracted to Jamil Messaouden, a young rookie officer. When an old Algeria...
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A Police Romance
2023
Shukran
0/0
In 2011 the Syrian people rise up against the Assad regime. When Dr. Haider, a pediatric heart surgeon, loses his brother in a terrorist attack, he de...
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Shukran
2009
Myriam's choice
8.3/3
The arrival in France of the first generation of Algerian immigrants. In the early sixties, Kader, soon joined by his wife Myriam, tries to build a ne...
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Myriam's choice
2003
Hymne à la gazelle
0/0
A César award nominated short feature about a lady who unwittingly seeks shelter in a bar where she attracts the unwelcome attentions of one of the cu...
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Hymne à la gazelle
2011
Une nouvelle vie
4.7/3
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Une nouvelle vie
2009
Adieu Gary
5.9/12
Au milieu de nulle part, une cité ouvrière vidée de sa population depuis quelques années déjà. Pourtant, certains habitants ont décidé d'y rester, plu...
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Adieu Gary
2005
Munich
7.152/2657
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black Septem...
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Munich
2007
Michou d'Auber
6.4/75
Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the fac...
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Michou d'Auber
2006
Bad Faith
5.9/64
In Paris, Clara, psycho motor therapist, and Ismaël, music teacher, have been lovers for four years. Happy, the couple are expecting their first child...
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Bad Faith
2009
Un si beau voyage
0/0
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Un si beau voyage
2008
Andalucia
6.8/5
Yacine is in his 30s, of Algerian origins, and has come to Paris looking for inner peace. A playful and poetic quest leads him via all kinds of strang...
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Andalucia
2011
The Minister
6.4/137
Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no...
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The Minister
2012
Au nom d'Athènes
8.5/2
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Au nom d'Athènes
2013
J'adore ma vie !
0/0
Angélique is a nursery school teacher. She loves the children: other people's, of course, and those of her partner Damien, who is going through a divo...
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J'adore ma vie !
2011
The Assault
5.974/248
December 1994. On Saturday 24th, four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus, bound for Paris, with 227 passengers on board, at the Algiers a...
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The Assault
2008
L'Affaire Ben Barka
1/1
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L'Affaire Ben Barka
2008
Versailles
6.283/23
A young mother Nina and her son Enzo find themselves sleeping on the streets of Paris. Eventually there lifestyle leads them to Versailles.
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Versailles
2006
Down in the Hole
0/0
Lucy has decided to kill herself, crashing his car in the next bend. At that moment Peter went on a bike and he was the one who suffers a serious acci...
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