Sami Outalbali

Sami Outalbali born 19 March 1999 is a French actor He rose to prominence for portraying Ilyes on the OCS drama series Grown Ups 20162019 and gained international recognition for his role as Rahim in the Netflix comedydrama series Sex Education 20202021 He is also known for his roles in the supernatural series Mortel 20192021 and the drama film A Tale of Love and Desire 2021 Sami Outalbali was born in Poissy Yvelines on 19 March 1999 He has Moroccan and Guadeloupean ancestry At the age of 3 he appeared in a Disney advertisement Outalbali first appeared on screen in the France 3 television film Il faut sauver Saïd in 2006 In 2011 he played a minor role in the comedy film Les Tuche He had his breakout role in the OCS teen drama series Grown Ups French Les Grands 20162019 created by Vianney Lebasque in which he portrays Ilyes a gay high school student coming to terms with his sexuality In 2018 he appeared in the first part of the Arte miniseries Proud French Fiertés created by Philippe Faucon In 2019 he starred in Laurent Michelis Lola and Benjamin Parents Un vrai bonhomme That same year he also appeared in the Netflix supernatural series Mortel as a missing teenager called Reda the older brother of Sofiane Carl Malapa In 2019 he joined the cast of the second series of the Netflix comedydrama Sex Education in a recurring role On the show which marks his Englishspeaking debut he portrays Rahim Harrack a French exchange student who becomes a love interest of Eric Effiong Ncuti Gatwa He also returned for the shows third series In August 2020 he starred in the music video for the single Coup de BluesSoleil by Bigflo Oli In 2019 he was cast in Leyla Bouzids romantic drama film A Tale of Love and Desire as Ahmad Ouannas a young French man of Algerian origin who experiences a sexual awakening after meeting a Tunisian woman Zbeida Belhajamor The film premiered in the Critics Week section of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival For this role Outalbali was nominated for Best Male Revelation at the 27th Lumières Awards and Most Promising Actor at the 47th César Awards In April 2022 he served as a member of the jury at the 5th Canneseries festival in Cannes He appeared in Cédric Jimenezs 2022 film Novembre Source Article Sami Outalbali from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30