Mehdi Dehbi born December 5 1985 Liège is a Belgian actor of Moroccan origin most known for his roles in the 2012 film The Other Sonand the 2014 film A Most Wanted Man Mehdi Dehbi was born in Liège in a family whose father of Moroccan origin is a worker and a homemaker mother He showed an early inclination for the arts takes acting classes singing music theory of dance and at twelve years he began his secondary education at the Académie Grétry in Liege He was recruited at a cast of the production house Dardenne Brothers Les Films du Fleuvein which his drama teacher has registered him it was his first feature film The murdered Sun directed by Abdelkrim Bahloul where he shared the lead with Charles Berling a feature that earned him a selection for the Joseph Plateau award for Best actor