Youssef Kerkour

Acting

Youssef Kerkour

Born 1978-06-09 · Rabat, Morocco

Youssef Kerkour is a Moroccan-British actor. He is best known for portraying Syrian refugee Sami in the comedy-drama series Home, a role for which he was nominated at the 2020 British Academy Television Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Youssef Kerkour, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Napoleon poster
6.3

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

Napoleon

2023

Hummingbird poster
6.2

Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity, transforming into an avenging angel in the process.

Hummingbird

2013

House of Gucci poster
6.6

When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.

House of Gucci

2021

Close poster
6.0

A counter-terrorism expert takes a job protecting a young heiress. After an attempted kidnapping puts both of their lives in danger, they must flee.

Close

2019

Steve poster
6.4

Over one intense day, the devoted head teacher of a last-chance reform school strives to keep his students in line while facing pressures of his own.

Steve

2025

Lost in London poster
6.0

Within the course of a night, Woody Harrelson finds himself in a misadventure in London that winds him up in prison.

Lost in London

2017

The Actor poster
6.1

Paul Cole finds himself stranded in a mysterious small town with no memory of who he is or how he got here. As bits and pieces of his past slowly emerge, he attempts to find his way home, but time is slippery, appearances can't be trusted, and it's unclear which of his identities is real.

The Actor

2025

Pirates poster
6.6

On New Year's Eve 1999, three friends, who are attempting to break into the music scene through pirate radio, drive through London in a desperate search for tickets for the best millennium party ever.

Pirates

2021

No artwork available
5.5

Catastrophe is the fruit of boredom when a man with too much time on his hands becomes involved in an unexpected surprise.

Idle-Hands

2010

Another Day of Life poster
7.4

In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the Angola's civil war. There, he witnessed once again the dirty reality of war and discovered a sense of helplessness previously unknown to him. Angola changed him forever: it was a reporter who left Poland, but it was a writer who returned…

Another Day of Life

2018

RSC Live: Richard II poster
7.1

A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years.

RSC Live: Richard II

2013

Rain Catcher poster
NR

In rainy, nocturnal London, photographer Miles obsessively captures unforgiving, morbid portraits of oblivious strangers. When not selling them, he shares them online as 'Rain Catcher'. But soon he notices something unsettling: a mysterious woman watching him and photographing him—turning the lens back on Miles. As her gaze closes in, his world fractures—his work is sabotaged, his name defamed, his loved ones endangered. Consumed by paranoia, he spirals into a dark, delirious obsession to uncover the truth behind her motives. Based on the 2018 short film of the same name.

Rain Catcher

2026

A Bit of Light poster
3.6

Ella, at almost forty, is forced to move back in with her father Alan. She's trying to stay sober having temporarily given up custody of her young daughters to her ex-husband Joseph and his new partner Bethan.

A Bit of Light

2022

Matar poster
NR

The story of an asylum seeker in England who, when confronted with the hostile immigration system in the UK, is forced to live on the fringes of society and rely on his bike to survive. Based on the lived experience of co-writer Ayman Alhussein.

Matar

2023

Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas poster
9.3

The Shipmans and the Wests get together once again for Christmas. Bryn is cooking dinner, Dawn is in shock, and there are revelations in the pub on Christmas Eve.

Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas

2019

RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1 poster
NR

With his crown under threat from enemies both foreign and domestic, Henry IV prepares for war. Having deposed the previous king, he is only too aware how tenuous his position is, and the price to be paid if he falters.

RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1

2015

RSC Live: The Two Gentlemen of Verona poster
NR

Valentine and Proteus are best friends until they fall in love with the same girl. Having travelled to Milan in search of adventure, they both fall for the Duke's daughter Silvia. But Proteus is already sworn to his sweetheart Julia at home in Verona, and the Duke thinks Valentine is not good enough for his Silvia. With friendship forgotten, the rivals' affections quickly get out of hand as the four young lovers find themselves on a wild chase through the woods, confused by mistaken identity and threatened by fierce outlaws before they find a path to reconciliation.

RSC Live: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

2015

Donkey poster
NR

Kenza is a donkey - or at least that is what her family thinks of her - so when her uncle fires her from the family cafe, she makes a plan to show them what she’s truly capable of.

Donkey

2025

Sand and Fire poster
5.8

Set between 1802 and 1818, it is the epic true story of a Spanish army officer and genius conspirator. Missioned by Spain, Domingo Badia, alias Ali Bey El Abbassi will meet Lady Hester Stanhope, an English aristocrat, better known under the name of Meleki, and they will live together an extraordinary destiny which will upset the Middle East.

Sand and Fire

2019

Side by Side poster
NR

Lauren and her younger brother Harvey risk being taken into care when their grandmother, who is their legal guardian, becomes ill. Lauren accepts the offer of a scholarship to a prestigious sports academy on the understanding that she and Harvey stay together while living with Janice, her duplicitous and ambitious agent. It soon becomes clear that there are plans to split the pair up; when Harvey runs away to find their long-lost grandfather, who hasn’t been heard from for years, Lauren follows. En route the pair discover that, despite all their differences, when they are side by side they are strong enough to deal with anything. This beautifully shot British debut is part family drama, part coming of age story and a road trip that nods towards some of the greats of children’s literature. The young leads give compelling and moving performances that make for an emphatically British family film that’s refreshingly free of even the hint of a franchise. (Source: LFF programme)

Side by Side

2013

Hamsbury Book Club poster
NR

Clark Cart holds a book club meeting for the people of Hamsbury exclusively to discuss books written by himself.

Hamsbury Book Club

2019