Mehdi Nebbou

Acting

Mehdi Nebbou

Born 1974-01-10 · Bayonne, France

Mehdi Nebbou (born 10 January 1971) is a French actor of Algerian and German descent. His brother is the film director Safy Nebbou. In 2006, he portrayed Ali Hassan Salameh in the Steven Spielberg blockbuster film Munich.

Acting credits

Munich poster
7.1

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.

Munich

2005

Body of Lies poster
6.6

The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.

Body of Lies

2008

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

Special Forces poster
6.7

Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them – emotionally, violently and intimately.

Special Forces

2011

English Vinglish poster
7.2

In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.

English Vinglish

2012

Fay Grim poster
5.5

Many years after her notorious husband, Henry Fool, fled after killing a neighbor, Fay Grim receives a visit from CIA agent Fulbright, who tells her that Henry is dead, but that some of his journals have been unearthed in France. She sets forth on a globe-trotting odyssey that soon leads to the discovery that he is alive, and his journals are more than they appear to be.

Fay Grim

2007

Crime Insiders poster
5.8

A Parisian criminal gang fall apart after challenges to the gang's leader lessen his influence.

Crime Insiders

2007

Mothers' Instinct poster
6.3

When a sudden tragedy uproots the lives of two women and their families, they begin to question the relationships they once held so dear.

Mothers' Instinct

2019

Secrets of State poster
5.8

In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation follow the same methods. Alex and Al Barad are two of them. The former is the head of the D.G.S.E.'s (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, the French equivalent of the CIA or the MI6) counter-terrorism unit while the latter reigns over a terrorist network, and both fight using the most ruthless of weapons: human beings.

Secrets of State

2008

Ca$h poster
5.7

A man meets up with two "good guys" to recover what is unlawfully his, taking them on his whirlwind ride, doing things they never would have imagined, just to survive.

Ca$h

2008

Animals poster
5.5

Nick and Anna are off to Switzerland for six months. Nick, a chef, wants to collect recipes of local cuisine and Anna hopes to write a new book. The journey can also be good for their relationship, because Anna suspects that Nick had an affair with other woman. Meanwhile, Mischa will take care of their Viennese apartment.

Animals

2017

Cookie poster
6.1

Adeline's Chinese housekeeper suddenly disappears, leaving behind a little boy who doesn't speak a word of French. Helped by her sister, she takes care of the child and proceeds to locate the mother.

Cookie

2013

Berlin Calling poster
6.8

A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.

Berlin Calling

2008

In Gold We Trust poster
5.2

A group of adventurers make off with 600 kilograms of gold in Guyana, but when their helicopter crashes in the jungle, gold fever takes over.

In Gold We Trust

2010

Big is Beautiful poster
5.7

A resort for individuals who want to lose weight is helps several women discover friendships, acceptance with body image and hard truths.

Big is Beautiful

2012

Rue Mandar poster
5.3

When their beloved Polish immigrant mother passes away, the sisters Emma and Rosemonde and their brother Charles, are obliged to deal with the personal and physical aftereffects, which include the cozy, old fashioned flat where she lived on the movie’s titular street (located in the heart of Paris’ chic 2nd arrondissement).

Rue Mandar

2013

11.6 poster
5.6

In November 2009, French security van driver Toni Musulin makes off with nearly 12 million euros, then turns himself over to the authorities a week later.

11.6

2013

Back on Track poster
7.3

A former Olympic champion wants to compete in the Berlin Marathon one last time.

Back on Track

2013

Switch poster
5.9

In Montreal, the unemployed fashion designer Sophie Malaterre is shown a website, switch.com, where it is possible to switch houses with a stranger for vacation. Sophie seeks an apartment in Paris nearby the Eiffel Tower that belongs to Bénédicte Serteaux and they change apartments. Sophie arrives in Paris on Saturday morning. The next morning, policemen break in the apartment and arrest Sophie while she is having a bath. Detective Damien Forgeat interrogates Sophie believing that she is Bénédicte and she learns that a beheaded body was found in her room and all evidence of her life has been deleted.

Switch

2011

Underground Time poster
6.6

After eight years of close collaboration with her supervisor, Mathilde suddenly finds herself inexplicably victim of moral harassment by him. In parallel, Thibault has just split up with his girlfriend after a frustrating two-year relationship where they exchanged very little. Mathilde and Thibault have never met, they are just two figures among millions of others. Two people who may bump into each other or who may merely pass each other by. But one day in September, their paths meet.

Underground Time

2015

8:28 AM poster
4.6

A married woman runs a successful gallery and falls for a man she met accidentally.

8:28 AM

2010

Rivals poster
5.8

The story of two rival brothers, one a pimp and the other a cop, and how the former manages to be the family favourite.

Rivals

2008

Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous poster
5.8

At last, Josephine has found her perfect non-smoker-cat-loving-amazing-cook-perfect-man-soulmate. They’ve been in love for two years and everything is peachy. Until she realizes she’s… pregnant. Time for Josephine to transform her life, mature into a responsible adult, not become like her mother, get a job, hold on to her man, refrain from falling out with her friends, and tell her sister, who's been crashing at her place, that she's got to move out. A bunch of overwhelming challenges that Josephine will have to face in her own, special way.

Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous

2016

Times Change You poster
4.1

After the bestselling book comes the film about Germany's most successful rapper: authentic, provocative and radical. Despite all his successes, Bushido has to face the demons of his past again and again.

Times Change You

2010