Youssef Hajdi

Acting

Youssef Hajdi

Born 1979-06-08 · Tarascon, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Youssef Hajdi, born June 8, 1979 in Tarascon, is a French actor. Born in Tarascon in Bouches-du-Rhône to Moroccan parents, he grew up in Beaucaire. He went to Paris at age 20, where he worked in cafe-theatre and at the théâtre de l’Avancée. Then from 2002 to 2005, he studied acting with Jack Waltzer, a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. His first film role was in 13 m² by Barthélémy Grossmann, which earned him a 2008 nomination for the Césars award in 2008. He acted in Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec by Luc Besson and in Micmacs à tire-larigot by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. In 2012, he joined Omar Sy and Laurent Lafitte in De l'autre côté du périph, a film by David Charhon. As well, he appeared with Éric Judor in the film Mohamed Dubois by Ernesto Ona in 2013. In 2014, he acted in La Dernière Échappée, a film by Fabien Onteniente, in which Hajdi played Eddy Clavel, a doctor who treated Laurent Fignon (Samuel Le Bihan). In 2015, he did voice acting for the animated film Pourquoi j'ai pas mangé mon pèreby Jamel Debbouze. Source: Article "Youssef Hajdi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Acting credits

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec poster
6.3

An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

2010

Tous Inconnus poster
3.4

The three "Unknown" are back in this movie where they wake up in a world where they really are unknown! They'll eventually find out that their career, films, sketches & songs do exist but from someone else!

Tous Inconnus

2022

The Crew poster
6.2

One of the members of a gang of thieves commits a serious mistake that force them to work for a ruthless gang of drug dealers, endangering the future of the team, their lives and those of their families.

The Crew

2016

Deerskin poster
6.5

A man's obsession with owning the designer deerskin jacket of his dreams leads him to turn his back on his humdrum life in the suburbs, blow his life savings, and even turn him to crime.

Deerskin

2019

In Safe Hands poster
7.4

Théo is given up for adoption by his biological mother on the very day he is born. After this anonymous birth, the mother has two months to change her mind… Or not. The child welfare services and adoption service spring into action… The former have to take care of the baby and support it during this limbo-like time, this period of uncertainty, while the latter must find a woman to become his adoptive mother. She is called Alice, and she has spent the last ten years fighting to have a child.

In Safe Hands

2018

Bigbug poster
5.3

Set in the world of 2045, where communities have robotic helpers, a group of suburbanites are locked in for their protection by their household robots, while a rogue, self-aware AI android revolt uprising takes place outside.

Bigbug

2022

Divorce Club poster
5.7

Ben is devastated when his wife asks for a divorce. While everyone chooses her side, Ben comes across Patrick, an old friend from college, recently divorced. Patrick invites him to crash at his place. The two roommates are soon joined by other divorced, separated and single people looking for a refuge.

Divorce Club

2020

The New Adventures of Aladdin poster
4.7

A pair of losers working at department store plan to rob the place after it closes. When a bunch of kids show up begging for a story, the men launch into an improvised version of Aladdin.

The New Adventures of Aladdin

2015

Gold Brick poster
6.1

Determined to even the scales and profit from his thankless job, a factory worker schemes to traffic luxury perfumes from under his employer's nose.

Gold Brick

2023

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le fantôme

2019

An Endless Wedding poster
4.9

During a wedding in a riad on the edge of the Moroccan desert, Paul meets Louna, the bride's sister and witness. Following a paranormal event, they both find themselves trapped in the same space-time, forced to live the same day over and over again. And so begins a love story set against the backdrop of a time loop and a never-ending marriage…

An Endless Wedding

2025

Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape poster
5.2

Based on the novel 'Evolution Man' by Roy Lewis, this tells the story about the first man - young Edward - to descend from apes. Edward is ejected by his tribe, but is very resourceful. He learns to walk, discovers fire, manages to hunt - and we follow him as he evolves. He has a generous nature, and search for true humanity - a world where we don't eat our fathers.

Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape

2015

On the Other Side of the Tracks poster
5.6

Two mismatched cops team up to investigate the murder of a business mogul's wife.

On the Other Side of the Tracks

2012

Like a Prince poster
5.8

Souleyman, 27, a boxing champion in full preparation for the Olympic Games with the French team, sees his future crumble when he cracks the bones of his hand, following a fight in a bar. Souleyman is excluded from the team and is sent to the Château de Chambord, where he must perform his 400 hours of community service (TIG) collecting waste in the gardens.

Like a Prince

2024

Princes of Saint-Tropez poster
3.4

Two friends work on a luxury yacht in the heart of Saint-Tropez. They lead a glamorous life posing as the owners of the yacht. Their carefree routine is interrupted by Chloe, who is sent by the oligarch owner to sell the vessel to princes from the Middle East. And then they come up with a brilliant plan - to persuade their friends from Paris to pose as those same eastern princes and have a blast on the weekend in order to ruin the deal.

Princes of Saint-Tropez

2025

Brutus vs Cesar poster
3.9

Faced with the tyranny of Caesar who acts as absolute master over Rome, Senators Rufus and Cassius form a plot to assassinate him.

Brutus vs Cesar

2020

Lignes poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lignes

2010

Dumped poster
6.0

Françoise has just been dumped by her husband for a much younger woman. In order to cheer her up, and to celebrate her 60th birthday, sisters Rose and Alice decide to take their mother to a resort on the tropical island of Reunion so they can relax, work on their tans, and have too many margaritas. But when Rose pays a one-night stand, Thierry, to show her mother a good time, their holiday plans start to unravel.

Dumped

2018

Bam’s poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Bam’s

2022

13 m² poster
5.0

Jose is looking for a way out of his small time banlieue deals. When he overhears a conversation between his girlfriend and his step-brother,he might just have found a very lucrative way.Together with his two best friends,he decides to attack an armored vehicle, full of cash. But everything goes wrong and they're forced into hiding,in a 13 square meters bunker. There, they will have to test their friendship, their motivations, as every move outside triggers even more, paranoia.

13 m²

2007

Labor Day poster
5.5

Five women are about to give birth. They do not know each other, are not alike, but will find themselves in the same maternity to live the best day of their lives. The first contractions at birth, the film traces their journey, between laughter and tears.

Labor Day

2020

The Rookie Guide poster
4.6

Yann can’t find a job he likes or can keep, and dreams of a better life. One day he learns that the famous travel guide Le Routard pays its employees to travel the world. Surely the perfect free holiday! Smooth-talking his way through the door, Yann manages to get himself hired for a trial research trip to Morocco, but he rapidly comes to realise that he’s seriously underestimated the job… Beguiled by Sofia, a feisty tourist guide, Yann gets swept up in an art trafficking operation led by the infamous mobster art dealer Dr Charoux and is plunged into an adventure where nothing will go as planned!

The Rookie Guide

2025

Two Snails Set Off poster
6.1

A forest full of animated animals encourage a pair of snails, who are fully clad in black because they are in mourning for a dead leaf, to celebrate the new spring and reclaim the colors of life. Based on the children's poem by Jacques Prévert entitled "Chanson des escargots qui font à l'enterrement" ("Song of the snails who are on their way to a funeral").

Two Snails Set Off

2017

Beautiful Loser poster
7.2

Michel, a former junkie weaning himself off drugs, raises hell with his seventeen-year-old son, Léo, while also trying to manage as best he can the baby that he's just had with his ex, Hélène. But the years of dope have taken their toll.

Beautiful Loser

2018