Samy Naceri (born 2 July 1961) is a French actor known for his work in the four Taxi movies and The Code (La Mentale).

He was born Saïd Naceri to an Algerian father and French mother in the 4th arrondissement of Paris and spent his childhood in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in the film Days of Glory at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.¹

Contents 1 Criminality 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

Criminality

Stemming from a substance abuse charge in 2003, Samy was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment with deferment, had his driving licence suspended for three years, and was penalized with a €5,000 fine for a road rage incident in which he smashed a car and assaulted one of its occupants.^{2 3 4 5}

In November 2005, after waiting for a late guest, Naceri attacked a 22-year-old man with an ashtray at a trendy Paris restaurant.⁶ The actor was convicted for assault and spent two months in jail.⁷ He was released in February 2006. Then, in December 2006 he was imprisoned for racially abusing police officers.⁸ In January 2007 he was accused of attempted murder after stabbing a security guard in Aix-en-Provence, He was sentenced to 9 months in prison (6 months suspended) for violence and was also sentenced to 1 month in prison for assaulting two guards at a medical centre where he was being treated for overdosing on drugs.⁹¹⁰ In January 2009, he was arrested again for stabbing a man in the neck with a knife. The sentence is pending.

Filmography

• 1989 : La Révolution française directed by Robert Enrico and Richard T. Heffron (uncredited)
• 1994 : Léon directed by Luc Besson
• 1994 : Frères directed by Olivier Dahan
• 1995 : Coup de vice directed by Zak Fishman
• 1995 : Raï directed by Thomas Gilou
• 1996 : Malik le maudit directed by Youcef Hamidi
• 1996 : La Légende de Dede directed by Antonio Olivares
• 1997 : Bouge! directed by Jérôme Cornuau
• 1997 : Autre chose à foutre qu'aimer directed by Carole Giacobbi
• 1998 : Taxi directed by Gérard Pirès
• 1998 : Cantique de la racaille directed by Vincent Ravalec
• 1999 : Un pur moment de rock'n'roll directed by Manuel Boursinhac
• 1999 : Une pour toutes directed by Claude Lelouch
• 2000 : Taxi 2 directed by Gérard Krawczyk
• 2000 : Là-bas, mon pays directed by Alexandre Arcady
• 2001 : Le Petit Poucet directed by Olivier Dahan
• 2001 : Nid de guêpes (The Nest) directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
• 2001 : La Merveilleuse Odyssée de l'idiot toboggan directed by Vincent Ravalec
• 2001 : La Repentie directed by Laetitia Masson
• 2001 : Féroce directed by Gilles de Maistre
• 2002 : La Mentale directed by Manuel Boursinhac
• 2002 : Concerto pour un violon directed by Gilles de Maistre
• 2002 : Disparu directed by Gilles de Maistre
• 2002 : Tapis volant directed by Youcef Hamidi
• 2003 : Taxi 3 directed by Gérard Krawczyk
• 2003 : Finding Nemo directed by Andrew Stanton (voice of Crush the sea turtle in the French dubbed version)
• 2004 : Banlieue 13 directed by Pierre Morel
• 2004 : Bab el web directed by Merzak Allouache
• 2006 : Indigènes directed by Rachid Bouchareb
• 2007 : Taxi 4 directed by Gérard Krawczyk
• 2008 : Des poupées et des anges directed by Nora Hamidi

References

External links

• Samy Naceri at the Internet Movie Database
• (French) Samy Naceri in Allocine website
• (French) La Beurgeoisie The French website for successful "Beurs".

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