Samy Seghir

Samy Seghir born 29 June 1994 in SaintDenis is a French actor of Algerian descent From an Algerian family Samy began his career in 2006 when his mother replied to an advertisement in a local newspaper Aubermensuel He participated in the audition for Michou dAuber and was noticed by producer Luc Besson Living in ÉmileDubois like the character he was playing Messaoud Samy starred in this historic film alongside Gérard Depardieu and Nathalie Baye In 2006 he starred in a TV movie Harkis notably with Smaïn In 2007 he also starred in Big City a film by Djamel Bensalah In 2009 he won the lead role in Neuilly sa mère which was the result of his previous collaboration with Djamel Bensalah the producer Samy Seghir presented an award at the NRJ Music Awards on 23 January 2010 alongside Maxime Godart and Victoria Silvstedt He was part of the last fifteen contenders for a César Award for the Most Promising Newcomer In the end he was not on the list of the final five nominees In the spring of 2010 he starred in Alain Tasmas TV movie Fracture inspired by the book Ils sont votre épouvante et vous êtes leur crainte by Thierry Jonquet with Leila Bekhti and Anaïs Demoustier On 28 May 2011 he made an appearance in the clip Linsécurité by French rapper Seyfu Nine years later Samy Seghir again has the main role of Neuilly sa mère sa mère