---
name: "Abdelhafid Metalsi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/abdelhafid-metalsi"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 October 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T12:13:39.773419+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Abdelhafid Metalsi

Actor. Born 10 October 1969 in Maghnia, Algeria.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 October 1969, Maghnia, Algeria
- **Active:** 2005–2010
- **Also known as:** Abdelhafid Métalsi
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelhafid_Metalsi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2821029, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1343002/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67145

## Biography

Abdelhafid Metalsi is a French-Algerian actor born on 10 October 1969 in Maghnia, Algeria. He moved to France at the age of one and grew up in the Champagne region, including time in Reims. He trained as an actor at the Chaillot National Theater.

Metalsi is known for his role as Nouredine in the 2010 film *Of Gods and Men*. He gained wider recognition for his lead performance as Capitaine Kader Chérif in the France 2 police series *Cherif*, which ran from 2013 to 2019. Other film credits include *Munich* (2005), *Mesrine: Killer Instinct* (2008), *The Tiger and the Snow* (2005) and *The Assault* (2011). He received the best actor award for a French television series at Festival Séries Mania in 2013.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Of Gods and Men* (2010), Fi1m 84, as Nouredine — [page](https://film.one/film/of-gods-and-men.md)
- *Munich* (2005), Fi1m 80, as Palestinian in 30s — [page](https://film.one/film/munich.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *La dernière heure* (2026), series, as Georges
- *Shukran* (2023), as Ali
- *J'adore ma vie !* (2013), as Samir
- *Au nom d'Athènes* (2012), as Darius
- *Au nom d'Athènes* (2012), series, as Darius
- *The Belgian Job* (2012), as Brahim
- *The Minister* (2011), as Louis-Do
- *Une nouvelle vie* (2011), as Kazim Adelmosen
- *The Assault* (2011), as Ali Touchent
- *Of Gods and Men* (2010), as Nouredine — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/of-gods-and-men.md)
- *Adieu Gary* (2009), as Le nouveau voisin
- *Myriam's choice* (2009), as Hassan
- *Un si beau voyage* (2009), as Karim
- *Mesrine: Killer Instinct* (2008), as Ahmed, pimp
- *Versailles* (2008), as José
- *Terre de lumière* (2008), series, as Driss
- *A Police Romance* (2008), as Jamel Messaouden
- *Andalucia* (2008), as Amar
- *L'Affaire Ben Barka* (2008), as le commandant Dlimi, chef de la sûreté marocaine
- *Intimate Enemies* (2007), as Rachid
- *Michou d'Auber* (2007), as Saïd
- *Bad Faith* (2006), as Karim
- *Down  in the Hole* (2006), as Omar
- *Munich* (2005), as Palestinian in 30s — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/munich.md)
- *The Tiger and the Snow* (2005), as Dottore Salman
- *Zim and Co* (2005), as Ikéa
- *The Demon Stirs* (2005), as Ahmed
- *Dark Night, October 17, 1961* (2005), as Ali Saïd
- *Hymne à la gazelle* (2003), as Youssef
- *Ladies of the Law* (2000), series, as Docteur Batany

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