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name: "Alaa Safi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alaa-safi"
roles: []
born: "26 September 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T12:07:58.047935+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."
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# Alaa Safi

Actor. Born 26 September 1984 in Champigny-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France.

## Details

- **Born:** 26 September 1984, Champigny-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Also known as:** Alaa Oumouzoune, 阿拉·萨菲, Алаа Умузун
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 66 (1), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27624466, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2349733/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/126802

## Coming up

- *The Chosen: Crucifixion* (2027-03-11), as Simon Z

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Doctor Strange*](https://film.one/film/doctor-strange.md) (66)

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## Biography

Alaa Safi is a French actor, director and producer. Born on 26 September 1984 in Champigny-sur-Marne, he was the world champion in Tae Kwon Do at the age of 18. He trained at the Atelier International de Théâtre Blanche Salant et Paul Weaver and later with Jack Waltzer.

Safi began his screen career as an action performer. His first major role was as Vulture opposite Jackie Chan in *Chinese Zodiac* (2012). He has since appeared in *Doctor Strange* (2016) as the Tall Zealot, *American Assassin* (2017), *The Mauritanian* (2021), *Death on the Nile* (2022) and *Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny* (2023) as Rahim. He is a series regular on *The Chosen* (2019–) as Simon Z.

Safi began directing with the short film *Chrysalis* (2020), followed by *Coming Home* (2023); both won awards at American film festivals.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny* (2023), Fi1m 58, as Rahim — [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny.md)
- *Doctor Strange* (2016), Fi1m 66, as Tall Zealot — [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-strange.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *The Chosen: Crucifixion* (2027), as Simon Z
- *Agent Zero* (2025), as Malik
- *The Chosen: Season 4* (2024), as Simon Z
- *Icon of French Cinema* (2023), series, as Tahar
- *Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny* (2023), as Rahim — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny.md)
- *Coming Home* (2023), as Silas Moore · Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
- *The Chosen: Season 3 Finale* (2023), as Simon Z
- *The Chosen: Season 3  - Episodes 1 & 2* (2022), as Simon Z
- *Death on the Nile* (2022), as Corporal
- *Villa Caprice* (2021), as Karim Benkhelif
- *The Mauritanian* (2021), as Moroccan Translator / Marseille
- *Chrysalis* (2020), as Muhammad · Editor, Producer, Writer, Director
- *The Mallorca Files* (2019), series, as Philippe Tromeur
- *Twice Upon a Time* (2019), series, as Nordine
- *The Chosen* (2019), series, as Simon Z
- *Incoming* (2018), as Idris
- *American Assassin* (2017), as Javeed
- *The Mummy* (2017), as Sickle Slave
- *Doctor Strange* (2016), as Tall Zealot — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-strange.md)
- *All Three of Us* (2015), as Berouz
- *Les Baumettes* (2014), as Yann Gautier
- *Outcast* (2014), as The Moor
- *Tyrant* (2014), series, as Bashir
- *Victor Young Perez* (2013), as Battling Mokhtar
- *Brotherhood of Tears* (2013), as Un joueur de poker
- *Taureau Taureau* (2013), as Tony
- *Chinese Zodiac* (2012), as Vulture
- *10 jours pour s'aimer* (2011), as Samir
- *A Butterfly Kiss* (2011), as l'homme des coulisses
- *L'ombre d'un flic* (2011), as Salim
- *Anything for Her* (2008), as Moussa
- *Traitor* (2008), as Omar's Crew
- *Mercury Man* (2006), as Tri-x Martial Art

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