---
name: "Dhafer L'Abidine"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dhafer-labidine"
fi1m_id: "dhafer-labidine"
imdb_id: "nm1339304"
tmdb_id: 129014
wikidata_id: "Q3025678"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 February 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T12:02:10.084015+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."
---

# Dhafer L'Abidine

## Identity

Dhafer L'Abidine

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dhafer-labidine
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dhafer-labidine
- **IMDb ID:** nm1339304
- **TMDB ID:** 129014
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3025678
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3025678, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1339304/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/129014

Actor. Born 29 February 1972 in tunis, Tunisie.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 February 1972, tunis, Tunisie
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Also known as:** Dhafer El Abidine, Dhaffer Labidine, ظافر العابدين
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2020s 73 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3025678, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1339304/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/129014

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Palestine 36*](https://film.one/film/palestine-36.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dhafer L'Abidine is a Tunisian actor and director. He trained at the Birmingham School of Acting and began his career in the United Kingdom, appearing in series such as *Dream Team*, *Spooks* and *The Bill*.

He is known for roles in films including *Children of Men* (2006), *Sex and the City 2* (2010), *Centurion* (2010) and *A Hologram for the King* (2016). In Tunisia he gained prominence playing Dali in the series *Maktoub*. He has also worked in Egyptian, Emirati and Lebanese productions. L'Abidine plays Amir in the 2025 film *Palestine 36*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, dazeddigital.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Palestine 36* (2025), Fi1m 73, as Amir — [page](https://film.one/film/palestine-36.md)
- *Children of Men* (2006), Fi1m 85, as Dhafer — [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

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

- *Maybe* (2026), series, Actor
- *Sophia* (2025), Director, Producer
- *Snakes and Ladders: Child's Play* (2025), Actor
- *Palestine 36* (2025), as Amir — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/palestine-36.md)
- *A Nose and Three Eyes* (2024), Actor
- *To My Son* (2023), Director, Writer
- *The Spider* (2022), as Adam Gubran's
- *Tomorrow* (2022), as Habib · Producer, Writer, Director
- *Blood Line* (2020), as Nader
- *The Eddy* (2020), series, Actor
- *Bride of Beirut* (2019), series, as Fares Al-Daher
- *Eugenie Nights* (2018), series, Actor
- *Drop Dead Diva* (2018), series, Actor
- *Habbet Caramel* (2017), as رجا
- *Haza El-Masa'* (2017), series, Actor
- *Halawet El-Donia* (2017), series, as Sleim
- *Caramel* (2017), series, as Raja
- *Abu Shanab* (2016), as حسن أبو دقن
- *The Exit* (2016), series, as المقدم عمر فاروق
- *A Hologram for the King* (2016), as Hasan
- *Saturday Night Live Arabia* (2016), series, Actor
- *Under Control* (2015), series, as Hatem
- *أريد رجلًا* (2015), series, as Khaled
- *Bad Timing* (2014), series, as سميح
- *Whose empire* (2014), series, as Othman
- *Friendly Fire* (2013), series, Actor
- *Transporter: The Series* (2013), series, as Olivier Dassin
- *Vertigo* (2012), series, Actor
- *Fausse Note* (2012), Actor
- *Black Forest* (2012), as Saxon
- *Kingdom of Dust* (2011), as Shakir
- *Late December* (2010), Actor
- *Memory in the Flesh* (2010), as Ziad
- *Sex and the City 2* (2010), as Mahmud
- *Centurion* (2010), as Arm Wrestling Opponent
- *31 North 62 East* (2009), as Thierry Leroy
- *Buried Secrets* (2009), as Ali
- *Tunis 2025* (2009), series, Actor
- *Fated* (2008), series, Actor
- *The Mark of Cain* (2007), as Abdullah Omar
- *Benidorm* (2007), series, as Mohammed
- *Forget Me Not* (2006), as Son
- *Children of Men* (2006), as Dhafer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)
- *The Stone Merchant* (2006), as 1st Egyptian (as Dhaffer Labidine)
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Sharaf — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, as Roman Cassell
- *Kundalini*, Actor
- *Check In*, Actor

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