Biography
Mehdi Nebbou is a French actor. He was born in Bayonne, France, to a German mother and an Algerian father, and is the brother of film director Safy Nebbou. He moved to Berlin at the age of 18 and studied directing at the German Film and Television Academy (dffb) from 1995 to 2003 before focusing on acting.
Nebbou's breakthrough came with leading roles in German films including Schläfer (2005) and Teresas Zimmer (2007), for which he won the First Steps Award for Best Actor. He appeared as Ali Hassan Salameh in Steven Spielberg's Munich (2005) and as Nizar in Ridley Scott's Body of Lies (2008). Other credits include Berlin Calling (2008), English Vinglish (2012), House of Gucci (2021) and the series Homeland (2011) and HPI (2021–).
He is fluent in French, German, English and Italian, and has also worked as a voice actor.
