---
name: "René Assa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rene-assa"
fi1m_id: "rene-assa"
imdb_id: "nm0039734"
tmdb_id: 1961663
wikidata_id: "Q89445425"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 November 1944"
died: "10 March 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T08:11:24.862685+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."
---

# René Assa

## Identity

René Assa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rene-assa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rene-assa
- **IMDb ID:** nm0039734
- **TMDB ID:** 1961663
- **Wikidata ID:** Q89445425
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Assa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89445425, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039734/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1961663

Actor. Born 15 November 1944 in Cairo, Egypt. Died 10 March 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 November 1944, Cairo, Egypt
- **Died:** 10 March 2002
- **Also known as:** Rena Assa
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Assa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89445425, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039734/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1961663

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Deep Cover*](https://film.one/film/deep-cover.md) (72)

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## Biography

René Assa was an actor born on 15 November 1944 in Cairo, Egypt. He moved to the United States as a teenager and began his career in theatre, appearing in productions at the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival and the Mark Taper Forum’s New Works Festival, as well as several Los Angeles plays by Murray Mednick.

His screen credits include the role of Guzman in the 1992 film *Deep Cover*, the Passport Official in *Postcards from the Edge* (1990) and appearances in *Walker* (1987). On television he had guest roles in series including *Baywatch*, *Knight Rider*, *The A-Team*, *Quantum Leap* and *The Flash*.

Assa died on 10 March 2002 in Los Angeles, California, of lung cancer.

*Sources: imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Deep Cover* (1992), Fi1m 72, as Guzman — [page](https://film.one/film/deep-cover.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *The Destiny of Marty Fine* (1996), as Sal
- *Deep Cover* (1992), as Guzman — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/deep-cover.md)
- *976-EVIL II* (1992), as Mr. Stephen Grubeck
- *The Flash* (1990), series, as Mark Bernhardt
- *Postcards from the Edge* (1990), as Passport Official
- *Baywatch* (1989), series, Actor
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Andy
- *Walker* (1987), as Doctor
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Paco Reyes
- *Airwolf* (1984), series, as Armand
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, as Kyle's Gang Member
- *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Rashid, Miller
- *The Man with the Power* (1977), as Maj. Amara Sajid
- *Raid on Entebbe* (1976), as Terrorist
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Jeannot Tunier — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, as Hakim
- *The Third Girl from the Left* (1973), as Larry
- *Columbo* (1971), series, as Police Officer (uncredited) — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/rene-assa