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name: "Salim Kéchiouche"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/salim-kechiouche"
fi1m_id: "salim-kechiouche"
imdb_id: "nm0444248"
tmdb_id: 38865
wikidata_id: "Q1367862"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 April 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-22T14:47:21.739383+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."
---

# Salim Kéchiouche

## Identity

Salim Kéchiouche

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/salim-kechiouche
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** salim-kechiouche
- **IMDb ID:** nm0444248
- **TMDB ID:** 38865
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1367862
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salim_Kechiouche, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1367862, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444248/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38865

Actor. Born 2 April 1979 in Lyon, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 April 1979, Lyon, France
- **Active:** 2011–2013
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salim_Kechiouche, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1367862, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444248/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38865

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Blue Is the Warmest Color*](https://film.one/film/blue-is-the-warmest-color.md) (82)

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## Biography

Salim Kéchiouche is a French actor born on 2 April 1979 in Lyon to Algerian parents. He was discovered at the age of 15 by actor and director Gaël Morel, who gave him his first film role in *À Toute Vitesse* (1996). He trained at an acting school and graduated in 2002.

Kéchiouche has appeared in several of Morel's films, including *Premières Neiges* (1999), *3 Dancing Slaves* (2004) and *After Him* (2007). His credits include *Criminal Lovers* (1999), *Grande école* (2004), *Blue Is the Warmest Color* (2013) as Samir, *What the Day Owes the Night* (2012), *Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno* (2018) as Tony, and series such as *Lupin* (2021) and *Ganglands* (2021). He divides his time between cinema and stage work and lives in Paris.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Blue Is the Warmest Color* (2013), Fi1m 82, as Samir — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-is-the-warmest-color.md)

## Complete filmography (66)

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

- *Le Rouge et le Noir* (2026), series, as Altamira
- *The Silent Run* (2026), as Redouane
- *A Prophet* (2026), series, as Issam Djebbari
- *Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due* (2025), as Tony
- *Agent Zero* (2025), as Ilias Siracine
- *Belle* (2025), Actor
- *Bin U Bin, Elsewhere the Border* (2024), Actor
- *The Source* (2024), series, as Frère Driss
- *Children of Paradise* (2023), as Yazid · Screenplay, Director
- *Constance aux enfers* (2023), as Amine
- *Miracle* (2022), as Sayyid
- *Rebecca* (2021), series, as Thomas Weber
- *Good Morning Midnight* (2021), Actor
- *Ganglands* (2021), series, as Saber
- *Lupin* (2021), series, as Marc — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/lupin.md)
- *Nos gènes* (2020), Director, Screenplay
- *Merci de votre visite* (2020), Actor
- *The Breitner Commando* (2019), as Mourad Boukarouba
- *The Return* (2019), as Khaled
- *The Wake* (2019), as Imad
- *Mouche* (2019), series, as Jules
- *Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo* (2019), as Tony
- *Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno* (2018), as Tony
- *Thugocratie* (2018), as Sam
- *Burning Crimes* (2017), series, as Târiq Amraouï
- *Burning* (2017), as Rachid
- *Foreign Body* (2016), as Imed
- *Ta mère !* (2015), as Salim
- *Sur la pointe des pieds* (2015), as Elias
- *Être* (2015), Actor
- *A Smell of Blood* (2015), as Abdel Daral
- *NOIR* (2015), as Kadhafi
- *La Crèche des hommes* (2014), as Mohamed
- *Blue Is the Warmest Color* (2013), as Samir — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-is-the-warmest-color.md)
- *I'm Not Dead* (2013), as Abdallah
- *Paris or Perish* (2013), as Medhi
- *Odysseus* (2013), series, as Orione
- *Murders in...* (2013), series, as Thomas Costella
- *Black Really Suits You* (2012), as Rachid
- *What the Day Owes the Night* (2012), as Djelloul
- *Burners* (2011), as Malik
- *Haram* (2011), Actor
- *Fortunes* (2011), series, as Brahim Béchéri
- *Mariage Blues* (2011), as Salim
- *Histoires de vies* (2010), series, as Karim
- *The String* (2009), as Bilal
- *Fortunes* (2008), as Brahim Béchéri
- *In Your Wake* (2007), as Karim
- *The Year After* (2007), as Nayib
- *Boys Briefs 4* (2006), as Karim (segment "Gigolo")
- *Les Grecs* (2006), Actor
- *Night Archives* (2005), as Karim
- *Courts mais Gay : Tome 9* (2005), as Karim
- *Temps morts* (2005), as Reda
- *Gigolo* (2005), as Karim
- *Three Dancing Slaves* (2004), as Hicham
- *Grande école* (2004), as Mécir
- *Vie et mort de Pier Paolo Pasolini* (2004), as Giuseppe Pelosi
- *Come Undone* (2000), Actor
- *First Snow* (1999), as Kacem
- *Criminal Lovers* (1999), as Saïd
- *Full Speed* (1996), as Jamel
- *Prison Fight*, Actor
- *Malin Fors*, series, Actor
- *Il ne se passe jamais rien ici*, series, as Pedretti
- *Neighbors*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Salim Kéchiouche](https://film.one/media/person/120595/gallery-5ffa9de8a8e0.jpg) Salim Kéchiouche — Joan Hernandez Mir, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Salim_Kechiouche_Cannes_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Actor Salim Kechiouche attends the Affeksjonsverdi red carpet during the 78th Locarno Film Festival on August 09, 2025 in Locarno, Switzerland.](https://film.one/media/person/120595/gallery-4b22f5906c5e.jpg) Actor Salim Kechiouche attends the Affeksjonsverdi red carpet during the 78th Locarno Film Festival on August 09, 2025 in Locarno, Switzerland. — Segolene Liger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Actor_Salim_Kechiouche_at_the_2025_Locarno_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Actor_Salim_Kechiouche_at_the_2025_Locarno_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor Salim Kechiouche attends the Affeksjonsverdi red carpet during the 78th Locarno Film Festival on August 09, 2025 in Locarno, Switzerland.](https://film.one/media/person/120595/gallery-07551dddd02d.jpg) Actor Salim Kechiouche attends the Affeksjonsverdi red carpet during the 78th Locarno Film Festival on August 09, 2025 in Locarno, Switzerland. — Segolene Liger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Actor_Salim_Kechiouche_at_the_2025_Locarno_Film_Festival_2.jpg/1280px-Actor_Salim_Kechiouche_at_the_2025_Locarno_Film_Festival_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actors Salim Kechiouche, Shain Boumedine, Ophelie Bau, Jessica Pennington and Andre Jacobs attend the Affeksjonsverdi red carpet during the 78th Locarno Film Fe (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/120595/gallery-ac90aa291441.jpg) Actors Salim Kechiouche, Shain Boumedine, Ophelie Bau, Jessica Pennington and Andre Jacobs attend the Affeksjonsverdi red carpet during the 78th Locarno Film Fe (2025) — Segolene Liger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Actors_Salim_Kechiouche%2C_Shain_Boumedine%2C_Ophelie_Bau%2C_Jessica_Pennington_and_Andre_Jacobs_at_the_2025_Locarno_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Actors_Salim_Kechiouche%2C_Shain_Boumedine%2C_Ophelie_Bau%2C_Jessica_Pennington_and_Andre_Jacobs_at_the_2025_Locarno_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Salim Kéchiouche](https://film.one/media/person/120595/gallery-03e6adb9b116.jpg) Salim Kéchiouche — Image via TMDB
- ![Salim Kéchiouche](https://film.one/media/person/120595/gallery-c8b02059bc4a.jpg) Salim Kéchiouche — Image via TMDB
- ![Alexia Chardard, Andre Jacobs, Jessica Pennington, Shain Boumedine, Ophelie Bau, Salim Kechiouche, Meleinda Elasfour and Marie Bernard attend the 'Mektoub, My L (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/120595/gallery-df3b55719787.jpg) Alexia Chardard, Andre Jacobs, Jessica Pennington, Shain Boumedine, Ophelie Bau, Salim Kechiouche, Meleinda Elasfour and Marie Bernard attend the 'Mektoub, My L (2025) — Segolene Liger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Alexia_Chardard%2C_Andre_Jacobs%2C_Jessica_Pennington%2C_Shain_Boumedine%2C_Ophelie_Bau%2C_Salim_Kechiouche%2C_Meleinda_Elasfour_and_Marie_Bernardat_the_2025_Locarno_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alexia Chardard, Andre Jacobs, Jessica Pennington, Shain Boumedine, Ophelie Bau, Salim Kechiouche, Meleinda Elasfour and Marie Bernard attend the 'Mektoub, My L (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/120595/gallery-278b1c80d11f.jpg) Alexia Chardard, Andre Jacobs, Jessica Pennington, Shain Boumedine, Ophelie Bau, Salim Kechiouche, Meleinda Elasfour and Marie Bernard attend the 'Mektoub, My L (2025) — Segolene Liger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Alexia_Chardard%2C_Andre_Jacobs%2C_Jessica_Pennington%2C_Shain_Boumedine%2C_Ophelie_Bau%2C_Salim_Kechiouche%2C_Meleinda_Elasfour_and_Marie_Bernardat_the_2025_Locarno_Film_Festival_01.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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