--- name: "Sam Karmann" canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-karmann" fi1m_id: "sam-karmann" imdb_id: "nm0439748" tmdb_id: 76826 wikidata_id: "Q3470502" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 September 1953" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-22T02:49:35.649150+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." --- # Sam Karmann ## Identity Sam Karmann - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-karmann - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** sam-karmann - **IMDb ID:** nm0439748 - **TMDB ID:** 76826 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3470502 - **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3470502, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439748/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76826 Actor. Born 23 September 1953 in Port Said, Egypt. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 September 1953, Port Said, Egypt - **Also known as:** Samir Karman, Samir Karmann - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won) - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3470502, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439748/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76826 ## Biography Sam Karmann is a French actor and director. Born in Port Said, Egypt, he trained in acting and began his career in theatre before moving into film in the early 1980s. He is known for roles in *Cuisine et Dépendances* (1993), *La Cité de la peur* (1994), *Le Goût des autres* (2000) and *Monsieur Batignole* (2002). He provided the voice of Papa in the animated film *Titeuf* (2011) and has appeared in later features including *Le Sens de la fête* (2017) and *Heureux gagnants* (2024). As a director, Karmann made the award-winning short *Omnibus* (1992), which received the Palme d'Or at Cannes and an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. His feature films include *Kennedy et moi* (1999), *À la petite semaine* (2003) and *La Vérité ou presque* (2007). *Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org, allocine.fr.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Titeuf* (2011), Fi1m 65, as Papa (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/titeuf.md) ## Complete filmography (68) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Summer '36* (2026), series, as Henri Pontavice-Caron - *Those Who Lived* (2025), series, as Père d'Arnaud - *Flashback* (2025), series, as Perroni - *Lucky Winners* (2024), as Dr Lambert - *Je ne suis pas un héros* (2023), as Thierry Ifergan - *Le visiteur* (2023), Actor - *The Colors of Fire* (2022), as Le faussaire - *L’épopée des vignerons* (2022), as Narrator (voice) - *Amis d'enfance* (2022), Director - *The Wannabes* (2022), as Le gérant de l'EHPAD - *On n'efface pas les souvenirs* (2021), as Diego - *En plein cœur* (2021), as Richard Leprince - *Above the Sky* (2020), as Père de Dorine - *Laetitia* (2020), series, as Gilles Patron - *Selfie* (2020), as Dr. Gérard Sanerot - *Newcomers* (2019), as Jacques - *Amours à mort* (2019), as François Leroy - *Demi-sœurs* (2018), as Léo - *Abdel et la Comtesse* (2018), as Claude - *Place publique* (2018), as Mickey Bonello - *Crimes parfaits* (2017), series, as Roland - *C'est la vie!* (2017), as The Friend Who Saves the Dinner - *Le Viol* (2017), as Professeur Minkovsky - *Just to Be Sure* (2017), as Le généticien - *Back in Business* (2017), as Le prêtre - *Love Is Dead* (2016), as Yvon - *Beautiful Loser* (2016), series, as Jean-Pierre - *Killing Mélanie Machin* (2014), as Jean-Pierre Dardenne - *Les Gazelles* (2014), as Jacques - *Le Bonheur* (2012), as Alexandre - *Radiostars* (2012), as J.R. Jablonski - *Jeux dangereux* (2012), as Jean-Baptiste Pirelli - *Titeuf* (2011), as Papa (voice) — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/titeuf.md) - *1788...et demi* (2011), series, as Comte François de Saint-Azur - *Marie-Octobre* (2008), as Raoul de Saint-Maur - *Les Bougon* (2008), series, as L'acteur · Director, Creator - *Vampire Party* (2008), as Serge Krinine - *Opération Turquoise* (2007), as Colonel - *True Enough* (2007), as Thomas · Director, Writer - *Suzanne* (2005), as Joseph Wiznitzer - *Casablanca Driver* (2004), as John Driver, le père adoptif de Casa - *Nickel and Dime* (2003), Director, Writer - *Monsieur Batignole* (2002), as Max Bernstein - *The Taste of Others* (2000), as Le metteur en scène - *Kennedy et moi* (1999), as Robert Janssen · Director, Writer - *Le Ciel, les Oiseaux et... ta mère !* (1999), as Le contrôleur du bus - *La méthode* (1998), as Patrick - *Ça reste entre nous* (1998), as Patrick - *La vérité est un vilain défaut* (1997), as Denis - *Le rêve d'Esther* (1996), as Illian - *A lovely summer afternoon* (1996), as Maxime - *J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites* (1995), as Christophe - *Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy* (1994), as Disturbing man / Youri / Émile Gravier - *Kitchen with Apartment* (1993), as Jacques - *Omnibus* (1992), Director, Writer - *A Lesson of Hope* (1991), as M. Lanoselle - *Chère canaille* (1989), as Richard - *La Rumba* (1987), as Antoine - *Under the Cherry Moon* (1986), as Police Inspector - *Follow My Gaze* (1986), as Un loubard violeur - *Hell Train* (1985), as Duval - *New Year's Eve At Bob's* (1984), as Roby - *Thieves After Dark* (1984), as Policeman - *Le Grand Carnaval* (1983), as Rabinovitch, soldat américain - *La Balance* (1982), as Paulo - *The Big Pardon* (1982), as William Benamou - *Petit déjeuner compris* (1980), series, as Khabil - *Chute libre*, as Joël ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won - 1993: Best Live Action Short Film (won), for *Omnibus* ### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year 2000: European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year (nominated), for *Kennedy et moi* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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