--- name: "Smaïn" canonical: "https://film.one/person/smain" fi1m_id: "smain" imdb_id: "nm0806726" tmdb_id: 228930 wikidata_id: "Q3486921" roles: [] born: "3 January 1958" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T02:46:47.882216+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." --- # Smaïn ## Identity Smaïn - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/smain - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** smain - **IMDb ID:** nm0806726 - **TMDB ID:** 228930 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3486921 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sma%C3%AFn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3486921, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0806726/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/228930 Actor. Born 3 January 1958 in Constantine, France [now Algeria]. ## Details - **Born:** 3 January 1958, Constantine, France [now Algeria] - **Also known as:** Smaïn Fairouze - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sma%C3%AFn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3486921, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0806726/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/228930 ## Biography Smaïn, born Smaïn Fairouze on 3 January 1958 in Constantine, Algeria, is a French actor and humourist of Algerian descent. Adopted by a French family, he was raised in Paris and began performing in café-théâtre venues in the 1980s. He achieved success with one-man shows including *A star is beur* (1986) and *Comme ça se prononce* (1996). His film roles include appearances in *La Smala* (1984), *L'Œil au beur(re) noir* (1987) and *Three Lives and Only One Death* (1996), in which he played Luca. He co-directed and starred in *Les Deux Papas et la Maman* (1996). *Sources: fr.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, allocine.fr.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Three Lives and Only One Death* (1996), Fi1m 77, as Luca — [page](https://film.one/film/three-lives-and-only-one-death.md) ## Complete filmography (48) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Blond Boy from the Casbah* (2023), as Doctor Farès - *The Imaginary Doctor* (2022), as Inspecteur Bachir - *Placés* (2022), as Père d'Elias - *À votre service* (2015), series, as L'huissier - *Certifiée Halal* (2015), as Aziz Boukamache - *Gates of the Sun* (2015), as Slimane - *Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui* (2014), Actor - *Un p’tit gars de Ménilmontant* (2013), as Maklouf - *Poor Richard!* (2013), as Farid - *The Bag of Flour* (2012), as Sarah's Father - *Le Carnaval des animaux* (2010), as Le père - *Tomboy* (2008), as Amrani - *Harkis* (2008), as Saïd - *Camping Paradis* (2006), series, as Christian Dissaut - *For the Love of God* (2006), as Kevin's Father - *Sandrine Alexi - Prise de têtes* (2006), Director - *Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés* (2005), Actor - *Smaïn: Rebelote* (2005), Writer - *The Car Keys* (2003), as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent - *Commissariat Bastille* (2001), series, as Capitaine Mo Loumani - *Old School* (2000), as M. Fonblard - *Le Schpountz* (1999), as Irénée - *Recto/Verso* (1999), as Fred - *Charité biz'ness* (1998), as Sam - *Bingo !* (1998), as Vincent - *Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur* (1998), Actor - *Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés* (1997), Actor - *Smaïn - Comme ça se prononce* (1996), Writer - *Three Lives and Only One Death* (1996), as Luca — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/three-lives-and-only-one-death.md) - *Two Dads and One Mom* (1996), as Salim · Director - *Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique* (1995), Actor - *Tom est tout seul* (1995), as Street musician - *Wacko* (1994), as Jimmy - *Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania* (1993), Actor - *Les Enfoirés 1992 - La Soirée des Enfoirés à l'Opéra* (1992), Actor - *One Can Always Dream* (1991), as Rachid Merzahoui - *J'aurais jamais dû croiser son regard...* (1989), as Bambi - *L'Œil au beur(re) noir* (1987), as Rachid - *Le Passager du Tassili* (1987), as Fefer - *The Joint Brothers* (1986), as Le jeune homme du train - *The Telephone Always Rings Twice* (1985), as Momo - *La Smala* (1984), as Le jeune maghrébin de la bagarre - *Dorothée : Le Show* (1983), Actor - *Le Théâtre de Bouvard* (1982), series, as Various characters - *The Big Brother* (1982), as Abdel - *Les Chômeurs en folie* (1982), Actor - *Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !* (1982), Actor - *Ceritfiée Halal de Mahmoud Zemmouri*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Smaïn, Maghreb-Orient des Livres, Paris, février 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/3930653/gallery-5a5cee12ad9c.jpg) Smaïn, Maghreb-Orient des Livres, Paris, février 2018. — Mohatatou, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Sma%C3%AFn%2C_Maghreb-Orient_des_Livres_2018.jpg/1280px-Sma%C3%AFn%2C_Maghreb-Orient_des_Livres_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Humoriste français (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/3930653/gallery-493761c87fbc.jpg) Humoriste français (2011) — Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Smain.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Humoriste français (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/3930653/gallery-4165d2735026.jpg) Humoriste français (2012) — Smain_2.JPG: Yelles derivative work: Octave.H, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Smain_3.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Officer of the National Order of Merit 2024: Officer of the National Order of Merit (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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