Saïd Amadis

Acting

Saïd Amadis

Born July 2, 1946 · Oran, France [now Algeria] (age 80)

Saïd Amadis is a French actor, singer and writer, born in 1946 in Oran, Algeria. He has appeared in numerous films, including "L'Union sacrée", "Là-bas... mon pays", "Syriana", "Voyage sans retour" and "OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies". He also dubs films and is the regular voice of Ving Rhames, Cedric the Entertainer, Michael Clarke Duncan and James Earl Jones.

Known For

Lost IllusionsLost Illusions · 2021
Lost Illusions
★ 7.42021
MovieDramaRomance
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
The Nativity StoryThe Nativity Story · 2006
The Nativity Story
★ 7.02006
MovieDrama
Mary and Joseph make the hard journey to Bethlehem for a blessed event in this retelling of the Nativity story. This meticulously researched and visually lush adaptation of the biblical tale follows the pair on their arduous path to their arrival in a small village, where they find shelter in a quiet manger and Jesus is born.
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro AffairVoyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair · 1990
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
★ 4.91990
MovieDramaHistory
The story of the hijacking of the Italian luxury liner Achille Lauro by four Palestinians.
Mad LoveMad Love · 1985
Mad Love
★ 5.71985
MovieDramaCrime
After a successful bank robbery, Micky hopes to take back his girlfriend Marie who has been taken from him. On the way to Paris he meets Leon, a neurotic dreamer whom he considers an idiot. Leon can hardly understand what Micky is up to but he follows him everywhere and soon falls in love with Marie.
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of SpiesOSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies · 2006
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
★ 7.22006
MovieCrimeAction
Set in 1955, French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stumble into a web of international intrigue.
The TowerThe Tower · 2018
The Tower
★ 7.12018
MovieAnimationDrama
Eleven-year-old Wardi’s great-grandfather leaves behind a will suggesting looking to the past to find the future. Searching the house, Wardi finds out about her Palestinian homeland from family memories.
Secrets of StateSecrets of State · 2008
Secrets of State
★ 5.82008
MovieThriller
In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation follow the same methods. Alex and Al Barad are two of them. The former is the head of the D.G.S.E.'s (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, the French equivalent of the CIA or the MI6) counter-terrorism unit while the latter reigns over a terrorist network, and both fight using the most ruthless of weapons: human beings.
The SituationThe Situation · 2007
The Situation
★ 5.82007
MovieDramaHistory
The first U.S.-made film drama set during the Iraq war, THE SITUATION chronicles the tragic death of an Iraqi teenager at the hands of U.S. soldiers. The incident sets off an "investigation," a cover-up, and complications involving Iraqi mayor Sheikh Tahsin (Saïd Amadis), who has a complex relationship with the Americans.

Filmography

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The Honour of the TribeThe Honour of the Tribe · 1993
The Honour of the Tribe
★ 9.01993
MovieDramaComedy
Like every year in Zitouna, a bear handler passes by. With his creature, he comes to challenge the small community. And like every year, it is Slimane El Mabrouk who defends the honor of the tribe. But this time, he dies, leaving two orphans, Omar and Ourida. Robbed of their inheritance, the children will grow up alone. The years pass, the French army settles in, and with it, the war. Mysteriously, one day, after the murder of a French legionnaire, Omar disappears into the bush, while his sister dies in childbirth. Omar will return to the village, much later, once independence has been acquired, as a representative of power and with this enigmatic formula: "You must know that the Revolution has not forgotten you". Personal revenge? Sincere desire to bring progress and modernity? ... The inhabitants of Zitouna, upset in their ancestral way of life, will not be long in having an answer to their questions.

Omar El Mabrouk

Return to AlgiersReturn to Algiers · 2000
Return to Algiers
★ 6.92000
MovieDrama
Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian delivers an urgent message to Pierre from a Leïla Jalal... Algiers, 1962. The Nivels live in the same apartment building as the Moslem Jalal family. Lycée student Pierre is in love with their daughter, Leïla. The civil unrest in Algeria is heating up and violence is spreading in Algiers. At school, Pierre is friends with a Moslem student, Issam, but he is made fun of for that... Pierre's jet arrives in Algiers. As a celebrity, Pierre is met on arrival by a government official, Nader Mansour. Because of the civil war raging between the government and Islamic terrorists, they drive into the city in a heavily armed convoy. Pierre does not tell Mansour his real reason for returning: Leïla has asked him to help her daughter Amina escape to safety in France.

Nader Mansour