Marwan Berreni

Marwan Berreni

Born: December 4, 1988
Died: October 12, 2023
in Paris, France
Marwan Berreni, born December 4, 1988 in Paris and died by suicide in 2023, is a French actor. He is the son of Mourad Berreni (director and director of the Théâtre de l'Écho in the 20th arrondissement of Paris) and a Périgourdine, Martine Sarlandie, librarian. He is the brother Bilal Berreni (1990-2013), urban painter, graffiti artist and designer known worldwide under the pseudonym Zoo Project, who was murdered on July 29, 2013 in Detroit. He is the grandson of Charles Sarlandie (1915-1994), chief of staff of the Resistance within the Violet Battalion in Saint-Mesmin, and after whom a village square is named, in Dordogne-Nord.

Marwan Berreni started at the theater in 1998, when he was 9 years old, in The Three Musketeers then in Les Debutantes directed by Christophe Honoré in 2000. From 1997 to 2007, he was directed by his father, Mourad Berreni, at the workshop of the Théâtre de l'Écho in Paris. In 2003-2004, he was part of Céline Davalan's high school class at the Florent School. Then, he was a student at the Conservatory of the 5th arrondissement of Paris in 2005-2006 before training in acting on camera at the Alain de Bock studio. In 2014, he trained at ACP La Manufacture Chanson. He notably plays in plays directed by his father Mourad Berreni: Molière Circus in 2004, Tableau de famille and Cabaret La Fontaine in 2007.

In 2006, he appeared in the short film “Clin d’Oeil”. The following year, he played Karim, one of the main roles in three seasons of the youth series “Tranches De Vie”. The program was broadcast on Disney Channel until 2010. In 2009, he played the role of an athlete for the humorous film "MSS, Mission Secrète et Sportive" broadcast on France 3. He continued the same year and on the same channel , playing Abdel Fedala in the soap opera “Plus Belle La Vie”. This role made him known to the general public, and he played until October 2022 before the series ended the following November. He plays this character in 903 daily episodes and in certain special television films broadcast in the early evening. The actor Rachid Hafassa plays his father, Karim Fedala during the same period (2009-2022). In 2010, he played one of the main roles in the short film "Tears In The Rain" alongside Dounia Coesens (one of the actresses in Plus Belle La Vie). After appearing in an episode of “Joséphine, Ange Gardien”, Marwan Berreni mainly appears in police series and TV films such as “No Limit” on TF1 and “Commissaire Magellan” on France 3. Between 2017 and 2020, he played roles in the collection of TV films "Les Mystères de...": he is Adrien, a gendarme, in "Les Mystères De l'Île", then Father Sylvain Chaland in "Les Mystères De La Basilique". In “Les Mystères De La Chorale”, he plays the role of a young Turk named Kuvan Birkan. In 2023, he is part of the cast of the New TV movie “Murders in Saint-Malo” from the “Murders in…” collection. In the cinema, in 2020, he played in “Vagabondes”, a comedy directed by Philippe Dajoux.

In August 2023, Marwan Berreni disappeared without a trace, after being involved in a traffic accident in Mâcon. His body will be found on October 13, 2023, dead by hanging, in an abandoned farm in Corcelles-en-Beaujolais.

Movies for Marwan Berreni...

Bad Seeds
Title: Bad Seeds
Character: Alonzo
Released: February 7, 2021
Type: Movie
Jean Bogossian has set up a reorientation center in a small village, his ambition being to save young petty criminals from ending up like he did, in the wrong place at the wrong time. He'll do all he can to get them back on the right path.
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Les Mystères de la chorale
Title: Les Mystères de la chorale
Character: Kuvan Birkan
Released: November 15, 2020
Type: Movie
Caroline Jeune, a gendarme captain, takes on her first murder. An 18-year-old Kurdish woman, Sabrya, was murdered on her way home from the choir she sang in.
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Vagabondes
Title: Vagabondes
Released: August 24, 2019
Type: Movie
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Murder in Tours
Title: Murder in Tours
Character: Sylvain Chaland
Released: April 14, 2018
Type: Movie
Police Commander Louise Chaland is investigating the murder of a controversial sculptor with the help of her son Sylvain, who has become a priest. The body was discovered alongside one of his works, which has been daubed with Latin inscriptions. They soon establish a link with the disappearance of a relic of Saint Martin, the patron saint of the city of Tours. Their investigation leads them to a shelter for the needy, run by François Delcourt and his daughter, who was in love with the murdered artist. Clues start to reveal the disturbing fascination some inhabitants of Tours have with the missing relic. Louise and Sylvain will discover the rich historical and religious heritage of the city as the secular mother and pious son come to some sort of a reconciliation.
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Murder on Aix Island
Title: Murder on Aix Island
Character: Adrien
Released: January 17, 2017
Type: Movie
A body is found in a boat adrift somewhere between Fort Boyard and Aix Island. Solène Brach from the mainland police is sent to investigate.
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Title: Murders in...
Character: Kassem
Released: April 23, 2013
Type: TV
Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.
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Title: Plus belle la vie
Character: Abdel Fedala
Released: August 30, 2004
Type: TV
The daily lives of the inhabitants of "le Mistral", an imaginary neighbourhood in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, where wealthy families cross paths with the less than rich.
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Lost in Eden
Title: Lost in Eden
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Rika, a young Japanese girl lives with her new French​ husband Isaac in Paris. She finally manages to renew her residence permit after the long struggle through chaotic French administration. However, a man from the Japanese Embassy brings a cruel reality to her and menaces: we have to deal with your parent's situation. She faces the Cornelian dilemma.
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Nouveaux meurtres à Saint-Malo
Title: Nouveaux meurtres à Saint-Malo
Character: Kassem
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie