Abdelhafid Metalsi

Abdelhafid Metalsi

Born: October 10, 1969
in Maghnia, Algeria
Abdelhafid Metalsi (born 1969) is an Arabic actor, of Kabyle descent and Algerian ethnicity, who lives in France and was naturalized as French. He is best known for his starring role as the dedicated Capitaine Kader Chérif in the French police series Cherif.

Born in Algeria in 1969, Abdelhafid Metalsi moved to France at age one, in Champagne province, where he grew up. He lived in the Orgeval district in Reims for part of his childhood. He began training as an actor at the Chaillot National Theater which gave him the chance to work on stage and act in television shows such as Spiral season 4 (Canal+) or Spin (France 2). Metalsi is especially known for his role as captain Kader Chérif, the lead character in the cop show Cherif which has been broadcast on the France 2 network since October 25, 2013.

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Shukran
Title: Shukran
Character: Ali
Released: October 28, 2023
Type: Movie
INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY. In 2011 the Syrian people rise up against the Assad regime. When Dr. Haider, a pediatric heart surgeon, loses his brother in a terrorist attack, he decides to fulfill his last wish, finding himself questioning everything he has always believed in.
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J'adore ma vie !
Title: J'adore ma vie !
Character: Samir
Released: May 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Angélique is a nursery school teacher. She loves the children: other people's, of course, and those of her partner Damien, who is going through a divorce. It is then that she realizes that she has contracted a very rare allergy... to children!
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Au nom d'Athènes
Title: Au nom d'Athènes
Character: Darius
Released: November 24, 2012
Type: Movie
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The Belgian Job
Title: The Belgian Job
Character: Brahim
Released: February 14, 2012
Type: Movie
Willy Vander Brook, a world with Franco-Belgian roots, travels to Paris for an interview. He is welcomed by his childhood friend Serge, an ex pub operator, and his roommate Frank, a fierce supporter of the Walloon independence. When Willy discovers that his candidacy is not accepted because he is Belgian, he and his compatriots decide to take revenge
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The Minister
Title: The Minister
Character: Louis-Do
Released: October 26, 2011
Type: Movie
Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the accident. Thus begins the odyssey of a politician in a world that is increasingly more complex and hostile.
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Une nouvelle vie
Title: Une nouvelle vie
Character: Kazim Adelmosen
Released: August 23, 2011
Type: Movie
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The Assault
Title: The Assault
Character: Ali Touchent
Released: January 17, 2011
Type: Movie
December 1994. On Saturday 24th, four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus, bound for Paris, with 227 passengers on board, at the Algiers airport.
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Of Gods and Men
Title: Of Gods and Men
Character: Nouredine
Released: September 8, 2010
Type: Movie
French drama based on the 1996 kidnapping and killing of seven monks in Algeria. A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where they live in harmony with the largely muslim population. When a bloody conflict between Algeria's army and Muslim Jihadi insurgents disrupts the peace, they are forced to consider fleeing the monastery and deserting the villagers they have ministered to. In the face of deadly violence the monks wrestle with their faith and their convictions, eventually deciding to stay and help their neighbours keep the army and the insurgents at bay.
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Myriam's choice
Title: Myriam's choice
Character: Hassan
Released: May 9, 2009
Type: Movie
The arrival in France of the first generation of Algerian immigrants. In the early sixties, Kader, soon joined by his wife Myriam, tries to build a new life on French soil. Like many other couples, they soon find themselves torn between the dream of returning to their homeland and that of prospering in a land that is not always welcoming.
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Un si beau voyage
Title: Un si beau voyage
Character: Karim
Released: March 18, 2009
Type: Movie
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Mesrine: Killer Instinct
Title: Mesrine: Killer Instinct
Character: Ahmed, pimp
Released: October 22, 2008
Type: Movie
Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.
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Title: Terre de lumière
Character: Driss
Released: August 12, 2008
Type: TV
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Versailles
Title: Versailles
Character: José
Released: May 19, 2008
Type: Movie
A young mother Nina and her son Enzo find themselves sleeping on the streets of Paris. Eventually there lifestyle leads them to Versailles.
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A Police Romance
Title: A Police Romance
Character: Jamel Messaouden
Released: April 15, 2008
Type: Movie
In a small police station, Lieutenant Emilie Carange finds herself sexually attracted to Jamil Messaouden, a young rookie officer. When an old Algerian woman reports that she's seen drug dealers operating in the neighborhood, they find themselves in over their heads in an investigation. Night after night, Emilie's desire grows. The drug investigation gets out of hand and so does Emilie...
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Andalucia
Title: Andalucia
Character: Amar
Released: March 5, 2008
Type: Movie
Yacine is in his 30s, of Algerian origins, and has come to Paris looking for inner peace. A playful and poetic quest leads him via all kinds of strange encounters to an increasingly surrealist world and to Andalusia: a state of mind.
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L'Affaire Ben Barka
Title: L'Affaire Ben Barka
Character: le commandant Dlimi, chef de la sûreté marocaine
Released: January 21, 2008
Type: Movie
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Intimate Enemies
Title: Intimate Enemies
Character: Rachid
Released: October 3, 2007
Type: Movie
A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.
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Michou d'Auber
Title: Michou d'Auber
Character: Saïd
Released: February 28, 2007
Type: Movie
Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older brother Abdel in foster care. Sent to the countryside, Abdel has to work on a farm, but Messaoud is taken in by a childless woman, who conceals his Arab origins from her fiercely Gaullist ex-army husband. Re-named Michel/Michou, and with his hair comically dyed blond, the young boy quickly steals the hearts of both foster-parents, and eventually is instrumental in saving their troubled marriage.
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Bad Faith
Title: Bad Faith
Character: Karim
Released: December 6, 2006
Type: Movie
In Paris, Clara, psycho motor therapist, and Ismaël, music teacher, have been lovers for four years. Happy, the couple are expecting their first child and decide to move in together. But the news is not well received by their respective families because Clara is Jewish and Ishmael a Muslim. Although not practicing, this difference will gradually sow trouble in their love life.
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Munich
Title: Munich
Character: Palestinian in 30s
Released: December 23, 2005
Type: Movie
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.
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The Tiger and the Snow
Title: The Tiger and the Snow
Character: Dottore Salman
Released: October 14, 2005
Type: Movie
Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited. Every night he dreams of marrying her, in his boxer shorts and t-shirt, as Tom Waits sings. Vittoria travels to Iraq with her friend, Fuad, a poet; they are there with the second Gulf War breaks out. Vittoria is injured. Attilio must get to her side, and then, as war rages around him, he must find her the medical care she needs. In war, does love conquer all?
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Zim and Co
Title: Zim and Co
Character: Ikéa
Released: August 17, 2005
Type: Movie
Because of a motorcycle accident, a young man from the poor outskirts of Paris must find a steady job in order to avoid being sent to prison. He gets into more trouble trying to do that.
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Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961
Title: Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961
Character: Ali Saïd
Released: June 7, 2005
Type: Movie
Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest moments of the Algerian War of Independence. As the war wound to a close and violence persisted in the streets of Paris, the FLN and its supporters adopted the tactic of murdering French policemen in hopes of forcing a withdrawal. When French law enforcement retaliated by brutalizing Algerians and imposing a strict curfew, the FLN organizes a peaceful demonstration that drew over 11,000 supporters, resulting in an order from the Paris police chief to take brutal countermeasures. Told through the eyes of both French policemen as well as Algerian protestors, Tasma’s film attempts to get to the root of the tragedy by presenting both sides of the story.
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Hymne à la gazelle
Title: Hymne à la gazelle
Character: Youssef
Released: November 26, 2003
Type: Movie
A César award nominated short feature about a lady who unwittingly seeks shelter in a bar where she attracts the unwelcome attentions of one of the customers.
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Title: Ladies of the Law
Character: Docteur Batany
Released: June 22, 2000
Type: TV