Wahid Bouzidi

Wahid Bouzidi

Born: July 9, 1978
Died: August 20, 2023
in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Wahid Bouzidi (Arabic: وحيد بوزيدي), born July 9, 1978 in Villepinte (France) and died August 20, 2023 in Marrakech (Morocco), is a Franco-Algerian comedian and actor. From 2006 to 2008, he was a member of the Jamel Comedy Club before launching his own one-man show.

The youngest of ten children, Wahid Bouzidi grew up in Bobigny. He lost his mother then his father two months apart when he was only 15 years old. Subsequently, he lived in Noisy-le-Sec with his older brother Ahmed who became his legal guardian. The sudden loss of his parents plunges Wahid Bouzidi into a period of silence. It was within a Gagny theater troupe, named Les Guez Guez, that he found an outlet for his grief and revealed a talent for the performing arts.

Wahid Bouzidi was revealed in 2004, at the age of 26, by the director Guy Jacques who gave him a first role in the cinema in the feature film Ze Film. From there, Wahid took theater classes in Bondy in the Guezguez troupe for 2 years. In 2005, Kader Aoun, who was looking for young talents to join the Canal+ show Jamel Comedy Club (produced and presented by Jamel Debbouze), contacted Wahid Bouzidi who refused. Invited to attend the rehearsals of the first troupe of the Jamel Comedy Club, he wrote his first text: Le Gitan the same evening. The next day, he presented his text to Kader Aoun then twenty minutes later, he went on stage with the troupe. It was there that he discovered stand-up and presented his own shows including Wahid Se Lache and Graisse Anatomie.

In the cinema, he mainly plays in comedies such as Case Départ, Beur Sur La Ville, Mohamed Dubois, Alad'2 and BDE. He appears in particular in two films directed by Philippe Lacheau. On television, in 2009, he was one of the protagonists of the comedy series Tongs et paréo on M6, alongside David Salles, Claudia Tagbo, Delphine McCarty and Gil Alma, among others. He appears in an episode of the hit series Captain Marleau in 2017. Between 2019 and 2022, he regularly participates in the show Friday, everything is permitted with Arthur on TF1.

In 2015, he played in the play La Grande Évasion, created and directed by Youssef Bouchikhi, alongside actors Paul Séré and Booder. He is credited on the poster under the sole first name of Wahid. In 2017 and 2018, he participated in Marrakech Du Rire hosted by Jamel Debbouze. For his latest show entitled "Wahid… Il Se Relève”, performed from January to June 2023, Wahid Bouzidi draws inspiration from his health problems that occurred from 20214, evoking loneliness and mistreatment in the hospital. The show revolves around his experience in the hospital where he felt disappointed towards some of those around him. However, he highlights the unconditional support of his wife and his friend Booder. He talks about “white visiting rooms”, in reference to relatives who had promised to come see him, but who never did. The production, directed by Papy, begins with Bouzidi in a wheelchair, before he gradually gets up.

On August 16, 2023, Wahid Bouzidi suffered a new stroke while on vacation in Marrakech, which plunged him into a coma. He died on August 20, 20238.9 He was buried in Algeria near Tolga.

Movies for Wahid Bouzidi...

Festival d'humour de Paris - Booder : en famille !
Title: Festival d'humour de Paris - Booder : en famille !
Released: October 2, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: Wahid, tout est permis
Released: August 26, 2023
Type: TV
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Bac +12
Title: Bac +12
Character: Momo
Released: April 1, 2023
Type: Movie
A black man in his thirties, from a very privileged and over-educated background, finds himself reduced to becoming a security guard in a supermarket in order to enter the working world. In order to be accepted by his new colleagues, he will quickly have to deny his culture and pass himself off as scum.
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Le grand cirque
Title: Le grand cirque
Character: Kamel
Released: February 15, 2023
Type: Movie
While visiting a friend at the hospital, Momo, a jobless comedian, meets Michel, the director of an unpaid clown's association, who visit sick children. Thanks to Michel's support and belief, Momo sets himself a new challenge : make the children laugh, despite their illness.
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Tous Inconnus
Title: Tous Inconnus
Character: ("Tournez ménages" segment)
Released: November 14, 2022
Type: Movie
The three "Unknown" are back in this movie where they wake up in a world where they really are unknown! They'll eventually find out that their career, films, sketches & songs do exist but from someone else!
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Le Marrakech du rire 2022 : les 10 ans
Title: Le Marrakech du rire 2022 : les 10 ans
Character: Self
Released: July 19, 2022
Type: Movie
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Superwho?
Title: Superwho?
Character: l'accessoiriste
Released: February 2, 2022
Type: Movie
A struggling actor seems doomed to live life as a loser. When he finally snatches a lead role as a superhero named “Badman,” he feels like everything is possible, but fate strikes again.
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Bigger Is Beautiful
Title: Bigger Is Beautiful
Character: Le père de Karim
Released: December 22, 2021
Type: Movie
Isabelle and her niece Nina open a "fasting and detox" cure in the heart of Provence, with the help of Baptiste, a yogi and handyman, Jessica, a tantric masseuse, and Maxime, a seductive equine therapist. Among the first curists, four overweight teenagers sent by the town hall; Marion and Lio, her skinny sister who imposes the cure on her "for her own good"; and their friend Émilie who, having shed her extra kilos, discovers as soon as she arrives that her beloved husband is swooning in the arms of a man... who is clearly overweight!
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30 Days Max
Title: 30 Days Max
Character: Organisateur fête
Released: October 14, 2020
Type: Movie
Rayane is a scared and clumsy young cop who is constantly mocked by other cops. The day his doctor wrongly tells him that he has only thirty days to live, he understands that this is his last chance to become a hero within his police station and impress his colleague Stéphanie. The eternal fearful man then turns into a real hothead who will take all the risks to catch a big drug lord...
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Title: Kem's
Character: Self
Released: December 23, 2019
Type: TV
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Title: Kiffe aujourd'hui
Released: June 17, 2019
Type: TV
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Aladdin 2
Title: Aladdin 2
Character: Wahid
Released: October 3, 2018
Type: Movie
After freeing Baghdad from its terrible ruler, Aladin delays his marriage to the princess until a new dictator arrives to take over the city.
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Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
Title: Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
Character: Issa
Released: August 8, 2018
Type: Movie
In 2008, Sami Benboudaoud discovered the hell of Neuilly-sur-Seine. Ten years later, now that everything is for the best for Sami who brilliantly completes his studies of political science, nothing will go for his cousin Charles of Chazelle.
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Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2017
Title: Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2017
Character: Self
Released: July 12, 2017
Type: Movie
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Encore heureux
Title: Encore heureux
Character: Le gros gendarme
Released: January 27, 2016
Type: Movie
Okay, Marie is a little tired of the insouciance of her husband Sam, framework sup unemployed for 2 years. Agree, it is very tempted to be seduced by this beautiful stranger who made him the Court. Okay, there is also the daughter piano competition... If this balance light and crazy about standing, an unexpected event throws the family on an even crazier way.
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La grande évasion
Title: La grande évasion
Released: November 22, 2015
Type: Movie
To obtain a remission of sentence, three detainees, whom everything opposes, must put on a classic play before the Minister of Justice soon to visit their prison. From bad repetitions to improbable attempts, they will form a joyful and delusional complicity. From valves to tirades, they set up an action plan to escape the bars of their daily lives and here they are on their way to the great artistic escape! The Great Escape, the most hilarious comedy of the year!
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Title: Capitaine Marleau
Character: Gendarme à l'accueil
Released: September 15, 2015
Type: TV
Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap, her character, her unusual appearance, her humor, her unpredictable behavior--Captain Marleau is not your average gendarme. She never rushes an investigation; she becomes the investigation and relentlessly pursues the suspects.
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Take-Away Romance
Title: Take-Away Romance
Character: Le chauffeur de taxi arabe
Released: May 28, 2014
Type: Movie
Amelle and Noom are two young thirties are total opposites and that fate will bring. Serious She manager at Starbucks, and dynamic IT dilettante, smart, and apprentice comic. Both victims disappointments in love, they swore that it does take longer. So how do when despite all these opposites attract? A game of seduction then sets up for our greatest happiness. But all is not so rosy, families, friends, colleagues get involved, wars are declared, quarrels explode. Caught between the roots of their education and the fire of their feelings, which side will they choose? The love he will triumph? One thing is sure, they will make us have a good loads of fun and excitement ...
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Mohamed Dubois
Title: Mohamed Dubois
Character: Rachid
Released: May 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Arnaud Dubois may be the heir to a bank, but he prefers to call himself Mohamed. Having fallen out with his father, he turns his back on the family residence. On his travels, he meets Mustafa, who introduces him to his sister Sabrina. Having fallen in love with the attractive young woman, Arnaud decides to pass himself off as an ordinary street guy named...Mohamed.
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Case départ
Title: Case départ
Character: Kader
Released: July 6, 2011
Type: Movie
Two contempo Frenchmen of Antillean descent visit their ancestor's time as well as their land in the slavery-themed French era.
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The Not-So-Little Thumbling
Title: The Not-So-Little Thumbling
Character: Jean Ramon
Released: February 8, 2010
Type: Movie
French parody of the Hop-o'-My-Thumb fairytale.
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Title: Inside Jamel Comedy Club
Character: Self
Released: July 4, 2009
Type: TV
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So Happy Together
Title: So Happy Together
Character: Un 'client' de Jean-Pierre
Released: June 17, 2009
Type: Movie
Famille : Groupe de personnes réunies par des liens de parenté et un fort sentiment de solidarité morale et matérielle. Quand Alain a épousé Nathalie, il ne savait pas qu'il épouserait aussi sa famille. Ce samedi, comme toutes les semaines, ils sont invités à dîner chez son beau-frère, Jean-Pierre à Créteil. C'est vrai, Alain en a marre de ces dîners familiaux, mais il ne sait pas encore ce qui l'attend véritablement ce soir-là... Ni les jours qui suivent
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Le Jamel Comedy Club envahit le Casino de Paris
Title: Le Jamel Comedy Club envahit le Casino de Paris
Character: Self
Released: November 22, 2007
Type: Movie