Simon Abkarian
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Simon Abkarian (born 5 March 1962) is a French-Armenian actor. Born in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, of Armenian descent, Abkarian spent his childhood in Lebanon. He moved to Los Angeles, where he joined an Armenian theater company managed by Gerald Papazian. He returned to France in 1985, settling in Paris. He took classes at the Acting International school, then he joined Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil. Abkarian left the Théâtre du Soleil in 1993 and played in 2001 "Beast on the Moon" by Richa...
Known For
Filmography
De Gaulle: Liberté
2026
as Charles de Gaulle
De Gaulle: Résistance
2026
as Charles de Gaulle
Le lièvre
2026
Playground
2026
as The Father
Vanished
2026
as Gaspard Drax
The 4th Wall
2025
as Marwan
Chroniques d'un indic
2025
as Lakhdar
Mémoires de Palestine
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Overdose
2022
as Daniel Prat
Restless
2022
as Antoine Marelli
The Way to Happiness
2022
as Saül Birnbaum
Cop Goes Missing
2022
as Tristan
Electre des bas-fonds
2022
Notre-Dame
2022
as Max
Permis de construire
2021
as Müller
Off-Season
2021
as Anthony
Black Notebooks
2021
Les Damnés de la Commune
2021
as Narrateur (voice)
Le dernier jour du jeûne
2020
Wonderland
2020
as Tony
Rebels
2019
as Simon Bénéké, Sandra's father
The Audition
2019
as Philippe
Someone, Somewhere
2019
as Mansour
The Swallows of Kabul
2019
as Atiq (voice)
Ce soir-là et les jours d'après
2019
as Karan
Bonsoir bonsoir!
2019
as Self
The Sonata
2018
as Charles Vernais
Cyrano, My Love
2018
as Ange Fleury
Overdrive
2017
as Jacomo Morier
J'ai tué ma femme
2017
as Le patron du café
Journey from Greece
2017
as Kakourgos
Playground
2017
as The Father
Il était une fois... « Le procès de Viviane Amsalem »
2016
as Self
Chouf
2016
as Le libanais
Scribe
2016
as Gerfaut
1915
2015
as Simon
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
2015
as Hovannès Alexandrian
Tehlirian on Trial: Armenia's Avenger
2015
as Narrator
Malaterra
2015
as Thomas Rotman
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
2014
as Elisha
The Cut
2014
as Krikor
Colt 45
2014
as Commander Luc Denard
Angélique
2013
as L'avocat François Desgrez
The Marchers
2013
as Le père de Farid
Zarafa
2012
as Hassan (voice)
Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi?
2012
as Abraham Drucker
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
as Detainee on Monitor
Kaboul Kitchen
2012
as Colonel Amanullah
Force
2011
as Jimi Weiss
Les Amants naufragés
2011
as Milo Garavan
Tony's Revenge
2011
as Tony Roucas
Turk's Head
2010
as Le veuf
Comme une ombre
2010
as Vincent
Army of Crime
2009
as Missak Manouchian
Rage
2009
as Merlin
Pigalle, la nuit
2009
as Nadir Zainoun
The Seven Days
2008
as Eliyau
Secrets of State
2008
as Al Barad
The Wedding Song
2008
as Raoul
A World of Ours
2008
as L'oncle de Noé (voice)
Minor Revelations
2008
Le Menteur : La Pièce !
2008
as Lelio
The ben barka affair
2008
as le général Oufkir, ministre marocain de l'intérieur
Khamsa
2008
as Khamsa's Father
A Day at the Museum
2008
as Gilles Paulin
House of Saddam
2008
as Qais
Trivial
2007
as Pierre
Persepolis
2007
as Marjane's Father (voice)
New Délire
2007
as Gunter (voice)
Rendition
2007
as Said Abdel Aziz
The Snake
2006
as Sam
Casino Royale
2006
as Alex Dimitrios
Armenia
2006
as Sarkis Arabian
Yes
2005
as He
Les mauvais joueurs
2005
as Sahak
The Demon Stirs
2005
as Julien Cestac
Zaina: Rider of the Atlas
2005
as Omar
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
2005
as Mehdi Ben Barka
S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre
2005
as Cesari
In Your Dreams
2005
as Wilson
To Take A Wife
2004
as Eliyahoo
Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)
2003
as Freddy
The Legend of Princess Parva
2003
as Swami (voice)
Almost Peaceful
2002
as Albert
Ararat
2002
as Arshile Gorky
Aram
2002
as Aram
The Truth About Charlie
2002
as Lieutenant Dessalines
Spooks
2002
as Dariush Bakhshi
Lila Lili
1999
as Simon
The Silence of Rak
1997
as Customer
J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici
1997
as Simon
Tempest in a Teapot
1997
When the Cat's Away
1996
as Carlos
Ana El Awan
1994
The Goldfish
1994
as Customer
La nuit miraculeuse
1989