Dhaffer L'Abidine
Biography
Dhaffer, sometimes billed as Dhafer, was born in Tunisia and, after leaving school, played professional football in the Tunisian league. However he decided that he wanted to take up acting and came to Britain, with, on his own admission, virtually no command of the English language, and learned his dramatic skills at the Birmingham School of Acting, from where he graduated in 2002. A year later he was in the television soap 'Dream Team' where, appropriately he was cast as the captain of a football side. Though he has all too often been cast as a Middle Eastern terrorist in his television roles, Dhaffer is an accomplished linguist and speaks Arabic, French and Spanish. In 2008 he appeared in a non-terrorist role in 'A Touch of Frost', but he still ended up being murdered.
53years old
Turns 54 on November 26in 16 days
- Born El Menzah
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Dhafer Zine L'Abidine and Dhafer El Abidine
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 19 years2006 to 2025
Every film, newest first
- 2025Palestine 36IMDb rating 7.5
- 2012Black ForestIMDb rating 4.0
- 2010CenturionIMDb rating 6.3
- 2007The Mark of CainIMDb rating 6.4
- 2006The Stone MerchantIMDb rating 4.2
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Early training
After he finished at the Birmingham School of Acting, L'Abidine made his acting debut in the UK. He went on to star in Dream Team, Spooks and The Bill.
Big break
L'Abidine became famous in Tunisia for playing Dali in the series Maktoub, which led to drama work across Egypt, the UAE and Lebanon.
A first
In November 2018, L'Abidine served on the jury at the 40th Cairo International Film Festival, a jury that Bille August led.
Dhaffer L'Abidine movies on Netflix
Worked with
Dhaffer L'Abidine shares two films with Liam Cunningham, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Liam Cunningham's page
Harvey Keitel's page
Jeremy Irons's page
F. Murray Abraham's page
Michael Fassbender's page
Velizar Binev's page
All films by Neil Marshall
All films by Annemarie Jacir
All films by Marc Munden
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