Zinedine Soualem
Biography
Zinedine Soualem was born on April 17, 1957 in Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, France. He is an actor, known for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), When the Cat's Away (1996) and The Names of Love (2010).
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 29 years1996 to 2025
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Zinedine Soualem movies on Netflix
Colours of Timeas Abdelkrim
September 5as Jacques Lesgards
Je t'aime, filme-moi !as Mime
Umamias Mohamad
You Resemble Meas Army Officer
Someone, Somewhereas Le pharmacien
I'm All Yoursas Omar - le patron du Cash'Halal
Chinese Puzzleas M. Boubaker
Mood Indigoas Le directeur de l'usine d'armement
My Piece of the Pieas Ahmed
The Preyas Lucciani
The Names of Loveas Mohamed Benmahmoud
JCVDas Man wearing Beret
Parisas Mourad
La maison du bonheuras Mouloud Mami
Russian Dollsas M. Boubaker
If I Were a Rich Manas Kader Benhassine
Peut-êtreas Kader
Serial Loveras Prince Hakim
Didieras Camel Mimouni
Proper Attire Requiredas Le chauffeur de taxi
Family Resemblancesas Un consommateur
When the Cat's Awayas Djamel
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Cédric Klapisch directed nine of these films. Romain Duris appears in six of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.








Films together
Romain Duris6 films together, 1996 to 2013
Romain Duris's page Chinese Puzzle2013IMDb rating 6.9Soualem as M. BoubakerDuris as Xavier Rousseau
Mood Indigo2013IMDb rating 6.5Soualem as Le directeur de l'usine d'armementDuris as Colin
Paris2008IMDb rating 6.8Soualem as MouradDuris as Pierre
Russian Dolls2005IMDb rating 6.9Soualem as M. BoubakerDuris as Xavier Rousseau
Peut-être1999IMDb rating 5.8Soualem as KaderDuris as Arthur
When the Cat's Away1996IMDb rating 6.9Soualem as DjamelDuris as le joueur de batterie
Cécile De France3 films together, 2005 to 2025
Cécile De France's page Colours of Time2025IMDb rating 7.2Soualem as AbdelkrimFrance as Calixte de La Ferrière
Chinese Puzzle2013IMDb rating 6.9Soualem as M. BoubakerFrance as Isabelle
Russian Dolls2005IMDb rating 6.9Soualem as M. BoubakerFrance as Isabelle
Audrey Tautou3 films together, 2005 to 2013
Audrey Tautou's page Chinese Puzzle2013IMDb rating 6.9Soualem as M. BoubakerTautou as Martine
Mood Indigo2013IMDb rating 6.5Soualem as Le directeur de l'usine d'armementTautou as Chloé
Russian Dolls2005IMDb rating 6.9Soualem as M. BoubakerTautou as Martine
Albert Dupontel3 films together, 1998 to 2011
Albert Dupontel's page The Prey2011IMDb rating 6.6Soualem as LuccianiDupontel as Franck Adrien
Paris2008IMDb rating 6.8Soualem as MouradDupontel as Jean
Serial Lover1998IMDb rating 6.7Soualem as Prince HakimDupontel as Eric Cellier
Jean-Pierre Bacri3 films together, 1996 to 1999
Jean-Pierre Bacri's page Peut-être1999IMDb rating 5.8Soualem as KaderBacri as Le père réveillon
Didier1997IMDb rating 6.3Soualem as Camel MimouniBacri as Jean-Pierre Costa
Family Resemblances1996IMDb rating 7.4Soualem as Un consommateurBacri as Henri
Carole Franck3 films together, 2005 to 2015
Carole Franck's page I'm All Yours2015IMDb rating 6.0Soualem as Omar - le patron du Cash'HalalFranck as La soeur de Paul
The Names of Love2010IMDb rating 7.1Soualem as Mohamed BenmahmoudFranck as Cécile Delivet Benmahmoud
Russian Dolls2005IMDb rating 6.9Soualem as M. BoubakerFranck as Productrice TV
Cédric KlapischDirector, 9 films, 1996 to 2025
Colours of Time2025IMDb rating 7.2Soualem as Abdelkrim
Someone, Somewhere2019IMDb rating 6.6Soualem as Le pharmacien
Chinese Puzzle2013IMDb rating 6.9Soualem as M. Boubaker
My Piece of the Pie2011IMDb rating 5.8Soualem as Ahmed
Paris2008IMDb rating 6.8Soualem as Mourad
Russian Dolls2005IMDb rating 6.9Soualem as M. Boubaker
Peut-être1999IMDb rating 5.8Soualem as Kader
Family Resemblances1996IMDb rating 7.4Soualem as Un consommateur
When the Cat's Away1996IMDb rating 6.9Soualem as Djamel
Also three films together2 more actors
- Antoine ChappeyLa maison du bonheur (2006), Family Resemblances (1996) and When the Cat's Away (1996)
- Cédric KlapischRussian Dolls (2005), Peut-être (1999) and Family Resemblances (1996)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Zinedine Soualem's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$89.4 million
8 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 23 films: 8 worldwide figure; 6 us gross only; 9 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 6US gross only
- 9Figure not found
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$24M26.5% of the total
- 2$24M26.3% of the total
- 3$17M19.0% of the total
- 4$10M11.7% of the total
- 5$10M11.3% of the total
- 6$2.3M2.6% of the total
- 7$1.5M1.6% of the total
- 8$852K1.0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.









