{{Short description|French actor (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Ralph Amoussou | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Nick Ralph Amoussou<ref name="awardsdaily">{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Ben |date=24 April 2023 |title='Transatlantic' Star Ralph Amoussou On Creating His Character Out of Frustration and an Excellent Playlist |url=https://www.awardsdaily.com/2023/04/24/ralph-amoussou-interview/ |website=[[Awards Daily]] |access-date=28 April 2023 |archive-date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425210854/https://www.awardsdaily.com/2023/04/24/ralph-amoussou-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|5|3}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ralph Amoussou |url=https://www.premiere.fr/Star/Ralph-Amoussou |website=[[Première (magazine)|Première]] |date=3 May 1989 |language=fr |access-date=27 April 2023 |archive-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330231429/https://www.premiere.fr/Star/Ralph-Amoussou |url-status=live }}</ref> | birth_place = [[Paris]], France | alma_mater = [[Susan Batson|Susan Batson Studio]] | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2006–present | known_for = | notable_works = }}
'''Nick Ralph Amoussou''' (born 3 May 1989) is a French actor. He is known for his roles such as Séby on the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Marianne (TV series)|Marianne]]'' (2019), Samuel Becker on the [[OCS (TV channel)|OCS]] series ''[[Missions (TV series)|Missions]]'' (2019–2021), Paul on the Netflix series ''[[Transatlantic (TV series)|Transatlantic]]'' (2023), and the musketeer Hannibal in the film ''[[The Three Musketeers: Milady]]'' (2023). For his performance in the 2008 film ''[[With a Little Help from Myself]]'', he was nominated for a [[César Award for Most Promising Actor]].
==Early life== Amoussou was born in Paris and raised in Benin and Nigeria until he was twelve years old.<ref name="artisterevelation">{{Cite web |date=November 25, 2019 |title=Dans le smartphone de Ralph Amoussou |trans-title=Inside Ralph Amoussou's smartphone |url=https://www.artisterevelation.com/post/dans-le-smartphone-de-ralph-amoussou |access-date=April 11, 2023 |website=Artiste Revelation |language=fr |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411085509/https://www.artisterevelation.com/post/dans-le-smartphone-de-ralph-amoussou |url-status=live }}</ref> His mother named him after American civil rights activist [[Ralph Abernathy]] and American writer [[Ralph Ellison]].<ref name="awardsdaily"/> His maternal grandmother is an Ethiopian Jew, and his maternal grandfather is from the former [[Kingdom of Dahomey]], in present-day [[Benin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a43430474/transatlantic-varian-fry-true-story|title=Is Transatlantic a True Story?|first=Emily|last=Burack|date=April 7, 2023|accessdate=April 14, 2023|website=[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]]|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414195600/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a43430474/transatlantic-varian-fry-true-story/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Amoussou started acting as a teenager and landed his first role at fifteen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ic4re.com/ralph-amoussou|title=Ralph Amoussou|accessdate=April 11, 2023|website=ic4re|archive-date=11 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411090217/https://www.ic4re.com/ralph-amoussou|url-status=live}}</ref> He trained at the [[Susan Batson|Susan Batson Studio]] in New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvovermind.com/ralph-amoussou|website=[[TVOvermind]]|title=10 Things You Didn't Know about Ralph Amoussou|first=Camille|last=Moore|date=16 January 2021 |accessdate=April 11, 2023|archive-date=16 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416124929/https://tvovermind.com/ralph-amoussou/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Amoussou grew up [[bilingual]], speaking French and English.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ralph Amoussou |url=https://africultures.com/personnes/?no=32662 |website=Africultures |access-date=7 January 2024 |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="artisterevelation"/>
==Career== His performance in the 2008 film ''[[With a Little Help from Myself]]'' earned him a nomination for [[César Award for Most Promising Actor|Most Promising Actor]] at the [[34th César Awards]].<ref name="césar">{{Cite web|website=[[Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma|Academie des César]]|url=https://v1.academie-cinema.org/personnes/ralph-amoussou/|accessdate=April 11, 2023|title=Ralph Amoussou|language=fr|archive-date=11 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411092214/https://v1.academie-cinema.org/personnes/ralph-amoussou/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2016 he appeared in the short ''Victorine'' starring alongside [[Claudia Tagbo|Claudia Tagbo.]] The film, directed by Garance Meillon and writted by Christophe Martinolli, was initially broadcast on [[TV5Monde]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF_MFjAy9pA |title=VICTORINE • Avec Claudia Tagbo et Ralph Amoussou dans la série Femmes Tout Court #1 |date=2016-03-18 |last=≡ Christophe Martinolli ≡ |access-date=2025-12-13 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
In 2019, he played Séby on the [[Netflix]] horror series ''[[Marianne (TV series)|Marianne]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/marianne-season-2-release-date-story-netflix|website=[[Screen Rant]]|first=Quinn|last=Hough|date=February 23, 2020|accessdate=April 11, 2023|title=What To Expect From Marianne Season 2|archive-date=16 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416131235/https://screenrant.com/marianne-season-2-release-date-story-netflix/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Between 2019 and 2021, he played the astronaut Samuel Becker in the French science-fiction television series ''[[Missions (TV series)|Missions]]'', broadcast by [[OCS (TV channel)|OCS]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guerrin |first=Stephanie |date=December 23, 2021 |title="Missions" sur OCS : une intrigue ambitieuse pour la saison 3 de la série française |trans-title=“Missions” on OCS: an ambitious plot for season 3 of the French series |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/series/missions-sur-ocs-une-intrigue-ambitieuse-pour-la-saison-3-de-la-serie-francaise-23-12-2021-4RNTGQVBLRGXVAGS4IAHK6UX2U.php |access-date=April 11, 2023 |website=[[Le Parisien]] |language=fr |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411091926/https://www.leparisien.fr/amp/culture-loisirs/series/missions-sur-ocs-une-intrigue-ambitieuse-pour-la-saison-3-de-la-serie-francaise-23-12-2021-4RNTGQVBLRGXVAGS4IAHK6UX2U.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2023, he starred as hotel concierge Paul Kandjo on the Netflix series ''[[Transatlantic (TV series)|Transatlantic]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|accessdate=April 11, 2023|date=April 7, 2023|first=Alan|last=Sepinwall|title=Transatlantic': The Daring Rescue of Jews From Nazi-Occupied France|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/transatlantic-netflix-european-rescue-committee-jews-nazis-world-war-2-holocaust-mary-jayne-gold-varian-fry-1234705148|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|archive-date=10 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410005952/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/transatlantic-netflix-european-rescue-committee-jews-nazis-world-war-2-holocaust-mary-jayne-gold-varian-fry-1234705148/|url-status=live}}</ref> and had a supporting role in the French television series ''Split'', directed by {{ill|Iris Brey|fr}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/series-mania-split-alma-jodorowsky-hago-1235559763|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 20, 2023|title=Series Mania's Daring Competition Title 'Split' With Alma Jodorowsky Gets Boarded by HAGO (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy|accessdate=April 11, 2023|archive-date=28 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328021907/https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/series-mania-split-alma-jodorowsky-hago-1235559763/|url-status=live}}</ref> Amoussou also appeared in a re-telling of the classic [[Alexandre Dumas]] novel ''[[The Three Musketeers]]''; the French film ''[[The Three Musketeers: Milady]]'', where he played Hannibal, based on the true story of [[Assinie-Mafia#King of Assinie|Louis Aniaba]], the prince of Assinie<ref>{{Cite web |last=P. |first=Maddie |date=9 March 2023 |title='The Three Musketeers': Release Date, Trailer, and Everything We Know So Far About the French Duology |url=https://collider.com/the-three-musketeers-2023-release-date-trailer-cast-french-duology-dartagnan-milady/ |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref> and the first Black musketeer.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Cristopher|last=McPherson|date=December 5, 2022|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|url=https://collider.com/the-three-musketeers-dartagnan-trailer/|title=First 'Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan' Trailer Reveals French Adaptation of Classic Tale|access-date=April 11, 2023|archive-date=28 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228213623/https://collider.com/the-three-musketeers-dartagnan-trailer/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Feature films=== {| class="wikitable" |+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}} |Denotes films that have not yet been released |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2006 | ''Les enfants du pays'' | Bha | |- | 2008 | ''[[With a Little Help from Myself]]'' | Victor | |- | 2009 | ''Omar'' | Omar | Short film |- | 2010 | ''[[Black Venus (2010 film)|Black Venus]]'' | Harry | |- | rowspan="7"|2011 | ''[[15 Lads]]'' ({{Lang|fr|Nos résistances}}) | L'ours | |- | ''[[L'Attaque (2011 French miniseries)|L'Attaque]]'' | Mouss | Short film |- | ''Hasaki Ya Suda'' | Daigo | Short film |- | ''[[Les Tuche]]'' | Georges Diouf | |- | ''[[Early One Morning (film)|Early One Morning]]'' | Youssef | |- | ''Les Mythos'' | Moussa | |- | ''[[Will (2011 film)|Will]]'' | Serge | |- | rowspan="5"|2012 | ''[[Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood]]'' | Etienne | |- | ''[[In a Rush]]'' | Louis | |- | ''Un beau matin'' | Prince Oscar | Short film |- | ''Victorine'' | Oscar | Short film |- | ''Goodbye Morocco'' | Gabriel |- | rowspan="4"|2013 | ''Intercourses'' | | Short film |- | ''In Seventh Heaven'' | Jean-Jacques | Short film |- | ''[[The Dream Kids]]'' | El Malah | |- | ''Under the Starry Sky'' | Tyler / Thierno | |- | rowspan="2"|2016 | ''[[Les Tuche 2|Les Tuche 2: The American Dream]]'' | Georges Diouf | |- | ''La fine équipe'' | Gaëtan / Marlon | |- | rowspan="2"|2017 | ''Chateau'' | Julius | |- | ''Par instinct'' | Tony | |- | rowspan="2"|2018 | ''[[Les Tuche 3]]'' | Georges Diouf | |- | ''The Terrible Tale of Henrietta Tate'' | London Pink | Short film |- | rowspan="3"|2021 | ''Hajimé'' | Cyril | Short film |- | ''Les Tuche 4'' | Diouf | |- | ''L'Enfant et la Nuit'' | Man | Short film |- | rowspan="2"|2023 | ''Le prix du passage'' | Asim | |- | ''[[The Three Musketeers: Milady]]'' | Hannibal | |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}} |Denotes works that have not yet been released |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |rowspan="2"|2007 | ''L'embrasement'' | Bouna | TV film |- | ''La commune'' | Housmane Daoud | TV Series; 2 episodes |- | 2007–2008 | ''Merci, les enfants vont bien!'' | Mao | TV Series; 3 episodes |- | 2008 | ''P.J.'' | | TV Series; 1 episode |- | 2012 | ''[[Toussaint Louverture (film)|Toussaint Louverture]]'' | Young Isaac | Miniseries; 2 episodes |- | 2013 | ''Death in the Shadow of State'' | Jackson Odhiambo | TV film |- | 2014 | ''Détectives'' | Pacôme Traoré | TV Series; 1 episode |- | 2017 | ''[[Man Like Mobeen]]'' | Stephan | TV Series; 1 episode |- | 2019 | ''[[Marianne (TV series)|Marianne]]'' | Séby | TV Series; 8 episodes |- | 2019–2021 | ''[[Missions (TV series)|Missions]]'' | Samuel Becker | TV Series; 12 episodes |- | 2020 | ''[[Capitaine Marleau]]'' | Théodore Sempé | TV Series; 1 episode |- | 2023 | ''[[Transatlantic (TV series)|Transatlantic]]'' | Paul | TV Series; 7 episodes |- | 2023 | ''Split'' | Natan | TV Series |- |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2009 | [[34th César Awards|César Awards]] | [[César Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] | ''[[With a Little Help from Myself]]'' | {{nom}} | <ref name="césar"/> |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name}} *{{AlloCiné name}} *[https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/340703/ralph-amoussou Ralph Amoussou] at [[Unifrance]] *[https://cineuropa.org/en/filmography/149484/ Ralph Amoussou] at [[Cineuropa]] *{{TV Guide person}} *{{Rotten Tomatoes person}} *{{Metacritic person}}
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