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French actor (born 1989)

Ralph Amoussou Born Nick Ralph Amoussou[1] (1989-05-03) 3 May 1989 (age 37)[2] Paris, France Alma mater Susan Batson Studio Occupation Actor Years active 2006–present

**Nick Ralph Amoussou** (born 3 May 1989) is a French actor. He is known for his roles such as Séby on the [Netflix](/source/Netflix) series *[Marianne](/source/Marianne_(TV_series))* (2019), Samuel Becker on the [OCS](/source/OCS_(TV_channel)) series *[Missions](/source/Missions_(TV_series))* (2019–2021), Paul on the Netflix series *[Transatlantic](/source/Transatlantic_(TV_series))* (2023), and the musketeer Hannibal in the film *[The Three Musketeers: Milady](/source/The_Three_Musketeers%3A_Milady)* (2023). For his performance in the 2008 film *[With a Little Help from Myself](/source/With_a_Little_Help_from_Myself)*, he was nominated for a [César Award for Most Promising Actor](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Award_for_Most_Promising_Actor).

## Early life

Amoussou was born in Paris and raised in Benin and Nigeria until he was twelve years old.[3] His mother named him after American civil rights activist [Ralph Abernathy](/source/Ralph_Abernathy) and American writer [Ralph Ellison](/source/Ralph_Ellison).[1] His maternal grandmother is an Ethiopian Jew, and his maternal grandfather is from the former [Kingdom of Dahomey](/source/Kingdom_of_Dahomey), in present-day [Benin](/source/Benin).[4]

Amoussou started acting as a teenager and landed his first role at fifteen.[5] He trained at the [Susan Batson Studio](/source/Susan_Batson) in New York.[6]

Amoussou grew up [bilingual](/source/Bilingual), speaking French and English.[7][3]

## Career

His performance in the 2008 film *[With a Little Help from Myself](/source/With_a_Little_Help_from_Myself)* earned him a nomination for [Most Promising Actor](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Award_for_Most_Promising_Actor) at the [34th César Awards](/source/34th_C%C3%A9sar_Awards).[8]

In 2016 he appeared in the short *Victorine* starring alongside [Claudia Tagbo.](/source/Claudia_Tagbo) The film, directed by Garance Meillon and writted by Christophe Martinolli, was initially broadcast on [TV5Monde](/source/TV5Monde).[9]

In 2019, he played Séby on the [Netflix](/source/Netflix) horror series *[Marianne](/source/Marianne_(TV_series))*.[10]

Between 2019 and 2021, he played the astronaut Samuel Becker in the French science-fiction television series *[Missions](/source/Missions_(TV_series))*, broadcast by [OCS](/source/OCS_(TV_channel)).[11]

In 2023, he starred as hotel concierge Paul Kandjo on the Netflix series *[Transatlantic](/source/Transatlantic_(TV_series))*,[12] and had a supporting role in the French television series *Split*, directed by [Iris Brey](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iris_Brey&action=edit&redlink=1) [[fr](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Brey)].[13] Amoussou also appeared in a re-telling of the classic [Alexandre Dumas](/source/Alexandre_Dumas) novel *[The Three Musketeers](/source/The_Three_Musketeers)*; the French film *[The Three Musketeers: Milady](/source/The_Three_Musketeers%3A_Milady)*, where he played Hannibal, based on the true story of [Louis Aniaba](/source/Assinie-Mafia#King_of_Assinie), the prince of Assinie[14] and the first Black musketeer.[15]

## Filmography

### Feature films

Key † Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year Title Role Notes 2006 Les enfants du pays Bha 2008 With a Little Help from Myself Victor 2009 Omar Omar Short film 2010 Black Venus Harry 2011 15 Lads (Nos résistances) L'ours L'Attaque Mouss Short film Hasaki Ya Suda Daigo Short film Les Tuche Georges Diouf Early One Morning Youssef Les Mythos Moussa Will Serge 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 2013 Intercourses Short film In Seventh Heaven Jean-Jacques Short film The Dream Kids El Malah Under the Starry Sky Tyler / Thierno 2016 Les Tuche 2: The American Dream Georges Diouf La fine équipe Gaëtan / Marlon 2017 Chateau Julius Par instinct Tony 2018 Les Tuche 3 Georges Diouf The Terrible Tale of Henrietta Tate London Pink Short film 2021 Hajimé Cyril Short film Les Tuche 4 Diouf L'Enfant et la Nuit Man Short film 2023 Le prix du passage Asim The Three Musketeers: Milady Hannibal

### Television

Key † Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year Title Role Notes 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 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 Séby TV Series; 8 episodes 2019–2021 Missions Samuel Becker TV Series; 12 episodes 2020 Capitaine Marleau Théodore Sempé TV Series; 1 episode 2023 Transatlantic Paul TV Series; 7 episodes 2023 Split Natan TV Series

## Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref. 2009 César Awards Best Supporting Actor With a Little Help from Myself Nominated [8]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-awardsdaily_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-awardsdaily_1-1) Morris, Ben (24 April 2023). ["'Transatlantic' Star Ralph Amoussou On Creating His Character Out of Frustration and an Excellent Playlist"](https://www.awardsdaily.com/2023/04/24/ralph-amoussou-interview/). *[Awards Daily](/source/Awards_Daily)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230425210854/https://www.awardsdaily.com/2023/04/24/ralph-amoussou-interview/) from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Ralph Amoussou"](https://www.premiere.fr/Star/Ralph-Amoussou). *[Première](/source/Premi%C3%A8re_(magazine))* (in French). 3 May 1989. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230330231429/https://www.premiere.fr/Star/Ralph-Amoussou) from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-artisterevelation_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-artisterevelation_3-1) ["Dans le smartphone de Ralph Amoussou"](https://www.artisterevelation.com/post/dans-le-smartphone-de-ralph-amoussou) [Inside Ralph Amoussou's smartphone]. *Artiste Revelation* (in French). 25 November 2019. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230411085509/https://www.artisterevelation.com/post/dans-le-smartphone-de-ralph-amoussou) from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Burack, Emily (7 April 2023). ["Is Transatlantic a True Story?"](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a43430474/transatlantic-varian-fry-true-story). *[Town & Country](/source/Town_%26_Country_(magazine))*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230414195600/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a43430474/transatlantic-varian-fry-true-story/) from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Ralph Amoussou"](https://www.ic4re.com/ralph-amoussou). *ic4re*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230411090217/https://www.ic4re.com/ralph-amoussou) from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Moore, Camille (16 January 2021). ["10 Things You Didn't Know about Ralph Amoussou"](https://tvovermind.com/ralph-amoussou). *[TVOvermind](/source/TVOvermind)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230416124929/https://tvovermind.com/ralph-amoussou/) from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Ralph Amoussou"](https://africultures.com/personnes/?no=32662). *Africultures* (in French). Retrieved 7 January 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-césar_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-césar_8-1) ["Ralph Amoussou"](https://v1.academie-cinema.org/personnes/ralph-amoussou/). *[Academie des César](/source/Acad%C3%A9mie_des_Arts_et_Techniques_du_Cin%C3%A9ma)* (in French). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230411092214/https://v1.academie-cinema.org/personnes/ralph-amoussou/) from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ≡ Christophe Martinolli ≡ (18 March 2016). [*VICTORINE • Avec Claudia Tagbo et Ralph Amoussou dans la série Femmes Tout Court #1*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF_MFjAy9pA). Retrieved 13 December 2025 – via YouTube.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Hough, Quinn (23 February 2020). ["What To Expect From Marianne Season 2"](https://screenrant.com/marianne-season-2-release-date-story-netflix). *[Screen Rant](/source/Screen_Rant)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230416131235/https://screenrant.com/marianne-season-2-release-date-story-netflix/) from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Guerrin, Stephanie (23 December 2021). [""Missions" sur OCS : une intrigue ambitieuse pour la saison 3 de la série française"](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) [“Missions” on OCS: an ambitious plot for season 3 of the French series]. *[Le Parisien](/source/Le_Parisien)* (in French). [Archived](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) from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Sepinwall, Alan (7 April 2023). ["Transatlantic': The Daring Rescue of Jews From Nazi-Occupied France"](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). *[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)*. [Archived](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/) from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Keslassy, Elsa (20 March 2023). ["Series Mania's Daring Competition Title 'Split' With Alma Jodorowsky Gets Boarded by HAGO (EXCLUSIVE)"](https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/series-mania-split-alma-jodorowsky-hago-1235559763). *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230328021907/https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/series-mania-split-alma-jodorowsky-hago-1235559763/) from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** P., Maddie (9 March 2023). ["'The Three Musketeers': Release Date, Trailer, and Everything We Know So Far About the French Duology"](https://collider.com/the-three-musketeers-2023-release-date-trailer-cast-french-duology-dartagnan-milady/). *[Collider](/source/Collider_(website))*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** McPherson, Cristopher (5 December 2022). ["First 'Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan' Trailer Reveals French Adaptation of Classic Tale"](https://collider.com/the-three-musketeers-dartagnan-trailer/). *[Collider](/source/Collider_(website))*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230228213623/https://collider.com/the-three-musketeers-dartagnan-trailer/) from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

## External links

- [Ralph Amoussou](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1958488/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Ralph Amoussou](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=147720.html?nopub=1) at [AlloCiné](/source/AlloCin%C3%A9) (in French)

- [Ralph Amoussou](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/340703/ralph-amoussou) at [Unifrance](/source/Unifrance)

- [Ralph Amoussou](https://cineuropa.org/en/filmography/149484/) at [Cineuropa](/source/Cineuropa)

- [Ralph Amoussou](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/-/3030369807/) at *[TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide)*

- [Ralph Amoussou](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ralph_amoussou) at [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes)

- [Ralph Amoussou](https://www.metacritic.com/person/ralph-amoussou) at [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic)

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