{{short description|Algerian-French actor (born 1977)}} {{Infobox person | name = Reda Kateb | image = Reda Kateb Cannes 2017 4.jpg | caption = Kateb at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|7|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Ivry-sur-Seine, France | other_names = | spouse = | occupation = Actor, film director, screenwriter | years_active = 2003–present | website = }}
'''Reda Kateb''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁeda katɛb|lang}}; {{langx|ar|رضا كاتب}}; born 27 July 1977) is a French actor.
==Life and career== Kateb was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, to an Algerian actor, Malek-Eddine Kateb, and a French nurse of Czech and Italian origin.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://next.liberation.fr/cinema/2013/09/02/r-tchoutchouka_928923|title=Reda Kateb: Tchoutchouka|work=Libération.fr|access-date=2018-02-08|language=fr}}</ref> He is a grandnephew of the Algerian writer Kateb Yacine. He grew up in Ivry-sur-Seine, in the Paris region, where he lived until 2011 before moving to Montreuil.
His short film ''Pitchoune'' was presented in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/cannes-directors-fortnight-2015-line-up/5086794.article|title=Cannes: Directors' Fortnight 2015 line-up |work=Screendaily}}</ref>
==Political views== In June 2024, Katab signed a petition addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron demanding France to officially recognize the State of Palestine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reconnaissance de l'Etat palestinien : qu'attendez-vous monsieur Macron ? 230 artistes lancent un appel |url=https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/tribunes/reconnaissance-de-letat-palestinien-quattendez-vous-monsieur-macron-230-artistes-lancent-un-appel-20240604_DTVFAEGJ2BDOVFO4AIE56VPKWI/ |website=Libération |date=4 June 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== As actor ===
==== Film ==== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2003 | ''Nif'' | | Short film |- | 2009 | ''A Prophet'' |Jordi | |- | 2009 | ''Silent Voice'' |Stéphane | |- | 2010 | ''Pieds nus sur les limaces'' |Seb | |- | 2010 | ''Sur la tête de Bertha Boxcar'' | | Short film |- | 2011 | ''Tenir les murs'' | | |- | 2011 | ''1, 2, 3, voleurs'' |Le Capitaine Martin | |- | 2012 | ''Coming Home'' |Vincent Maillard | |- |2012 | ''Ce chemin devant moi'' | | |- |2012 | ''Three Worlds'' |Doak | |- |2012 | ''Chroniques d'une cour de récré'' | | |- |2012 | ''Le Monde nous appartient'' |Zoltan | |- |2012 | ''Zero Dark Thirty'' |Ammar | |- |2013 |''Me, Myself and Mum'' | Karim | |- |2013 |''Paris Countdown'' | Wilfried | |- |2013 |''The Dream Kids'' |Reza | |- |2013 |''Gare du Nord'' |Ismaël | |- |2013 |''La Fin du début'' |Atreyu |Short film |- |2014 |''Les Fantômes de l'usine'' |Narrator |Short film |- |2014 | ''Fishing Without Nets'' | Victor | |- |2014 |''Lost River'' |Driver | |- |2014 |''Hippocrate'' |Abdel | |- |2014 |''Insecure'' |Chérif Arezki | |- |2014 |''Far from Men'' |Mohamed | |- |2015 |''L'Astragale'' | Julien | |- |2015 |''Pitchoune'' | Karim |Short film |- |2015 | ''Through the Air'' | Vincent Cavelle | |- |2015 | ''The White Knights'' |Xavier | |- |2015 | ''Stop Me Here'' |Samson Cazalet | |- |2016 | ''The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez'' |The man | |- |2016 | ''Sarah Winchester, Phantom Opera'' |Director |Short film |- |2016 | ''Paris Prestige'' |Nasser | |- |2017 | ''Django'' |Django Reinhardt | |- |2017 | ''Submergence'' |Saif | |- |2018 | ''Close Enemies'' |Driss | |- |2019 | ''The Wolf's Call'' | Grandchamp | |- |2019 | ''The Specials'' | Malik | |}
==== Television series==== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2008 | ''Spiral'' |Mr. Aziz | |- |2010 |''Mafiosa'' |Nader | |- |2011 | ''De l'encre'' |Romuald | |- |2012 | ''Treasure Island'' |David Dujon | |- |2021 | ''In Therapy'' |Adel | |}
=== As film director/screenwriter=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2015 | ''Pitchoune'' | Short film |}
==Awards and nominations== {|class = "wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Nominated work ! Award ! Category ! Result |- | rowspan=3|2015 | rowspan=3|''Hippocrate'' | 40th César Awards |Best Supporting Actor | {{won}} |- | Globes de Cristal Award |Best Actor | {{nom}} |- | Prix Patrick Dewaere | {{n/a}} | {{won}} |- | rowspan=1|2017 | rowspan=3|''Django'' | Cabourg Film Festival |Swann d'Or for Best Actor | {{won}} |- | rowspan=2|2018 | Lumière Awards |Lumière Award for Best Actor | {{nom}} |- | César Award |César Award for Best Actor | {{nom}} |- |}
==See also== * Maghrebian community of Paris
== References== {{Reflist|2}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|id=3024530}} * {{Instagram}} {{Cabourg Film Festival Best Actor Award}} {{César Award for Best Supporting Actor}} {{Authority control}}
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