Sami Outalbali

Aktor

19 marca 1999 (27 years)
Sami Outalbali (born 19 March 1999) is a French actor. He rose to prominence for portraying Ilyes on the OCS drama series Grown Ups (2016–2019) and gained international recognition for his role as Rahim in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2020–2021). He is also known for his roles in the supernatural series Mortel (2019–2021) and the drama film A Tale of Love and Desire (2021).

Sami Outalbali was born in Poissy, Yvelines, on 19 March 1999. He has Moroccan and Guadeloupean ancestry. At the age of 3, he appeared in a Disney advertisement.

Outalbali first appeared on screen in the France 3 television film Il faut sauver Saïd in 2006. In 2011, he played a minor role in the comedy film Les Tuche.

He had his breakout role in the OCS teen drama series Grown Ups (French: Les Grands; 2016–2019), created by Vianney Lebasque, in which he portrays Ilyes, a gay high school student coming to terms with his sexuality. In 2018, he appeared in the first part of the Arte miniseries Proud (French: Fiertés), created by Philippe Faucon. In 2019, he starred in Laurent Micheli's Lola and Benjamin Parent's Un vrai bonhomme. That same year, he also appeared in the Netflix supernatural series Mortel as a missing teenager called Reda, the older brother of Sofiane (Carl Malapa).

In 2019, he joined the cast of the second series of the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education in a recurring role. On the show, which marks his English-speaking debut, he portrays Rahim Harrack, a French exchange student who becomes a love interest of Eric Effiong (Ncuti Gatwa). He also returned for the show's third series. In August 2020, he starred in the music video for the single "Coup de Blues/Soleil" by Bigflo & Oli.

In 2019, he was cast in Leyla Bouzid's romantic drama film A Tale of Love and Desire as Ahmad Ouannas, a young French man of Algerian origin, who experiences a sexual awakening after meeting a Tunisian woman (Zbeida Belhajamor). The film premiered in the Critics' Week section of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. For this role, Outalbali was nominated for Best Male Revelation at the 27th Lumières Awards and Most Promising Actor at the 47th César Awards.

In April 2022, he served as a member of the jury at the 5th Canneseries festival in Cannes. He appeared in Cédric Jimenez's 2022 film Novembre.

Source: Article "Sami Outalbali" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

  • Historia o miłości i pożądaniu
    Historia o miłości i pożądaniu2021
  • Listopad
    Listopad2022
  • Rodzina Tuche
    Rodzina Tuche2011
  • Śmiertelni
    Śmiertelni2 seasons
  • Milionerzy
    Milionerzy2024
  • Lola
    Lola2019
  • Trash
    Trash2 seasons
  • Classe moyenne
    Classe moyenne2025
  • Lwice
    Lwice1 season
  • Man Up!
    Man Up!2019
  • Grown Ups (2016)
    Grown Ups (2016)3 seasons
  • Torn
    Torn2019

Filmografia

2026
2026
Sanguine · as Cast
2026
2025
The Party's Over! · as Mehdi El Glaoui
2024
Trash · as Karim
2024
Lucky Winners · as Ahmed
2023
B.R.I. · as Rayan
2022
November · as Kader
2022
Nobody's Hero · as Un Garçon De La Bande De Jeunes
2021
A Tale of Love and Desire · as Ahmed Ouannas
2019
Lola · as Samir
2019
Mortel · as Reda
2019
Man Up! · as Sonnie
2019
Sex Education · as Rahim
2018
Torn · as Sofiane
2018
Proud · as Sélim 17 Ans
2016
Grown Ups (2016) · as Ilyes
2013
Petits secrets entre voisins · as Basile Legrand
2012
Vive la colo! · as Sami
2011
The Tuche Family · as Jean-Wa