Ary Abittan is a French actor and humorist. He is particularly known for his role in Serial (Bad) Weddings.
Life and career
Ary Abittan was born on January 31, 1974, in Paris. He comes from a Sephardic Jewish (Maghrebi Jewish) family. His father is from Morocco and his mother from Tunisia. He spent part of his childhood between Garges-lès-Gonesse and Sarcelles. At age 19, he became a taxi driver, like his father, an activity that allowed him to finance his first theater lessons.
In 1993, Ary Abittan wrote (in parallel of theater lessons) his first sketches and then performed on stage since 1994 In 2007, he took the lead role in a play, Happy Hanukah, which Jean-Luc Moreau directed. The same year, he plays the main role during three seasons of Nos années pension, broadcast on France 2.
In 2012, he plays in Dépression et des potes of Arnaud Lemort. The same year, he made his first participation in Marrakech du rire. In 2014, he plays in Serial (Bad) Weddings with Christian Clavier and Chantal Lauby by Philippe de Chauveron.
Filmography
Feature films
Year Title Role Director Notes 2008 Tu peux garder un secret ? David Alexandre Arcady2009 Coco Max Gad Elmaleh Tellement proches Moshé Benhamou Éric Toledano & Olivier Nakache2010 La Fête des voisins François-Xavier David Haddad Tout ce qui brille Lila's father Géraldine Nakache & Hervé Mimran Fatal David Fontana Michaël Youn 2011 De l'huile sur le feu Pizzeria Server Nicolas Benamou 2012 Dépression et des potes Romain Arnaud Lemort2013 Vive la France Jafaraz Ouèchemagül Michaël Youn Chimpanzee French Voice-over Mark Linfield & Alastair Fothergill Hôtel Normandy Yvan Carlotti Charles Nemes La Grande Boucle Tony Agnelo Laurent Tuel 2014 Serial (Bad) Weddings David Benichou Philippe de Chauveron 2015 Robin des bois, la véritable histoire Little John Anthony Marciano2016 The Visitors: Bastille Day Lorenzo Baldini, marquis de Portofino Jean-Marie Poiré Débarquement immédiat José Fernandez Philippe de Chauveron2017 With Open Arms Babik Philippe de Chauveron Coco Héctor Lee Unkrich French voice I Feel Better Edouard Jean-Pierre Améris2018 Under the Eiffel Tower Frederic Archie Borders2019 Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 David Benichou Philippe de Chauveron
Television
Year Title Role Director Notes 1999 Sur la vie d'ma mère Yves Azeroual & Philippe Layani TV series - Episode 42008 Inéluctable Kudlip Badwar François Luciani TV movie The Mossad agent Laurent Jaoui TV movie2008-2010 Nos années pension Alexandre « Bobor » Ganielle Cristina Arellano & Sylvie Coquart TV series -Season 2 to 42013 Scènes de ménages Emma's trader cousin Alain Kappauf Guest2014 L'Esprit de famille Yvan Perez Frédéric Berthe TV movie
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