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Samy Naceri was born Saïd Naceri on July 2, 1961 to an Algerian father and French mother in Paris' IVe arrondissement and spent his childhood in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil. A French actor, Naceri is well known for his work in the Taxi trilogy and The Code (La Mentale).

Stemming from a substance abuse charge in 2003, Samy was sentenced to eight months imprisonment with deferment, had his driving licence suspended for three years, and penalized 5000 Euro fine for a road rage incident in which he smashed a car and assaulted one of its occupantsPhilippe DU TANNEY, Les nouvelles frasques de Samy Naceri, in Le Figaro, no. 17644, jeudi 3 mai 2001, p. 16 Philippe DU TANNEY, Sami Naceri condamné pour injures, dans Le Figaro, no. 17668, jeudi 31 mai 2001, p. 11 Philippe du TANNEY, Le timide repentir de Samy Naceri, in Le Figaro, no. 18071, samedi 14 septembre 2002, p. 10 Associated Press, Samy Naceri à l'amende, in Le Monde, samedi 12 octobre 2002.

Known for his Islamist views, Samy uttered a death threat against Salman Rushdie on a French talk show (October 2005). Naceri was alleged to say: « Pour 50 balles, moi, je te fume. » (which roughly translates to: "I'll whack you for 50 bucks")Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot, Samy l'embrouille a encore frappé, in Le Point, jeudi 1er décembre 2005, p. 82.. While part of the altercation was edited out of the broadcast, its host and producer Thierry Ardisson denies Naceri uttered death threats that nightGARRIGOS Raphaël, Naceri-Rushdie à «Tout le monde en parle»: la polémique, in Libération, no. 7622, jeudi 10 novembre 2005, p. 19. Since then, Salman Rushdie has declared he won't appear on any TV show in France ever again.

In November 2005, after waiting for a late guest, Naceri disfigured a 22-year-old man with his drink at a trendy Paris restaurantChristophe Ono-Dit-Biot, Samy l'embrouille a encore frappé, in Le Point, jeudi 1er décembre 2005, p. 82. . The actor was convicted for assault and spent two months in jail. Le Monde, lundi 28 novembre 2005, p. 8. He was released in February 2006.

Filmography

• 1989 : La Révolution française directed by Robert Enrico and Richard T. Heffron (uncredited)
• 1994 : Léon directed by Luc Besson
• 1994 : Frères directed by Olivier Dahan
• 1995 : Coup de vice directed by Zak Fishman
• 1995 : Raï directed by Thomas Gilou
• 1996 : Malik le maudit directed by Youcef Hamidi
• 1996 : La Légende de Dede directed by Antonio Olivares
• 1997 : Bouge! directed by Jérôme Cornuau
• 1997 : Autre chose à foutre qu'aimer directed by Carole Giacobbi
• 1998 : Taxi directed by Gérard Pirès
• 1998 : Cantique de la racaille directed by Vincent Ravalec
• 1999 : Un pur moment de rock'n'roll directed by Manuel Boursinhac
• 1999 : Une pour toutes directed by Claude Lelouch
• 1999 : Taxi 2 directed by Gérard Krawczyk
• 2000 : Là-bas, mon pays directed by Alexandre Arcady
• 2001 : Le Petit Poucet directed by Olivier Dahan
• 2001 : Nid de guêpes (The Nest) directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
• 2001 : La Merveilleuse Odyssée de l'idiot toboggan directed by Vincent Ravalec
• 2001 : La Repentie directed by Laetitia Masson
• 2001 : Féroce directed by Gilles de Maistre
• 2002 : La Mentale directed by Manuel Boursinhac
• 2002 : Taxi 3 directed by Gérard Krawczyk
• 2002 : Concerto pour un violon directed by Gilles de Maistre
• 2002 : Disparu directed by Gilles de Maistre
• 2002 : Tapis volant directed by Youcef Hamidi
• 2003 : Finding Nemo directed by Andrew Stanton (voice of Crush the sea turtle in the French dubbed version)
• 2004 : Bab el web directed by Merzak Allouache
• 2006 : Indigènes directed by Rachid Bouchareb
• 2007 : Taxi 4

Notes

External links

• Samy Naceri's unofficial website
• Samy Naceri in Allocine website

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