Simon Abkarian
Biography
Simon Abkarian is a French-Armenian actor born on March 5, 1962, in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, France. He spent his childhood in Lebanon before moving to Los Angeles, where he joined an Armenian theater company. Abkarian later returned to France in 1985, settling in Paris, and took classes at the Acting International school. He joined Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil and left in 1993. Abkarian has appeared in at least one notable play, "Beast on the Moon," directed by Irina Brook, which earned him critical acclaim. He has a known credit count of 97 and is also known as Simone Abkarian.
Career overview
Simon Abkarian is a French-Armenian actor born on 5 March 1962 in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, France. He spent his childhood in Lebanon before moving to Los Angeles, where he joined an Armenian theater company. Abkarian returned to France in 1985 and settled in Paris. He took classes at the Acting International school and later joined Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil.
Abkarian left the Théâtre du Soleil in 1993 and went on to play in the 2001 production of "Beast on the Moon" by Richard Kalinoski, directed by Irina Brook. This role earned him critical acclaim and the Molière award for best comedian. Abkarian has a total of 97 known credits in his acting career.
Abkarian's acting career spans multiple genres and mediums, with a focus on theater and film. He has worked with various directors and companies throughout his career, showcasing his versatility as an actor. With a career spanning over three decades, Abkarian has established himself as a prominent figure in the French and international film and theater industries.
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- De Gaulle: Résistance (2026) as Charles de Gaulle
- De Gaulle: Liberté (2026) as Charles de Gaulle
- Vanished (2026) as Gaspard Drax
- Playground (2026) as The Father
- Chroniques d'un indic (2025) as Lakhdar
- The 4th Wall (2025) as Marwan
- Mémoires de Palestine (2023) as Narrator (voice)
- Notre-Dame (2022) as Max
- Overdose (2022) as Daniel Prat
- Restless (2022) as Antoine Marelli
- The Way to Happiness (2022) as Saül Birnbaum
- Cop Goes Missing (2022) as Tristan
- Electre des bas-fonds (2022)
- Electre des bas-fonds (2022) Scenario Writer
- Black Notebooks (2021)
- Les Damnés de la Commune (2021) as Narrateur (voice)
- Permis de construire (2021) as Müller
- Off-Season (2021) as Anthony
- Wonderland (2020) as Tony
- Le dernier jour du jeûne (2020)
- Le dernier jour du jeûne (2020) Writer
- The Audition (2019) as Philippe
- Someone, Somewhere (2019) as Mansour
- The Swallows of Kabul (2019) as Atiq (voice)
- Rebels (2019) as Simon Bénéké, Sandra's father
- Ce soir-là et les jours d'après (2019) as Karan
- Cyrano, My Love (2018) as Ange Fleury
- The Sonata (2018) as Charles Vernais
- Overdrive (2017) as Jacomo Morier
- Playground (2017) as The Father
- J'ai tué ma femme (2017) as Le patron du café
- Journey from Greece (2017) as Kakourgos
- Scribe (2016) as Gerfaut
- Chouf (2016) as Le libanais
- Il était une fois... « Le procès de Viviane Amsalem » (2016) as Self
- Malaterra (2015) as Thomas Rotman
- Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad (2015) as Hovannès Alexandrian
- 1915 (2015) as Simon
- Tehlirian on Trial: Armenia's Avenger (2015) as Narrator
- Colt 45 (2014) as Commander Luc Denard
- Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014) as Elisha
- The Cut (2014) as Krikor
- Angélique (2013) as L'avocat François Desgrez
- The Marchers (2013) as Le père de Farid
- Kaboul Kitchen (2012) as Colonel Amanullah
- Zarafa (2012) as Hassan (voice)
- Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi? (2012) as Abraham Drucker
- Tony's Revenge (2011) as Tony Roucas
- Les Amants naufragés (2011) as Milo Garavan
- Force (2011) as Jimi Weiss
- Comme une ombre (2010) as Vincent
- Turk's Head (2010) as Le veuf
- Pigalle, la nuit (2009) as Nadir Zainoun
- Army of Crime (2009) as Missak Manouchian
- Rage (2009) as Merlin
- House of Saddam (2008) as Qais
- Minor Revelations (2008)
- Khamsa (2008) as Khamsa's Father
- Secrets of State (2008) as Al Barad
- A Day at the Museum (2008) as Gilles Paulin
- L'Affaire Ben Barka (2008) as le général Oufkir, ministre marocain de l'intérieur
- The Wedding Song (2008) as Raoul
- Le Menteur : La Pièce ! (2008) as Lelio
- The Seven Days (2008) as Eliyau
- A World of Ours (2008) as L'oncle de Noé (voice)
- Persepolis (2007) as Marjane's Father (voice)
- Rendition (2007) as Said Abdel Aziz
- Trivial (2007) as Pierre
- New Délire (2007) as Gunter (voice)
- Casino Royale (2006) as Alex Dimitrios
- Armenia (2006) as Sarkis Arabian
- The Snake (2006) as Sam
- Yes (2005) as He
- I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed (2005) as Mehdi Ben Barka
- Les mauvais joueurs (2005) as Sahak
- Zaina: Rider of the Atlas (2005) as Omar
- In Your Dreams (2005) as Wilson
- The Demon Stirs (2005) as Julien Cestac
- S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre (2005) as Cesari
- To Take A Wife (2004) as Eliyahoo
- Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (2003) as Freddy
- The Legend of Princess Parva (2003) as Swami (voice)
- Spooks (2002) as Dariush Bakhshi
- The Truth About Charlie (2002) as Lieutenant Dessalines
- Ararat (2002) as Arshile Gorky
- Almost Peaceful (2002) as Albert
- Aram (2002) as Aram
- Lila Lili (1999) as Simon
- Tempest in a Teapot (1997)
- The Silence of Rak (1997) as Customer
- J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici (1997) as Simon
- When the Cat's Away (1996) as Carlos
- Dead Man Walking (1995) Thanks
- The Goldfish (1994) as Customer
- Ana El Awan (1994)
- La nuit miraculeuse (1989)
- Malin Fors
- Le lièvre
- God Will Know His Own