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Roschdy Zem

ロシュディ・ゼム　/　ろしゅでぃ・ぜむ

Actor from France

September 27, 1965 (age 60)　・　Gennevilliers, Seine, France

Seine
actor
film director
screenwriter

My Take

Roschdy Zem is an actor I rate highly precisely because he never let himself be boxed in. A Frenchman of Moroccan descent from the Paris suburbs, he won Best Actor at Cannes for "Days of Glory," a film I think did real cultural work in honoring forgotten North African soldiers. Then he picked up the 2020 César and quietly built a directing career on top of his acting. What I respect most is the range and the refusal to play to type. He carries a calm, lived-in authority on screen that you can't fake, and France's arts honors feel well earned to me.

Overview

Roschdy Zem (born 27 September 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker of Moroccan descent. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in the film Days of Glory at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Roschdy Zem
Name (Japanese): ロシュディ・ゼム
Reading: ろしゅでぃ・ぜむ
Born: September 27, 1965 (age 60)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Snake
Origin: Gennevilliers, Seine, France
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / film director / screenwriter / film actor / film producer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2020 César Award for Best Actor
2018 Officer of Arts and Letters
2016 Commander of the Order of National Merit

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BC%E3%83%A0

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