Roschdy Zem

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.

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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)

Origin

Gennevilliers, Seine, France

Occupation

actor / film director / screenwriter / film actor / film producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

Awards & achievements

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

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roschdy%20Zem
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391974

Tags

• Seine
• actor
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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