Sami Bouajila (born 12 May 1966) is a French -Tunisian actor.
Bouajila's father emigrated from Tunisia to France in 1956, and worked as a building painter, a professionally recognized skill requiring specific technical knowledge. His grandfather was a Berber born in Tripoli , Libya and immigrated to Tunisia. Sami was born and grew up in Échirolles, a suburb south of Grenoble. He studied theatre .
1991: La Thune as Kamel 1993: Les Histoires d'amour finissent mal... en général as Slim Touati 1993: L'Avocat (The Hour of the Pig ) as Mahmoud 1994: Les Silences du palais (Samt el qusur ) as Lofti 1995: Bye-Bye as Ismaël 1996: Anna Oz as Marc 1997: Artemisia as the assistant of Tassi 1997: Le Déménagement as Jean 1997: Né quelque part as Driss Bourafia 1998: The Siege as Samir Nazhde 1998: Une voix en or (TV feature) 1999: Inséparables as Boris 1999: La Peur du vide 1999: Nos vies heureuses as Ali 2000: Douce France 2000: Drôle de Félix by Jacques Martineau and Olivier Ducastel as Félix 2000: Faites comme si je n'étais pas là as Tom 2000: La Faute à Voltaire as Jallel 2000: Nouvelle de la tour L as Le dealer 2001: Change moi ma vie as Fidel 2001: Combats de femme – Libre à tout prix (TV) as the supervisor 2001: La Répétition as Nicolas 2002: Embrassez qui vous voudrez as Kévin 2002: Nid de guêpes (The Nest ) as Selim 2002: Vivre me tue as Paul Smaïl 2003: La Légende de Parva as Agni (voice) 2003: Léo, en jouant "Dans la compagnie des hommes" as Léonard 2003: Pas si grave as Charlie 2005: Avant l'oubli as Augustin Burger 2005: Zaïna, cavalière de l'Atlas as Mustapha 2006: Indigènes (Days of Glory ) as AbdelKader 2006: Le Concile de pierre as Lucas 2007: 24 mesures as Chris 2007: Le Dernier gang as Casa 2007: Les Témoins (The Witnesses ) as Mehdi 2009: Le Premier Cercle as Saunier 2010: De vrais mensonges as Jean 2010: Outside the Law 2011: Omar Killed Me 2014: Divin Enfant 2015: Braqueurs 2016: Pattaya as Krimo's father 2017: La mécanique de l'ombre 2008: César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Les Témoins of André Téchiné. 2006: "Best Male Interpretation" at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Indigènes by Rachid Bouchareb 2000: "Best Young Actor" at the Festival du film romantique de Cabourg for his role in Drôle de Félix .