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Biography
Sami Outalbali (born 19 March 1999) is a French actor. He gained recognition for the role of Ilyes in the OCS drama series Les Grands (2016–2019) and received international recognition for the role of Rahim in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2020–2021). He is also known for roles in the supernatural series Mortel (2019–2021) and the drama film A Tale of Love and Desire (2021).
Sami Outalbali was born in Poissy, Yvelines, on 19 March 1999. He has Moroccan and Guadeloupean roots. At the age of 3, he appeared in a Disney commercial.
Outalbali first appeared on screen in the France 3 television film Il faut sauver Saïd in 2006. In 2011, he played a supporting role in the comedy film Les Tuche.
The breakthrough role for him was in the OCS teen drama series Les Grands (2016–2019), created by Vianney Lebasque, in which he portrays Ilyes, a gay high school student coming to terms with his sexuality. In 2018, he appeared in the first part of the Arte miniseries Fiertés, created by Philippe Faucon. In 2019, he starred in Laurent Micheli's film Lola and Benjamin Parent's film A Real Man. That same year, he also appeared in the Netflix supernatural series Mortel as a missing teenager named Reda, the older brother of Sofiane (Carl Malapa).
Filmography
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