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Karim Leklou

Actor

Karim Leklou

Born June 20, 1982 in Sèvres, France42 films

Karim Leklou (born June 20, 1982) is a French actor who started his career in small role in Jacques Audiard 's film A Prophet (2009) and followed by Suzanne and Grand Central. Leklou undertook a lead role in Hippocrate for both seasons (2018, 2021).

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He has also starred in Sons of Ramses (2022), For My Country (2022), and Time Out (2023). In 2025, at the 50th César Awards he won for Best Actor for his performance in Jim's Story.

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A Prophet posterFirst watchA Prophet20097.6as Muslim in the hallwaySentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Stronghold poster7.3The Stronghold2021Beating Hearts poster7.2Beating Hearts2024De Gaulle: Résistance poster7.8De Gaulle: Résistance2026The World Is Yours poster6.7The World Is Yours2018De Gaulle: Liberté poster7.8De Gaulle: Liberté2026Jim's Story poster6.9Jim's Story2024Playground poster7.1Playground2021Heal the Living poster6.5Heal the Living2016

Filmography

42 films as actor
  1. TBAPoil de carotte
  2. TBALe Monde trop grand
  3. 2027Secondes chances
  4. 2026Le Faux Soir
  5. 2026The Hunchback: Soul of Paris
  6. 2026De Gaulle: LibertéBlazej
  7. 2026De Gaulle: RésistanceBlazej
  8. 2025The Piano AccidentRoméo
  9. 2024Beating HeartsLe père de Clotaire
  10. 2024Tales of TaipeiAdan (segment "The Imaginary Child")
  11. 2024Jim's StoryAymeric
  12. 2023Vincent Must DieVincent
  13. 2023Time OutBonnard
  14. 2023Loving MemoriesL'homme
  15. 2023Sons of RamsesRamsès
  16. 2023For My CountryIsmaël
  17. 2021PlaygroundFather
  18. 2021The Third WarHicham
  19. 2021The StrongholdYass
  20. 2018The World Is YoursFarés
  21. 2018Treat Me Like FireNacim
  22. 2017If You Saw His HeartMichel
  23. 2017OrphanFriend of Kiki's Father
  24. 2016Heal the LivingVirgilio Breva
  25. 2016TorilBruno
  26. 2016The StopoverMax
  27. 2015The AnarchistsBiscuit (Marcel Deloche)
  28. 2015HeatwaveJosef Bousou
  29. 2015Sous XLamo
  30. 2015Young TigerFrédéric
  31. 2013SuzanneVince
  32. 2013Grand Central
  33. 201311.6Bruno Morales
  34. 2012Marseille la nuitTeddy
  35. 2012Tata BakhtaPaul
  36. 2011ChaseGérard
  37. 2011Sans pudeur ni morale
  38. 2011The GiantsAngel
  39. 2011Changing RoomLuc
  40. 2010Special TreatmentBruno
  41. 2009A ProphetMuslim in the hallway
  42. 2008Cramé