Simon Abkarian

Personal Info

Birthday

March 5, 1962

(63 years old)

Place of Birth

Gonesse, Val d'Oise, France

Also Known As

Simone Abkarian

Simon Abkarian

Biography

Simon Abkarian (born 5 March 1962) is a French-Armenian actor. Born in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, of Armenian descent, Abkarian spent his childhood in Lebanon.

He moved to Los Angeles, where he joined an Armenian theater company managed by Gerald Papazian. He returned to France in 1985, settling in Paris. He took classes at the Acting International school, then he joined Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil.

Known For

Spooks

Casino Royale

Overdrive

Kaboul Kitchen

Persepolis

Overdose

Playground

Army of Crime

Filmography

2025
Chroniques d'un indic
as Lakhdar
The 4th Wall
as Marwan
2023
Mémoires de Palestine
as Narrator (voice)
2022
Overdose
as Daniel Prat
The Way to Happiness
as Saül Birnbaum
Restless
as Antoine Marelli
Cop Goes Missing
as Tristan
2021
Off-Season
as Anthony
Permis de construire
as Müller
Les Damnés de la Commune
as Narrateur (voice)
2019
The Audition
as Philippe
Someone, Somewhere
as Mansour
The Swallows of Kabul
as Atiq (voice)
Ce soir-là et les jours d'après
as Karan
Rebels
as Simon Bénéké, Sandra's father
2018
The Sonata
as Charles Vernais
Cyrano, My Love
as Ange Fleury
2017
Journey from Greece
as Kakourgos
Overdrive
as Jacomo Morier
J'ai tué ma femme
as Le patron du café
2016
Il était une fois... « Le procès de Viviane Amsalem »
as Self
Scribe
as Gerfaut
Chouf
as Le libanais
2015
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
as Hovannès Alexandrian
Tehlirian on Trial: Armenia's Avenger
as Narrator
1915
as Simon
2014
The Cut
as Krikor
Colt 45
as Commander Luc Denard
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
as Elisha
2013
Angelique
as L'avocat François Desgrez
The Marchers
as Le père de Farid
2012
Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi?
as Abraham Drucker
Zarafa
as Hassan (voice)
2011
Force
as Jimi Weiss
Les Amants naufragés
as Milo Garavan
2010
Comme une ombre
as Vincent
Turk's Head
as Le veuf
2009
Rage
as Merlin
Army of Crime
as Missak Manouchian
2008
Secrets of State
as Al Barad
The Wedding Song
as Raoul
Le Menteur : La Pièce !
as Lelio
A Day at the Museum
as Gilles Paulin
Khamsa
as Khamsa's Father
A World of Ours
as L'oncle de Noé (voice)
The Seven Days
as Eliyau
L'Affaire Ben Barka
as le général Oufkir, ministre marocain de l'intérieur
2007
Rendition
as Said Abdel Aziz
New Délire
as Gunter (voice)
Persepolis
as Marjane's Father (voice)
Trivial
as Pierre
2006
Casino Royale
as Alex Dimitrios
The Snake
as Sam
Armenia
as Sarkis Arabian
2005
S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre
as Cesari
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
as Mehdi Ben Barka
Zaina: Rider of the Atlas
as Omar
Yes
as He
The Demon Stirs
as Julien Cestac
Les mauvais joueurs
as Sahak
In Your Dreams
as Wilson
2004
To Take A Wife
as Eliyahoo
2003
Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)
as Freddy
The Legend of Princess Parva
as Swami (voice)
2002
Almost Peaceful
as Albert
Aram
as Aram
The Truth About Charlie
as Lieutenant Dessalines
Ararat
as Arshile Gorky
1999
Lila Lili
as Simon
1997
J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici
as Simon
The Silence of Rak
as Customer
1996
When the Cat's Away
as Carlos
1994
Le Poisson rouge
as Customer