Alaa Safi

Alaa Safi

  • Birthday: 1984-09-26
  • Place of birth: Paris, France
  • Also know as: Alaa Oumouzoune

Biography

Alaa Safi was born and raised in France, to Moroccan parents. At the age of seven, he started practicing martial arts. At 18, he was the Taekwondo World Champion. His fighting and acrobatic skills got him to work as a stuntman in Thailand, India and France. He then studied acting in the "Atelier International de Théâtre Blanche Salant & Paul Weaver," and started taking on roles, and kept studying with Jack Waltzer. Since the age of 21, Alaa Safi has taken part in different film genres. But his performance opposite Jackie Chan in "Chinese Zodiac 12" paved his way to Hollywood. He was offered to play The Moor in "Outcast" with Nicolas Cage. He then joined Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelsen and Benedict Cumberbatch in "Doctor Strange," was directed by Michael Cuesta in "American Assassin" alongside Michael Keaton, and by Kenneth Branagh in "Murder on the Orient Express". His performance in "Taureau Taureau" earned him the Best Male Actor award at the Festival National du Cinéma d'Hyères les Palmiers.

Filmography

Chrysalis

2020

As Muhammad

Coming Home

2023

As Silas Moore

Taureau Taureau

2013

As Tony

Les Baumettes

2014

As Yann Gautier

10 jours pour s'aimer

2011

As Samir

Incoming

2018

As Idris

Villa Caprice

2021

As Karim Benkhelif

Victor Young Perez

2013

As Battling Mokhtar

Doctor Strange

2016

As Tall Zealot

Chinese Zodiac

2012

As Vulture

Outcast

2014

As The Moor

Anything for Her

2008

As Moussa

The Chosen: Season 4

2024

As Simon Z

Death on the Nile

2022

As Corporal

A Butterfly Kiss

2011

As l'homme des coulisses

The Mauritanian

2021

As Moroccan Translator / Marseille

Brotherhood of Tears

2013

As Un joueur de poker

American Assassin

2017

As Javeed

Murder on the Orient Express

2017

As Jewellery Merchant

Mercury Man

2006

As Tri-x Martial Art

The Mummy

2017

As Sickle Slave

Production

Chrysalis

2020

As Director

Coming Home

2023

As Director

Chrysalis

2020

As Writer

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