Simon Abkarian
Known for Acting · 96 credits
- Born
- 1962-03-05 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Gonesse, Val d'Oise, France
- Also known as
- Simone 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.
Abkarian left the Théâtre du Soleil in 1993 and played in 2001 "Beast on the Moon" by Richard Kalinoski, directed by Irina Brook, a play about the life of a survivor of the Genocide of the Armenians, a role which won him critical acclaims and the Molière of the best comedian.
His first roles in cinema were proposed by French filmaker Cédric Klapisch, who asked him to play in several of his movies, notably in "Chacun cherche son chat" ("When the Cat is Away" (1996) and in "Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire)" en 2003.
He was featured in Sally Potter's Yes (2004), in which he played the lead role.
Known For
TV Shows (11)
Spooks
2002
as Dariush Bakhshi
Vanished
2026
as Gaspard Drax
House of Saddam
2008
as Qais
Playground
2017
as The Father
Kaboul Kitchen
2012
as Colonel Amanullah
Malaterra
2015
as Thomas Rotman
Wonderland
2020
as Tony
Malin Fors
Tony's Revenge
2011
as Tony Roucas
Notre-Dame
2022
as Max
Pigalle, la nuit
2009
as Nadir Zainoun
Movies (85)
Casino Royale
2006
as Alex Dimitrios
De Gaulle: Résistance
2026
as Charles de Gaulle
De Gaulle: Liberté
2026
as Charles de Gaulle
Overdrive
2017
as Jacomo Morier
J'ai tué ma femme
2017
as Le patron du café
Persepolis
2007
as Marjane's Father (voice)
Cyrano, My Love
2018
as Ange Fleury
Minor Revelations
2008
Journey from Greece
2017
as Kakourgos
Rendition
2007
as Said Abdel Aziz
Playground
as The Father
Les Amants naufragés
2011
as Milo Garavan
Zarafa
2012
as Hassan (voice)
The Audition
2019
as Philippe
Black Notebooks
2021
Ararat
2002
as Arshile Gorky
Overdose
2022
as Daniel Prat
Trivial
2007
as Pierre
Restless
2022
as Antoine Marelli
The Truth About Charlie
2002
as Lieutenant Dessalines
Armenia
2006
as Sarkis Arabian
Comme une ombre
2010
as Vincent
Angélique
2013
as L'avocat François Desgrez
Someone, Somewhere
2019
as Mansour
Lila Lili
1999
as Simon
Chroniques d'un indic
2025
as Lakhdar
To Take A Wife
2004
as Eliyahoo
When the Cat's Away
1996
as Carlos
Khamsa
2008
as Khamsa's Father
Scribe
2016
as Gerfaut
La nuit miraculeuse
1989
Yes
2005
as He
Army of Crime
2009
as Missak Manouchian
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
2005
as Mehdi Ben Barka
The Cut
2014
as Krikor
Turk's Head
2010
as Le veuf
The Goldfish
1994
as Customer
The Sonata
2018
as Charles Vernais
The Way to Happiness
2022
as Saül Birnbaum
The Swallows of Kabul
2019
as Atiq (voice)
Colt 45
2014
as Commander Luc Denard
A Day at the Museum
2008
as Gilles Paulin
Zaina: Rider of the Atlas
2005
as Omar
Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)
2003
as Freddy
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
2014
as Elisha
Force
2011
as Jimi Weiss
Secrets of State
2008
as Al Barad
The 4th Wall
2025
as Marwan
Les mauvais joueurs
2005
as Sahak
Permis de construire
2021
as Müller
Rebels
2019
as Simon Bénéké, Sandra's father
Mémoires de Palestine
2023
as Narrator (voice)
The Snake
2006
as Sam
Almost Peaceful
2002
as Albert
The Marchers
2013
as Le père de Farid
In Your Dreams
2005
as Wilson
Chouf
2016
as Le libanais
The Demon Stirs
2005
as Julien Cestac
Les Damnés de la Commune
2021
as Narrateur (voice)
The Legend of Princess Parva
2003
as Swami (voice)
L'Affaire Ben Barka
2008
as le général Oufkir, ministre marocain de l'intérieur
Electre des bas-fonds
2022
Rage
2009
as Merlin
Tempest in a Teapot
1997
Cop Goes Missing
2022
as Tristan
Aram
2002
as Aram
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
2015
as Hovannès Alexandrian
Ana El Awan
1994
Le Menteur : La Pièce !
2008
as Lelio
J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici
1997
as Simon
Le dernier jour du jeûne
2020
The Wedding Song
2008
as Raoul
The Silence of Rak
1997
as Customer
1915
2015
as Simon
Off-Season
2021
as Anthony
God Will Know His Own
Le lièvre
The Seven Days
2008
as Eliyau
Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi?
2012
as Abraham Drucker
S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre
2005
as Cesari
New Délire
2007
as Gunter (voice)
A World of Ours
2008
as L'oncle de Noé (voice)
Ce soir-là et les jours d'après
2019
as Karan
Il était une fois... « Le procès de Viviane Amsalem »
2016
as Self
Tehlirian on Trial: Armenia's Avenger
2015
as Narrator
About Simon Abkarian
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. Abkarian left the Théâtre du Soleil in 1993 and played in 2001 "Beast on the Moon" by Richard Kalinoski, directed by Irina Brook, a play about… With 96 credits spanning from 1989 to 2026, Simon Abkarian has appeared in 85 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Simon Abkarian Movies
- Casino Royale (2006) — as Alex Dimitrios
- De Gaulle: Résistance (2026) — as Charles de Gaulle
- De Gaulle: Liberté (2026) — as Charles de Gaulle
- Overdrive (2017) — as Jacomo Morier
- J'ai tué ma femme (2017) — as Le patron du café
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