Origins, international career, relationship with Audrey Fleurot, languages… everything you need to know

Actor Mehdi Nebbou is back in season 4 of the series HPI, worn by Audrey Fleurot, this May 16 on TF1. But do you really know the actor?

Where is Mehdi Nebbou from?

Born in Bayonne, Mehdi Nebbo was raised by a father of Algerian origin and a mother of German origin. He is also the younger brother of director Safy Nebbou. At 9 years old, he went to live with his father near Lyon. The young boy goes through boarding schools, because he is regularly expelled from establishments. His educational career ends at the patent level.

Mehdi Nebbou then moved to Berlin in the 90s. He worked as a waiter and bartender in cafes and clubs. In 1992, he left Germany and settled in Italy to become a holiday village host. This is where he puts on theater shows with children. Then, living in a camper van, he trained as a carpenter for two years in Merate (Italy).

In which films have we seen Mehdi Nebbou?

In 1994, the traveler returned to the German capital and took the entrance exam to the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin. There he studies the production for five years and obtained the director’s diploma. He then became an actor for one of the films of a student at his school: My Sweet Home Filippos Tsítos in 2001.

“I half-jokingly suggested to a friend at school that we try out for one of his characters. He said to me, ‘Why not?'” I got the role, and the film was is found in competition at the Berlin festival”, he tells 7 Days TV. He was quickly noticed by Hollywood and played in several films by great directors such as Munich by Steven Spielberg, State lies by Ridley Scott and even appears in season 5 of Homeland.

France also noticed this polyglot and he obtained roles in Ca$h by Eric Besnard, Gosh ! by Charlotte de Turckheim or even Joséphine rounds up by Marilou Berry. Mehdi Nebbou had the chance to play alongside great actors in France like Jean Dujardin, Benoit Magimel, Matthieu Kassovitz, Guillaume Canet, François Cluzet, Jean Reno, Virginie Efira but also alongside monuments of American cinema like Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. In 2021, he stars in House of Gucci with Lady Gaga, Adam Driver and French actress Camille Cottin.

In which series did Mehdi Nebbou play?

In 2008, he took his first steps on television in the second season ofGears on Canal+, then he will perform Cyclone on the same channel in the series The Legends Office by Eric Rochant.

We also find him on Netflix in the series Baby or on Disney + in the series Everything is fine with Virginie Efira. But the general public knows him best as Adam Karadec, cop in the cult series HPI on TF1. In terms of awards, the actor won the Revelation prize at the Luchon festival for his performance in the TV film Myriam’s choice and the prize for Best Male Performance for Sweet France at the La Rochelle TV fiction festival.

What is his relationship with Audrey Fleurot?

Since 2021, he has been Audrey Fleurot’s playing partner in the HPI series on TF1. The 4th season, and surely the penultimate, begins this Thursday, May 16. But their relationship was not immediately easy. “At the beginning, we looked for each other, we observed each other. We didn’t work exactly in the same way,” he explains about Audrey Fleurot to 7 Days TV.

“We had to adapt to become a real support for each other. Now, we know each other so much, it’s almost mind-blowing”. Indeed, the actor takes pleasure in playing Commander Adam Karadec, the shock partner of Morgane Alvaro, played by Audrey Fleurot: “As soon as we hear ‘action’, a kind of magic operates and escapes us, moreover. We feel the other, how and when they are going to react… And even if each, in their character, does at its best, there is an alchemy that is born and we cannot control that, in fact, that too is a luck factor..

What do we know about Mehdi Nebbou’s private life?

On the private side, Mehdi Nebbou met photographer Nouma Bordj in the 1990s. The lovebirds then became the parents of a daughter, Djélia, born in 2008.

How many languages ​​does he speak?

The hypersensitive actor speaks 5 languages: “I speak four languages ​​fluently, French, English, German and Italian. and I get by in Spanish”, he explains to 7 Days TV. A major asset, since the actor was able to play in French, American, Italian series and films, but also an Indian film, a Japanese film or even a Norwegian series.

What are Mehdi Nebbou’s projects?

Mehdi Nebbou would like to return to his origins in cinema: directing. “I am currently developing a series project, in which I would also like to act. It’s an offbeat comedy. And then, I have a friend who offered me a script (…) J“I would very much like to move on to production, by 2025 or 2026. I’m itching”, he confides to 7 Days TV.

The actor actually began his career behind the cameras. “The years go by. I’m not 20 anymore either, and this dream is not completely forgotten. I think that over the next 10 years, telling stories will become my main occupation. It’s a beautiful job to do.”he confided.