Simon Abkarian
Mar 5, 1962 (64)
Gonesse, Val d'Oise, France
66 Movies
10 Series
Simon Abkarian has spent over 37 years in front of the camera, with more than 76 film and TV credits. his Alex Dimitrios in 'Casino Royale' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Thriller has been his most frequent territory.
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66Movies
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Simon Abkarian
66 Movies
10 Series
Simon Abkarian has spent over 37 years in front of the camera, with more than 76 film and TV credits. his Alex Dimitrios in 'Casino Royale' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Thriller has been his most frequent territory.
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Casino Royale
2006
De Gaulle: Résistance
2026
De Gaulle: Liberté
2026
Overdrive
2017
J'ai tué ma femme
2017
Persepolis
2007
Cyrano, My Love
2018
Journey from Greece
2017
Rendition
2007
Zarafa
2012
The Audition
2019
Ararat
2002
Overdose
2022
Trivial
2007
Restless
2022
The Truth About Charlie
2002
Armenia
2006
Angélique
2013
Someone, Somewhere
2019
To Take A Wife
2004
When the Cat's Away
1996
Khamsa
2008
Scribe
2016
Yes
2005
Army of Crime
2009
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
2005
The Cut
2014
Turk's Head
2010
The Sonata
2018
The Way to Happiness
2022
The Swallows of Kabul
2019
Colt 45
2014
A Day at the Museum
2008
Zaina: Rider of the Atlas
2005
Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)
2003
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
2014
Force
2011
Secrets of State
2008
The 4th Wall
2025
Les mauvais joueurs
2005
Permis de construire
2021
Rebels
2019
The Snake
2006
Almost Peaceful
2002
The Marchers
2013
In Your Dreams
2005
Chouf
2016
The Demon Stirs
2005
The Legend of Princess Parva
2003
Rage
2009
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De Gaulle: Liberté
Charles de Gaulle
2026
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De Gaulle: Résistance
Charles de Gaulle
2026
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Vanished
Gaspard Drax
2026
TV
Chroniques d'un indic
Lakhdar
2025
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The 4th Wall
Marwan
2025
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Overdose
Daniel Prat
2022
Film
Notre-Dame
Max
2022
TV
The Way to Happiness
Saül Birnbaum
2022
Film
Restless
Antoine Marelli
2022
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Simon Abkarian and where are they from?
Simon Abkarian is 64 years old, born on March 5, 1962 in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, France.
What are the most famous roles of Simon Abkarian?
Simon Abkarian is best known for roles in Casino Royale, Persepolis, Overdrive.
How many movies has Simon Abkarian been in?
Over a 37-year career (since 1989), Simon Abkarian has appeared in 82 movies and 10 TV shows.
What was Simon Abkarian's first movie?
The career of Simon Abkarian began with La nuit miraculeuse (1989).
What is Simon Abkarian's most recent movie or series?
Simon Abkarian's most recent release is De Gaulle: Liberté, which premiered on June 26, 2026.
What TV shows has Simon Abkarian appeared in?
On television, Simon Abkarian has appeared in Spooks, Vanished, House of Saddam, Notre-Dame.
Simon Abkarian
1962-03-05 · Gonesse, Val d'Oise, France
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.
Abkarian then played Mehdi Ben Barka in the thriller "J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka" by Serge Le Péron, about the kidnapping and the murder of the leader of the Moroccan opposition. He then played in "Prendre Femme" by Ronit Elkabetz which won him several interpretation prizes. Playing different roles and in different genres, he was featured in the adventure "Zaïna, cavalière de l'Atlas" by Bourlem Guerdjou, in the comedy "Le Démon de midi" by Marie-Pascale Osterriet. He has also appeared in Atom Egoyan's Ararat (2002), he was Albert in Almost Peaceful (2004) by French Director Michel Deville a film about Holocaust survivors, he was featured in "Your Dreams" (2005) by Denis Thybaud. He played the role of villain Alex Dimitrios in the James Bond film, Casino Royale. The character is a Government contractor and arms dealer working against Bond.
He was featured as Sahak in the thriller "Les Mauvais Joueurs" ("The Gamblers") (2007) by Frédéric Balekdjian. He has also been the voice of Ebi in the French version of the animated feature "Persepolis". Abkarian played the role of the eminent Armenian poet Missak Manouchianin in "Army of Crime" (2010) by Robert Guédiguian, a French filmaker based in Marseilles, who is also of Armenian parentage.
He has also played Dariush Bakhshi, the Iranian Special Consul, in the BBC drama Spooks MI-5.
Abkarian is known for his intensity in acting and for his ecclectism in the roles he choses.Simon Abkarian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .