Samy Naceri

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Samy Naceri was born Saïd Naceri on July 2, 1961 to an Algerian father and French mother in Paris' IVe arrondissement and spent his childhood in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil. A French actor, Naceri is well known for his work in the Taxi trilogy and The Code (La Mentale).

Stemming from a substance abuse charge in 2003, Samy was sentenced to eight months imprisonment with deferment, had his driving licence suspended for three years, and penalized 5000 Euro fine for a road rage incident in which he smashed a car and assaulted one of its occupants^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4].

Known for his Islamist views, Samy uttered a death threat against Salman Rushdie on a French talk show (October 2005). Naceri was alleged to say: « Pour 50 balles, moi, je te fume. » (which roughly translates to: "I'll whack you for 50 bucks")^[5]. While part of the altercation was edited out of the broadcast, its host and producer Thierry Ardisson denies Naceri uttered death threats that night^[6]. Since then, Salman Rushdie has declared he won't appear on any TV show in France ever again.

In November 2005, after waiting for a late guest, Naceri disfigured a 22-year-old man with his drink at a trendy Paris restaurant^[7]. The actor was convicted for assault and spent two months in jail. ^[8]. He was released in February 2006.

[edit] Filmography

1989 : La Révolution française directed by Robert Enrico and Richard T. Heffron (uncredited)
1994 : Léon directed by Luc Besson
1994 : Frères directed by Olivier Dahan
1995 : Coup de vice directed by Zak Fishman
1995 : Raï directed by Thomas Gilou
1996 : Malik le maudit directed by Youcef Hamidi
1996 : La Légende de Dede directed by Antonio Olivares
1997 : Bouge! directed by Jérôme Cornuau
1997 : Autre chose à foutre qu'aimer directed by Carole Giacobbi
1998 : Taxi directed by Gérard Pirès
1998 : Cantique de la racaille directed by Vincent Ravalec
1999 : Un pur moment de rock'n'roll directed by Manuel Boursinhac
1999 : Une pour toutes directed by Claude Lelouch
1999 : Taxi 2 directed by Gérard Krawczyk
2000 : Là-bas, mon pays directed by Alexandre Arcady
2001 : Le Petit Poucet directed by Olivier Dahan
2001 : Nid de guêpes (The Nest) directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
2001 : La Merveilleuse Odyssée de l'idiot toboggan directed by Vincent Ravalec
2001 : La Repentie directed by Laetitia Masson
2001 : Féroce directed by Gilles de Maistre
2002 : La Mentale directed by Manuel Boursinhac
2002 : Taxi 3 directed by Gérard Krawczyk
2002 : Concerto pour un violon directed by Gilles de Maistre
2002 : Disparu directed by Gilles de Maistre
2002 : Tapis volant directed by Youcef Hamidi
2003 : Finding Nemo directed by Andrew Stanton (voice of Crush the sea turtle in the French dubbed version)
2004 : Bab el web directed by Merzak Allouache
2006 : Indigènes directed by Rachid Bouchareb
2007 : Taxi 4

[edit] Notes

^ Philippe DU TANNEY, Les nouvelles frasques de Samy Naceri, in Le Figaro, no. 17644, jeudi 3 mai 2001, p. 16
^ Philippe DU TANNEY, Sami Naceri condamné pour injures, dans Le Figaro, no. 17668, jeudi 31 mai 2001, p. 11
^ Philippe du TANNEY, Le timide repentir de Samy Naceri, in Le Figaro, no. 18071, samedi 14 septembre 2002, p. 10
^ Associated Press, Samy Naceri à l'amende, in Le Monde, samedi 12 octobre 2002
^ Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot, Samy l'embrouille a encore frappé, in Le Point, jeudi 1er décembre 2005, p. 82.
^ GARRIGOS Raphaël, Naceri-Rushdie à «Tout le monde en parle»: la polémique, in Libération, no. 7622, jeudi 10 novembre 2005, p. 19
^ Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot, Samy l'embrouille a encore frappé, in Le Point, jeudi 1er décembre 2005, p. 82.
^ Le Monde, lundi 28 novembre 2005, p. 8