| Ary Abittan | |
| Birth Date: | 1974 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Occupation: | Actor, Humorist |
Ary Abittan (born 31 January 1974) is a French actor and humorist. He is particularly known for his role in Serial (Bad) Weddings.
Ary Abittan was born on January 31, 1974, in Paris. He comes from a Sephardic Jewish (Maghrebi Jewish) family. His father is from Morocco and his mother from Tunisia. He spent part of his childhood between Garges-lès-Gonesse and Sarcelles.At age 19, he became a taxi driver, like his father, an activity that allowed him to finance his first theater lessons.[1]
In 1993, Ary Abittan wrote (in parallel of theater lessons) his first sketches and then performed on stage since 1994In 2007, he took the lead role in a play, Happy Hanukah, which Jean-Luc Moreau directed. The same year, he plays the main role during three seasons of Nos années pension, broadcast on France 2.
In 2012, he plays in Dépression et des potes of Arnaud Lemort. The same year, he made his first participation in Marrakech du rire.In 2014, he plays in Serial (Bad) Weddings with Christian Clavier and Chantal Lauby by Philippe de Chauveron.
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Tu peux garder un secret ? | David | Alexandre Arcady | ||
| 2009 | Coco | Max | Gad Elmaleh | ||
| Tellement proches | Moshé Benhamou | Éric Toledano & Olivier Nakache | |||
| 2010 | La Fête des voisins | François-Xavier | David Haddad | ||
| Tout ce qui brille | Lila's father | Géraldine Nakache & Hervé Mimran | |||
| Fatal | David Fontana | Michaël Youn | |||
| 2011 | De l'huile sur le feu | Pizzeria Server | Nicolas Benamou | ||
| 2012 | Dépression et des potes | Romain | Arnaud Lemort | ||
| 2013 | Vive la France | Jafaraz Ouèchemagül | Michaël Youn | ||
| Chimpanzee | French Voice-over | Mark Linfield & Alastair Fothergill | |||
| Hôtel Normandy | Yvan Carlotti | Charles Nemes | |||
| La Grande Boucle | Tony Agnelo | Laurent Tuel | |||
| 2014 | Serial (Bad) Weddings | David Benichou | Philippe de Chauveron | ||
| 2015 | Robin des bois, la véritable histoire | Little John | Anthony Marciano | ||
| 2016 | Lorenzo Baldini, marquis de Portofino | Jean-Marie Poiré | |||
| Débarquement immédiat | José Fernandez | Philippe de Chauveron | |||
| 2017 | With Open Arms | Babik | Philippe de Chauveron | ||
| Coco | Héctor | Lee Unkrich | French voice | ||
| I Feel Better | Edouard | Jean-Pierre Améris | |||
| 2018 | Under the Eiffel Tower | Frederic | Archie Borders | ||
| 2019 | Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 | David Benichou | Philippe de Chauveron |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Sur la vie d'ma mère | Yves Azeroual & Philippe Layani | TV series - Episode 4 | ||
| 2008 | Inéluctable | Kudlip Badwar | François Luciani | TV movie | |
| The Mossad agent | Laurent Jaoui | TV movie | |||
| 2008-2010 | Nos années pension | Alexandre « Bobor » Ganielle | Cristina Arellano & Sylvie Coquart | TV series -Season 2 to 4 | |
| 2013 | Scènes de ménages | Emma's trader cousin | Alain Kappauf | Guest | |
| 2014 | L'Esprit de famille | Yvan Perez | Frédéric Berthe | TV movie |