Malik Frikah (born 2006) is a French actor and professional breakdancer.[3] [4] [5] Frikah started competing in breakdancing championships as a child, becoming World Champion at the age of 10 in the Under-12 category at the 2017 Toulouse Battle Pro. He started acting in small parts in 2021 and had a starring role in the romantic drama Beating Hearts (2024).
Frikah was born in 2006[1] in Alès, in the Occitania region in Southern France.[5] His father is Jawad Frikah, a Hip hop dancer who is the founder, teacher and director of the dance school All'Style in Alès.[6] [7] His mother is also a dance teacher.[1]
Following in his father's footsteps, Frikah began breakdancing at the age of 3,[1] having his father as his coach.[8]
Frikah started competing in breakdancing championships as a child. At the age of 8, he participated in the 2015 Chelles Battle Pro national battle in Paris in the Under-12 category.[9] [10] In March 2017, at the age of 10, Frikah became the World Champion in breakdancing in the Under-12 category at the Toulouse Battle Pro after winning all the regional and national phases, becoming the second French dancer to win the World title.[11] [12]
In 2018, Frikah won the 1on1 Kids category at the LCB Battle 2018 in Liège, Belgium.[13]
Frikah started acting when his mother suggested he should work as an extra in a local film shoot.[1] He enjoyed that experience and decided he wanted to be an actor. He quit school and dancing to concentrate on his acting career.[1] His mother left her job to support his dream and accompanied him to auditions.[1]
In 2021, Frikah had a small role in the first episode of season 13 of the television series Camping Paradis, broadcast by TF1.[14]
He made his film debut in Frank Bellocq's romantic comedy Stuck with You (2022),[15] and had small parts in films such as Romain Quirot's action thriller Apaches: Gang of Paris (2023),[16] and Pierre-François Martin-Laval's adventure comedy Jeff Panacloc: In Pursuit of Jean-Marc (2023).[17]
In 2024, Frikah starred in Gilles Lellouche's romantic drama Beating Hearts as Clotaire, the teenage version of François Civil's character.[18]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Stuck with You | Cousin 1 |
| 2023 | Apaches: Gang of Paris | Ficelle |
| Jeff Panacloc: In Pursuit of Jean-Marc | Lucas (12 years old) | |
| 2024 | Beating Hearts | Clotaire (17 years old) |