MARITAL STATUS
Professions Actor , Screenwriter , Director
Nationality French
Birth November 5, 1979
BIOGRAPHY
A BTS Sales Force graduate, it was during these two years of study that Tarek Boudali met Julien Arruti , who in turn introduced him to the budding comedians Philippe Lacheau and Paco Boisson .
Together, they form La Bande à Fifi, accompanied by the feminine touch Reem Kherici , and carry out project after project, from the play Who Killed the Dead? produced by Dominique Farrugia and performed at the Théâtre du Splendid, to their sketches in the Grand Journal on Canal+, including the humorous patch “La cave à l’info” in the Vrai Journal by Karl Zéro still on Canal +.
He made his film debut in 2010 in two comedies: L’Arnacoeur , a romance starring Romain Duris and Vanessa Paradis , and L’Italien , where he plays Kad Merad ‘s brother . In 2012, he joined the cast of the M6 short format En Famille , where we follow the adventures of the Le Kervelec family. The actor, who plays son-in-law Kader, left the program in 2018 due to his busy schedule.
Indeed, in parallel with this humorous pastille, the actor is not idle and appears, with his friends from the Bande à Fifi and under the direction of Philippe Lacheau, on the bill of the most popular French comedies of the 2010s. From 2014 , the troupe enjoyed great success with the crazy Babysitting (more than 2.3 million admissions), to the point that a sequel , which grossed even more than the first part, saw the light of day in 2015. Followed by Alibi.com ( 2017), Nicky Larson and the Scent of Cupid (2019) adapted from the famous animated film, and Superheroes Despite Himself (2022).
Building on his success, Tarek Boudali moved behind the camera in 2017 with the comedy Marry Me My Mate . He plays the main role alongside Philippe Lacheau, that of a Moroccan student who decides to marry his best friend so as not to lose his visa. Here again, success was achieved with 2.4 million entries. Three years later, he repeated the experience and again held the functions of director and main actor in 30 days max , a police comedy where he plays a cop believing he is condemned to death. The feature film has totaled 1.32 million admissions in France, a completely honorable score when we know that its exhibition was interrupted by the closure of theaters on October 30, 2020 following confinement.
After participating in the show LOL: Who laughs, come out! on Prime Video, Tarek Boudali frees himself from La Bande à Fifi in 2022 with Liar , a comedy by Olivier Baroux , who made his debut in L’Italien in 2010. In this remake of a Quebec film, the actor plays a compulsive liar who sees his lies come to life.
Marie Ponchel and Emilie Schneider
