# Mhamed Arezki

Mhamed Arezki (born 1984) is a French actor of Algeria origins best known for his starring and supporting roles in French television series. He portrays Lyès Beloumi on the action packed, comedic, police drama Les Bleus, young Tony on the gangster mini-series Les Beaux Mecs and Brigadier Jean-Baptiste Medjaoui on another police drama, Candice Renoir. He is also known for his roles in such films as The Tourist (starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp), Zim and Co. and Adieu Gary.

## Biography

Mhamed Arezki was born in Paris, France, in 1984. His mother was of Kabyle descent and worked as a nanny. His father was a chef. Mhamed always dreamed of being an actor. At the age of seventeen he quit school and started participating in various acting courses. His mother, knowing this was what her son wanted to do most, was very encouraging. At the end of a five-day course in film and theater acting, he was spotted by an agent who then brought him to a casting call. "I know, I have a lot of luck," He told Le Parisien in 2009.

## Career
### Les Bleus

From 2006 to 2010 Arezki had a starring role in Les bleus: premiers pas dans la police, an action, comedy, drama about rookie cops learning the ropes. The first episode aired in France on 8 February 2006.
Arezki played the role of clumsy, good-natured, career driven Lyès Beloumi. He was in every episode of Seasons 1 and 2. For the third season he took a voluntary sabbatical to leave himself open for other roles and to explore the possibility of doing a one-man show. In 2010 he returned to Les Bleus for the fourth and final season. Lyes Beloumi had been away training and returned with the rank of Commissaire and now had his own office.
In 2013 Arezki reunited with Les Bleus co-star Raphaël Lenglet for the first season of Candice Renoir, a France 2 police drama series starring Cécile Bois as Commandant Candice Renoir. Lenglet and Arezki receive second and third billing respectively on French sites like Allociné.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2003 | Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés | City boy | Stéphane Clavier | |
| 2003 | Poulet cocotte | Tarek | Vincent Solignac & Martial Vallanchon | Short |
| 2003 | Commissaire Moulin | Mouss | Jean-Luc Breitenstein | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2004 | La Ronde des Flandres | Karim | André Chandelle | TV movie |
| 2004 | Fabien Cosma | Aziz | Pierre Lary | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2004-05 | Une fille d'enfer | Momo | Bruno Garcia, Pascal Lahmani & Eric Figon | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2005 | Zim and Co. | Cheb | Pierre Jolivet | |
| 2006 | Du jour au lendemain | Jimmy | Philippe Le Guay | |
| 2006-10 | Les Bleus | Lyes Beloumi | Didier Le Pêcheur, Christophe Douchand, ... | TV series (26 episodes) Luchon International Film Festival - Best Young Actor |
| 2007 | Nos enfants chéris | Chidra | Benoît Cohen | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2009 | Adieu Gary | Icham | Nassim Amaouche | |
| 2010 | The Tourist | Achmed Tchebali | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | |
| 2010 | Frères | Radouane | Virginie Sauveur | TV movie |
| 2011 | Les beaux mecs | Tony | Gilles Bannier | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 2012 | Chien de guerre | Malik | Fabrice Cazeneuve | TV movie |
| 2012 | Vive la colo ! | Edgar | Dominique Ladoge & Didier Le Pêcheur (2) | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2013 | Mohamed Dubois | Hassen | Ernesto Oña | |
| 2013 | Cheba Louisa | Ahmed | Françoise Charpiat | |
| 2013 | Les Délices du Monde | Majid | Alain Gomis | TV movie |
| 2013-15 | Candice Renoir | Jean-Baptiste Medjaoui | Nicolas Picard, Stéphane Malhuret, ... | TV series (20 episodes) |
| 2014 | De guerre lasse | Rachid | Olivier Panchot | |
| 2014 | La crèche des hommes | Nasser | Hervé Brami | TV movie |
| 2015 | Virage Nord | Icham | Virginie Sauveur (2) | TV mini-series |
| 2016 | Team Spirit | Nouredine | Christophe Barratier | |

## Awards

Festival du film de télévision de Luchon 2006 :
* Best young actor for his role in Les Bleus presented by Tchéky Karyo