# Tewfik Jallab

Tewfik Jallab is a French actor.

## Early life and education

Tewfik Jallab was born in Argenteuil, France, of a Moroccan mother and Algerian-Tunisian father.
He had his first film role at the age of 10, playing a child soldier.
Married to food influencer, Lou Elsener, known as Louloukitchen.

## Career

Jallab had many roles on stage in France during his early career.
He plays a young detective, Ali, in the 7th (2019) and 8th (2020) seasons of the French police drama series Spiral.
In 2024 he plays a lead role in the action series Paris Has Fallen as former soldier turned protection officer Vincent, opposite English actress Ritu Arya.

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 2003 | Britannicus | Jean Racine | Cyril Anrep | Théâtre Pierre Dux |
| 2003 | Love's Labour's Lost | William Shakespeare | David Clavel | Théâtre Maria Casares |
| 2007 | Parle-moi de la guerre pour que je t'aime | Elie Karam | Jean-Paul Wenzel (2) | Théâtre du Rond-Point |
| 2007 | Ombres portées | Jean-Paul Wenzel | Jean-Paul Wenzel | Théâtre National de Cergy-Pontoise |
| 2008-10 | Littoral | Wajdi Mouawad | Wajdi Mouawad | Tour |
| 2008-10 | Le Sang des Promesses | Wajdi Mouawad | Wajdi Mouawad (2) | Tour |
| 2010 | Masques et nez | Igor Mendjisky | Igor Mendjisky | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées |
| 2011 | One Thousand and One Nights | | Tim Supple | Shakespeare theater |
| 2011 | Splendid's | Jean Genet | Cristèle Alves Meira | Théâtre de l'Athénée |
| 2012 | Le livre de Damas et des prophéties | Saadallah Wannous | Fida Mohissen | National Theatre of Tunisia |
| 2012 | Même pour ne pas vaincre | Stéphane Chaumet | Élodie Chanut | Théâtre de La Forge |
| 2013 | La guerre des banlieues n'aura pas lieu | Abd al Malik | Abd al Malik | Théatre de Vitry |
| 2014 | Masques et nez | Igor Mendjisky | Igor Mendjisky (2) | Théâtre des Mathurins |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1994 | Killer Kid | Djilali | Gilles de Maistre | |
| 1999 | P.J. | Kader | Frédéric Krivine & Gérard Vergez | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2004 | Stéréotypes | | Anthony Decadi | Short |
| 2004 | Élodie Bradford | Tadjine | Olivier Guignard | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2006 | Qui de nous deux | Simo | Charles Belmont | |
| 2007 | Avocats & associés | Rachid Laouri | Bruno Garcia | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2008 | Bientôt j'arrête | Chanel's Friend | Léa Fazer | Short |
| 2008-09 | Adresse inconnue | Icham Alaoui | Alain Wermus, Rodolphe Tissot, ... | TV series (10 episodes) |
| 2009 | L'année de l'Algérie | Bilal | May Bouhada | Short |
| 2009 | La tueuse | Lawyer Saunier | Rodolphe Tissot (2) | TV movie |
| 2009 | Joséphine, ange gardien | César | Pascal Heylbroeck | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2009 | Vénus & Apollon | Guillaume | Pascal Lahmani | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2010 | Coline (Les amis de mes amis) | | Etienne Constantinesco | |
| 2010 | Pas si simple | Jalil | Rachida Krim | TV movie |
| 2010 | Frères | Mehdi | Virginie Sauveur | TV movie |
| 2012 | Un nuage dans un verre d'eau | Khalil | Srinath Samarasinghe | |
| 2013 | The Marchers | Mohamed | Nabil Ben Yadir | Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Male Revelation |
| 2013 | Né quelque part | Farid Hadji | Mohamed Hamidi | |
| 2016 | Team Spirit | Samir | Christophe Barratier | |
| 2016 | Le convoi | Imad | Frédéric Schoendoerffer | |
| 2016 | Lola Pater | Zino | Nadir Moknèche | |
| 2016 | Trepalium | | Vincent Lannoo | TV mini-series |
| 2017 | Back to Burgundy | Marouan | Cédric Klapisch | |
| 2019 | Paradise Beach | Hicham | Xavier Durringer | |
| 2022 | Oussekine | Mohamed Oussekine | Antoine Chevrollier | TV series |
| 2023 | Like a Prince | Karim | Ali Marhyar |
| 2024 | Paris Has Fallen | Vincent Taleb | Oded Ruskin & Hans Herbots | TV series. Lead role |