# Ralph Amoussou

Nick Ralph Amoussou (born 3 May 1989) is a French actor. He is known for his roles such as Séby on the Netflix series Marianne (2019), Samuel Becker on the OCS series Missions (2019–2021), Paul on the Netflix series Transatlantic (2023), and the musketeer Hannibal in the film The Three Musketeers: Milady (2023). For his performance in the 2008 film With a Little Help from Myself, he was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actor.

## Early life

Amoussou was born in Paris and raised in Benin and Nigeria until he was twelve years old. His mother named him after American civil rights activist Ralph Abernathy and American writer Ralph Ellison. His maternal grandmother is an Ethiopian Jew, and his maternal grandfather is from the former Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin.
Amoussou started acting as a teenager and landed his first role at fifteen. He trained at the Susan Batson Studio in New York.
Amoussou grew up bilingual, speaking French and English.

## Career

His performance in the 2008 film With a Little Help from Myself earned him a nomination for Most Promising Actor at the 34th César Awards.
In 2019, he played Séby on the Netflix horror series Marianne.
Between 2019 and 2021, he played the astronaut Samuel Becker in the French science-fiction television series Missions, broadcast by OCS.
In 2023, he starred as hotel concierge Paul Kandjo on the Netflix series Transatlantic, and had a supporting role in the French television series Split, directed by Iris Brey [fr]. Amoussou also appeared in a re-telling of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel The Three Musketeers; the French film The Three Musketeers: Milady, where he played Hannibal, based on the true story of Louis Aniaba, the prince of Assinie and the first Black musketeer.

## Filmography
### Feature films

Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Les enfants du pays | Bha | |
| 2008 | With a Little Help from Myself | Victor | |
| 2009 | Omar | Omar | Short film |
| 2010 | Black Venus | Harry | |
| 2011 | 15 Lads (Nos résistances) | L'ours | |
| 2011 | Hasaki Ya Suda | Daigo | Short film |
| 2011 | Les Tuche | Georges Diouf | |
| 2011 | Early One Morning | Youssef | |
| 2011 | Les Mythos | Moussa | |
| 2011 | Will | Serge | |
| 2012 | Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood | Etienne | |
| 2012 | In a Rush | Louis | |
| 2012 | Un beau matin | Prince Oscar | Short film |
| 2012 | Victorine | Oscar | Short film |
| 2012 | Goodbye Morocco | Gabriel |
| 2013 | Intercourses | | Short film |
| 2013 | In Seventh Heaven | Jean-Jacques | Short film |
| 2013 | The Dream Kids | El Malah | |
| 2013 | Under the Starry Sky | Tyler / Thierno | |
| 2016 | Les Tuche 2: The American Dream | Georges Diouf | |
| 2016 | La fine équipe | Gaëtan / Marlon | |
| 2017 | Chateau | Julius | |
| 2017 | Par instinct | Tony | |
| 2018 | Les Tuche 3 | Georges Diouf | |
| 2018 | The Terrible Tale of Henrietta Tate | London Pink | Short film |
| 2021 | Hajimé | Cyril | Short film |
| 2021 | Les Tuche 4 | Diouf | |
| 2021 | L'Enfant et la Nuit | Man | Short film |
| 2023 | Le prix du passage | Asim | |
| 2023 | The Three Musketeers: Milady | Hannibal | |

### Television

Key :
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | L'embrasement | Bouna | TV film |
| 2007 | La commune | Housmane Daoud | TV Series; 2 episodes |
| 2007–2008 | Merci, les enfants vont bien! | Mao | TV Series; 3 episodes |
| 2008 | P.J. | | TV Series; 1 episode |
| 2012 | Toussaint Louverture | Young Isaac | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Death in the Shadow of State | Jackson Odhiambo | TV film |
| 2014 | Détectives | Pacôme Traoré | TV Series; 1 episode |
| 2017 | Man Like Mobeen | Stephan | TV Series; 1 episode |
| 2019 | Marianne | Séby | TV Series; 8 episodes |
| 2019–2021 | Missions | Samuel Becker | TV Series; 12 episodes |
| 2020 | Capitaine Marleau | Théodore Sempé | TV Series; 1 episode |
| 2023 | Transatlantic | Paul | TV Series; 7 episodes |
| 2023 | Split | Natan | TV Series |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | César Awards | Best Supporting Actor | With a Little Help from Myself | Nominated | |