Enrico Macias
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 11, 1938, Constantine, France [now Algeria]
- Movies
- 21
Gaston Ghrenassia (born 11 December 1938), known by his stage name Enrico Macias, is a French singer, songwriter and musician.
Gaston Ghrenassia was born to a Sephardic Jewish family. His father, Sylvain Ghrenassia (1914–2004), was a violinist in an orchestra that played primarily malouf, Andalusian classical music. Gaston played the guitar from childhood, and started playing with the Cheikh Raymond Leyris Orchestra at age 15.
He pursued a school teacher career, but continued playing the guitar. In 1961, the Algerian War of Independence was raging, and the situation became untenable for the European colonizers of Constantine. The assassination in 1961 of his father-in-law and musician Cheikh Raymond Leyris by the National Liberation Front (FLN) was of immense effect on Gaston Ghrenassia, and appears to have been due to his opposition to the independence of Algeria from France and pro-Israel stance. Gaston left Algeria with his wife, Suzy, on 29 July 1961, eleven months before the end of the Algerian War of Independence, and went into exile in mainland France. He has not been permitted to return to Algeria ever since.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Serge Lama, le dernier rappel | Self |
| 2025 | Laurent Gerra, l'anniversaire-événement | Self |
| 2024 | Oldies But Goodies | Rico |
| 2023 | Une journée avec Jacques Brel | Self |
| 2023 | Pour ton mariage | Self |
| 2022 | Enrico Macias, de l'amour plein la tête | Self |
| 2022 | Ces chansons de nos vacances | Self |
| 2022 | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Jacques Martin, derrière vos applaudissements | Self - Interviewee |
| 2021 | Enrico Macias, l'inattendu | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | PSG : Ce club qui a failli ne pas exister ! | Self |
| 2012 | Would I Lie to You? 3 | Maurice |
| 2011 | Welcome Aboard | Self |
| 2009 | Coco | Le tailleur |
| 2006 | A Ticket to Space | Self (voice) |
| 2003 | The Car Keys | Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent |
| 2001 | Would I Lie to You? 2 | Maurice Boutboul |
| 1997 | Les Interdits des Grosses Têtes | Self |
| 1979 | Carlos Numéro 1 | Self |
| 1971 | Pleasure Mafia | Self (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Déclic et des claques | Self |
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