Mohamed Zinet
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 16, 1932, Alger, Algérie
- Died
- April 10, 1995
- Movies
- 15
Mohamed Zinet (Arabic: محمد زينت) is an Algerian actor and director, born January 16, 1932 in the Casbah of Algiers in Algeria, and died April 10, 1995 in Bondy in France.
Born in 1932 in Algiers, Mohamed Zinet developed a passion for theater at a very young age. He led an amateur troupe called El-Manar El-Djazairi (The Algerian Flambeau) and in 1947, in Paris, he presented an adaptation of Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Molière in the Wagram room.
Officer of the National Liberation Army (ALN) during the war of independence, he was seriously injured during a mission, then transported to Tunis where the artistic troupe of the National Liberation Front (FLN) was created which constituted the core of the future Algerian National Theater. During his stay in Tunis, he played the role of Lakhdar in Le Cadavre Encerclé by Kateb Yacine, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2023 | Zinet, Algiers, Happiness | Self (archive footage) |
| 1981 | Les Avocats du Diable | Mechtir |
| 1980 | The Under-Gifted | Mustapha, le terroriste |
| 1980 | Aziza | Si Béchir |
| 1979 | The Kick of Sirocco | Le porteur |
| 1979 | Le Retour | |
| 1978 | Robert et Robert | Ali Salem |
| 1977 | Madame Rosa | Kadir Youssef |
| 1975 | Le Bougnoul | Mehdi Ben Chraïbi |
| 1975 | The Common Man | Le frère de Saïd |
| 1971 | Tahia Ya Didou ! | Hassan |
| 1970 | Les Trois Cousins | |
| 1970 | Les Ajoncs | |
| 1968 | Monangambeee |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1971 | Tahia Ya Didou ! | Director, Writer |
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