Achmed Akkabi (born 3 October 1983, in

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

) is a Moroccan-Dutch actor. Akkabi was born and raised in

into a family of six. His parents are both immigrants from

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

. Akkabi became a national celebrity as 'Rachid the merchandiser' in

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commercials and for his roles as 'Appie' in ''

Het Huis Anubis ''Het Huis Anubis'' (English: ''The House of Anubis'') is a Dutch-Belgian children's television mystery drama based on elements of Egyptian mythology devised/created by Anjali Taneja, produced by Studio 100 and aired on Nickelodeon in the Netherl ...

'', 'Youssef' in the cinema movie ''Alibi'' and for presenting ''AVRO Kunstquest'' and as Paus in the series Mocro Maffia .

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (2017) * ''Soof 2'' (2016) * ''

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ) is the Capital (political), capital city of Morocco and the List of cities in Morocco, country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million. ...

'' (2011) * ''

Sterke verhalen ''Sterke verhalen'' is a 2010 Dutch independent teen comedy written and directed by Kees van Nieuwkerk and Teddy Cherim and it stars Achmed Akkabi, Sallie Harmsen, Manuel Broekman, Géza Weisz, Gwen Pol and Isis Cabolet. Matthijs van de Sande ...

'' (2010)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Akkabi, Achmed 1983 births Living people Dutch television presenters Dutch people of Moroccan descent Male actors from The Hague