Assaad Bouab ( ar, أسعد بواب, born July 31, 1980) is a French-Moroccan actor whose first co-starring role was in ''

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. Bouab attended Cours Florent from 1999 to 2002, and graduated from CNSAD in Paris in 2006. He has had a regular role in the awarded and popular French television series ''

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Career

From 2017 to 2020, Bouab starred as Hicham Janowski in the French comedy-drama series ''

''. He also played CIA operative Qamar Maloof in the

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. In 2021, Bouab starred in the romantic drama television miniseries written and directed by Emily Mortimer, ''

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'' alongside Lily James and Andrew Scott. Bouab joined the cast for the sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders in 2022.

Theatre

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouab, Assaad 1980 births French people of Moroccan descent Living people People from Rabat Moroccan male television actors Moroccan male film actors Alumni of Lycée Descartes (Rabat) French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Cours Florent alumni 21st-century Moroccan male actors