David Atrakchi (born 10 December 1977) is an

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best known for his role of Malcolm Manville in ''

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''. He played Lanyon in the 2011 thriller '' Faces in the Crowd''. He was an actor and co-producer of '' Frank & Lola'', a 2016 noir

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written and directed by Matthew Ross. Most recently David is featured as an android in '' Detroit: Become Human'', an adventure game blockbuster developed by

Quantic Dream Quantic Dream SA is a French video game developer and publisher based in Paris. Founded in May 1997, Quantic Dream has developed five video games: '' The Nomad Soul'' (1999), ''Fahrenheit'' (2005), '' Heavy Rain'' (2010), '' Beyond: Two Souls' ...

and published by

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for

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, released worldwide on 25 May 2018. In 2019, he produced the French portion of

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's feature '' Uncorked'' for

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with

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Biography

Born in

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, David Atrakchi spent his childhood in

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and

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. Now based between

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and

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, he studied theatre, dramatic arts and film at

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with esteemed acting coach

Jack Waltzer Jack Waltzer (' since 1967) is an American acting coach and actor. Biography Waltzer is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio and trained with educators of the Stanislavsky method such as Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Lee Strasberg, and Uta Hag ...

, a member of the

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. In 2005 he became one of the founding partners of the French film production company and artists collaborative ''FullDawa Films''. He has directed & produced several short films as well as a documentary for

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titled ''A World for Inclusion'' featuring

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. With his company FullDawa Films, he has recently handled the production services and coproduced the feature films, '' My Old Lady'' by Israël Horovitz, starring

Kevin Kline Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an American actor. He is the recipient of an Academy Award and three Tony Awards. In addition, he has received nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five ...

, Dame

Maggie Smith Dame Margaret Natalie Smith (born 28 December 1934) is an English actress. With an extensive career on screen and stage beginning in the mid-1950s, Smith has appeared in more than sixty films and seventy plays. She is one of the few performer ...

and Dame

Kristin Scott Thomas Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas (born 24 May 1960) is a British actress who also holds French citizenship. A five-time BAFTA Award and Olivier Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for '' Four Weddings an ...

, and '' Frank & Lola'' a Sundance premiere in 2016, directed by Matthew Ross with

Imogen Poots Imogen Gay Poots (born 3 June 1989) is an English actress and model. She played Tammy in the post-apocalyptic horror film ''28 Weeks Later'' (2007), Linda Keith in the Jimi Hendrix biopic '' Jimi: All Is by My Side'' (2013), Debbie Raymond in ...

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, and

Emmanuelle Devos Emmanuelle Devos (born 10 May 1964) is a French actress. She is the daughter of actress Marie Henriau. She won the César Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in '' Sur mes lèvres'', directed by Jacques Audiard. She has also b ...

Film career

David's first lead role was in the independent film ''Broken Idyll'' by Victoria Raiser. In 2008, he appeared as ''Malcolm Manville'' alongside

Jason Statham Jason Statham (; born 26 July 1967) is an English actor. He is known for portraying characters in various action-thriller films who are typically tough, hardboiled, gritty, or violent. Statham began practising Chinese martial arts, kickbox ...

and

François Berléand François Berléand (; born 22 April 1952) is a French actor. He plays Gilles Triquet, the officer manager and equivalent of David Brent in ''Le Bureau'', the French version of '' The Office'', produced by Canal+. He also appeared in the 2002 fi ...

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, produced and written by

Luc Besson Luc Paul Maurice Besson (; born 18 March 1959) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed or produced the films ''Subway'' (1985), '' The Big Blue'' (1988), and ''La Femme Nikita'' (1990). Besson is associated with the '' ...

. Later David appeared in a series of 5 short films for

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-Meridiist by director

Pierre Morel Pierre Morel (born 12 May 1964) is a French film director and cinematographer. His work includes ''District 13'', '' From Paris with Love'', and '' Taken.'' Career After spending his formative years in cinema school, Morel debuted in 2000 as c ...

. In 2010, he shoot for

Fred Vargas Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau (born 7 June 1957), a French historian, archaeologist and novelist. As a historian and archeologist, she is known for her work on the Black Death. Her crime fiction ''policiers'' (pol ...

book adaptation "Un Lieu Incertain" by Josée Dayan, starring alongside

Jean-Hugues Anglade Jean-Hugues Anglade (born 29 July 1955) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, known for his roles as Eric in '' Killing Zoe'', Zorg in ''Betty Blue'' and Marco, the boyfriend of Nikita in ''Nikita''. Personal life Anglade was born ...

Charlotte Rampling Tessa Charlotte Rampling (born 5 February 1946) is an English actress, known for her work in European arthouse films in English, French, and Italian. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, she began her career as a model. She was cast in the role ...

and

Pascal Greggory Pascal Greggory (born 8 September 1954) is a French actor. Personal life Greggory is openly gay. He had long-term relationships with Patrice Chéreau and François-Marie Banier. Filmography * '' Les Sœurs Brontë'' (1979) by André Téchiné ...

. The same year David filmed Faces in the Crowd in

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. Directed by Julien Magnat, it stars

Milla Jovovich Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich; sr-Latn, Milica Bogdanovna Jovović; russian: Милица Богдановна Йовович; uk, Милиця Богданoвна Йовович ( ; born December 17, 1975), known professionally as Milla Jovo ...

Julian McMahon Julian Dana William McMahon (born 27 July 1968) is an Australian actor, former model, and the son of a former Prime Minister of Australia, Sir William McMahon. He is best known for his roles as Detective John Grant in '' Profiler'', Cole Tur ...

Sarah Wayne Callies Sarah Wayne Callies (born June 1, 1977) is an American actress. She is known for starring as Sara Tancredi in Fox's '' Prison Break'' and as Lori Grimes in AMC's '' The Walking Dead''. She has also starred as Katie Bowman in USA Network's ''Col ...

Michael Shanks Michael Garrett Shanks (born December 15, 1970) is a Canadian actor, writer and director. He is best known for his role as Daniel Jackson in the long-running military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'' and as Charles Harris on ...

and

Marianne Faithfull Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her hit single " As Tears Go By" and became one of the lead female artists during the British I ...

. In spring 2011, he shot for ''Blind Watching'' in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal: :* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...

Andrzej Jakimowski Andrzej Jakimowski (born 17 August 1963) is a Polish film director, writer and producer, best known for directing the films ''Squint Your Eyes ( pl, Zmruż oczy)'' and '' Tricks ( pl, Sztuczki)''. He is an alumnus of Krzysztof Kieślowski Film Sc ...

with

Alexandra Maria Lara Alexandra Maria Lara (''née'' Plătăreanu; 12 November 1978) is a Romanian-German actress who has appeared in ''Downfall'' (2004), '' Control'' (2007), '' Youth Without Youth'' (2007), ''The Reader'' (2008), ''Rush'' (2013), and ''Geostorm'' ...

and

Edward Hogg Edward Hogg (born 26 January 1979) is an English actor, known for portraying Jesco White in ''White Lightnin, Stephen Turnbull in ''Bunny and the Bull,'' Eugene Mathers in ''Indian Summers,'' Segundus in ''Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'', Mi ...

and two episodes for

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as "Yves d'Allègre" in

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written by

Tom Fontana Tom Fontana (born September 12, 1951) is an American screenwriter, writer, and television producer. Fontana worked on NBC's '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' and created HBO's ''Oz.'' Early life and education Fontana was born on the west si ...

with

John Doman John Doman (born January 9, 1945) is an American actor best known for playing Maryland State Police Superintendent, Deputy Police Commissioner and Major William Rawls on HBO series ''The Wire'' (2002–2008), Colonel Edward Galson on '' Oz'' (20 ...

. David shot in November 2011 "Au Nom D'Athènes" a 2X52' for the network

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as Xerxes with Persian dialogue. The same year he is shooting for

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throughout May 2012, Transporter: The Series directed by

Bruce McDonald (director) Bruce McDonald (born May 28, 1959) is a Canadian film and television director, writer, and producer. Born in Kingston, Ontario, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as part of the loosely-affiliated Toronto New Wave. McDonald has directed more t ...

with

Chris Vance (actor) George Christopher Vance (born 30 December 1971) is an English actor who is known for his television roles as Jack Gallagher in the Fox series ''Mental'' (2009), and James Whistler in ''Prison Break'' (2007–2008). He played Frank Martin (in TN ...

and Delphine Chanéac. In 2013, David stars and produces

Camille Delamarre Camille Delamarre is a French film editor and director, best known for directing ''The Transporter Refueled'' and ''Brick Mansions''. He edited films including ''Transporter 3'' and '' Taken 2'', among others. Career In 2014, Delamarre made hi ...

(

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) directorial debut film ''Last Call'' collecting over 20 nominations worldwide such as

Montréal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Intern ...

Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films The Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films (a.k.a. Palm Springs International ShortFest) held annually in Palm Springs, California is the largest film festival for short films in the United States.Brest European Short Film Festival The Brest European Short Film Festival (French: Festival européen du film court de Brest) is a film festival dedicated to short films, happening every year in Brest, in the Brittany region in France. It has been organized by the Côte Ouest As ...

. He also receives several acting nominations and one acting award at the Festival du film de Vendôme for ''Pour la France'' directed by Shanti Masud. He is also the leading actor of the official video directed by Antony Hoffman (

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) for the Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4, aired for the first time 4 March 2014, during the

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. David's upcoming theatrical release is 16 December 2015 ''House of Time'' directed by Jonathan Helpert with

Pierre Deladonchamps Pierre Deladonchamps (born 1 June 1978) is a French actor. He is known for starring in the thriller film ''Stranger by the Lake'' (2013), for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor. He went on to receive a nomination for the Cé ...

, Julie Judd, Esther Comar, Julia Piaton, Bengamin Wamgermee and Maxime Dambrin. The movie has premiered at the Angoulême film festival, La Baule film festival and soon at the Boulder and Austin Film Festival. He also acted and co-produced ''Frank & Lola'' a 2016 noir

written and directed by Matthew Ross and starring

Michael Nyqvist Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist (; 8 November 1960 – 27 June 2017) was a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known for playing police officer Banck in the 1997–1998 Martin Beck TV series and for his leading role ...

Justin Long Justin Jacob Long (born June 2, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. Long is known for his film roles, notably appearing in '' Jeepers Creepers'' (2001), ''Dodgeball'' (2004), '' Accepted'' (2006), '' Idiocracy'' ( ...

and

Honours and awards

* 2013 acting award Acting Award - Festival du film de Vendôme
/ref> at the Festival du film de Vendôme for ''Pour la France'' directed by Shanti Masud * 2013 acting nomination

ÉCU The European Independent Film festival ''The European Independent Film Festival'' is an annual international film festival dedicated to independent cinema. Held in Paris, France, it was created in 2006 by Scott Hillier. The festival is dedicated to the discovery and promotion of inde ...

for ''Last Call'' directed by Camille Delamarre

References

External links

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Official UNESCO website - A World for Inclusion

Website - Full Dawa Films

Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 - Official Video
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