Nick Ralph Amoussou (born 3 May 1989) is a French actor. He is known for his roles such as Séby on the

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'' (2019), Samuel Becker on the

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series '' Missions'' (2019–2021), Paul on the Netflix series ''

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'' (2023), and the musketeer Hannibal in the film '' The Three Musketeers: Milady'' (2023). For his performance in the 2008 film '' With a Little Help from Myself'', he was nominated for a

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Early life

Amoussou was born in Paris and raised in Benin and Nigeria until he was twelve years old. His mother named him after American civil rights activist

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and American writer

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. His maternal grandmother is an Ethiopian Jew, and his maternal grandfather is from the former

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, in present-day

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. Amoussou started acting as a teenager and landed his first role at fifteen. He trained at the Susan Batson Studio in New York. Amoussou grew up

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, speaking French and English.

Career

His performance in the 2008 film '' With a Little Help from Myself'' earned him a nomination for Most Promising Actor at the

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. In 2019, he played Séby on the

horror series ''

''. Between 2019 and 2021, he played the astronaut Samuel Becker in the French science-fiction television series '' Missions'', broadcast by

. In 2023, he starred as hotel concierge Paul Kandjo on the Netflix series ''

'', and had a supporting role in the French television series ''Split'', directed by . Amoussou also appeared in a re-telling of the classic

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novel ''

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''; the French film '' The Three Musketeers: Milady'', where he played Hannibal, based on the true story of Louis Aniaba, the prince of Assinie and the first Black musketeer.

Filmography

Feature films

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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