Mohamed Fellag
Mohamed Fellag
Mohand Fellag (in Arabic محمد فلاق; in Berber ⴼⴻⵍⵍⴰⴳ), known as Mohamed Fellag or simply "Fellag" or sometimes Mohamed Saïd Fellag, is an Algerian actor, humorist and writer, born March 31, 1950 in Azeffoun in Algeria. Mohamed Fellag (ⴼⴻⵍⵍⴰⴳ in Tifinagh) was born in Azeffoun in Kabylia. He only spoke Kabyle until the family moved to Algiers when he was eight years old. He then learned Algerian Arabic and French. His father, an FLN activist during the war, was killed in a car accident in 1965 during a mission (he was 15). He studied theater at the National Institute of Dramatic and Choreographic Art of Algiers, located in Bordj el Kiffan, from 1968 to 1972. He left the National Theater and founded his company with former students. They write texts, go on tour, play in prisons, factories, etc. He emigrated to Quebec in 1978, then to Paris in 1982, living from small jobs. In September 1985, he returned to Algeria and was hired by the Algerian National Theater to perform "The Art of Comedy" by Eduardo De Filippo. He worked as an actor and director, and began writing his texts, including his first show, "Les Aventures de Tchop" in 1986. He became a star thanks to performances mixing Berber, Arabic and French. In 1991, "Babor Australia" was created in Kabyle, then performed in Algerian Arabic in Paris. At the Théâtre de l'Europe in 1992, it was performed alternately in Kabyle and Algerian Arabic. "Babor Australia", updated to "A boat for Australia" in 2002, is based on a rumor, evoking the imminent arrival in Algiers of an Australian boat supposed to take unemployed people to provide them with employment and accommodation there, which caused a queue in front of the Australian embassy. He directed the Béjaïa theater for a while in 1992-939. The Algerian Civil War broke out, Fellag went on tour in 1994 with "Babor Australia", in Algeria then in Tunisia. At the end of the year, he settled in Tunis where he created "Delirium". In 1995, he went into exile in Paris. He writes there "Djurdjurassique Bled", which is represented alternately in Kabyle and Algerian Arabic. Then, he adapted it into French and this first show in French, created in December 1997, earned him the 1997-1998 Critics' Union Prize, theatrical revelation of the year. Fellag lived with the actress Marianne Épin, who died on December 9, 2017, who staged several of his last shows.
Known For Acting
Most Rating 3.994
Birthday 1950-03-31
Place of Birth Algeria, Azzefoun
Also Known As محمد فلاق, Fellag,
Intimate Enemies
2007

Intimate Enemies

Les Barons
2009

Les Barons

The Kid from Chaaba
1998

The Kid from Chaaba

Michou d'Auber
2007

Michou d'Auber

Flowers of Blood
2002

Flowers of Blood

Zarafa
2012

Zarafa

Monsieur Lazhar
2011

Monsieur Lazhar

Fellag - Djurdjurassique bled
1997

Fellag - Djurdjurassique bled

Top Floor Left Wing
2010

Top Floor Left Wing

L'ère des Ninjas

L'ère des Ninjas

Cocktail khorotov
1989

Cocktail khorotov

Le Dernier chameau
2004

Le Dernier chameau

Un bateau pour l’Australie
1991

Un bateau pour l’Australie

Ni reprise, ni échangée
2010

Ni reprise, ni échangée

Where Fig Trees Grow
2005

Where Fig Trees Grow

What the Day Owes the Night
2012

What the Day Owes the Night

Je vous ai compris
2012

Je vous ai compris

The Rabbi's Cat
2011

The Rabbi's Cat

Voisins, voisines
2005

Voisins, voisines

Me and El Che
2018

Me and El Che

Il faut sauver Saïd
2008

Il faut sauver Saïd

From Hollywood to Tamanrasset
1990

From Hollywood to Tamanrasset

Hassan Terro in the Resistance
1989

Hassan Terro in the Resistance

Sons of the Earth
1991

Sons of the Earth

Barrières
1977

Barrières

Fellag: Un bateau pour l'Australie
2002

Fellag: Un bateau pour l'Australie

Liberty at Night
1984

Liberty at Night

Lumières
1989

Lumières