Nejib Belkadhi

Nejib Belkadhi (نجيب بلقاضي; born May 13, 1976, in Tunis, Tunisia) is a Tunisian actor and director.

Education
He studied marketing and management at the Carthage High Commercial Studies Institute in Carthage, before he started a career in arts.

Career
Nejib had his first acting role in Hbiba Msika (Dancer of the Flame), a film by Selma Baccar, in 1995. He then starred in Mohamed Kouka's play Madrasat Nisaa(مدرسة النساء / The Women's School), however, Nejib's best success was in the series El Khottab Al Bab (الخطاب عالباب /Many Fiancees) appearing in both volumes 1 and 2 (1996–1998) for the director Slaheddine Essid.

Nejib Belkadhi began his career in directing during 1998 on the TV network Canal+ Horizons, covering the Carthage Film Festival, before creating the network's most successful TV show: Chams Alik (شمس عليك ), whose concept revolutionized the Tunisian TV scene. He conceived, produced and co-presented the show from 1999 to 2001.

In 2002, he founded Propaganda Productions, with his friend Imed Marzouk, and in 2003 he directed and produced a socio-critical fake reality show called Dima Lebess (ديما لا باس /Always fine), which was broadcast on the Canal21 TV channel.

He directed his first movie in 2005, a short film called Tsawer (تصاور/Pic), with a screenplay of Souad Ben Slimane.

VHS Kahloucha (2006), his first feature documentary film, was screened to great acclaim at international film festivals, including Cannes (2006), Philadelphia (2007), Sundance l (2007) and Dubai (2007), and it was his most successful work to date.

His last movie, Bastardo, was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2013.

Cinema
• 1994: The Fire Dance by Selma Baccar: As Mimouni

• 2000: The Season of Men by Moufida Tlatli : Samy

• 2000: Tomorrow I burn by Mohammed Ben Ismaïl : Elyes

• 2002: The Magic Box by Ridha Béhi

• 2003: Bedwin Hacker by Nadia El Fani

• 2015: Ghasra (Short film) by Jamil Najjar

• 2017: When the sky starts To Scream by Kais Méjri : Samy

• 2017: Astra by Nidhal Guiga

• 2017: The Candy by Abdelhamid Bouchnak

• 2017: Bolbol by Khadija Lamkacher

• 2018: look at Me by Nejib Belkadhi

• 2018: Black Mamba by Amel Gellaty

• 2018: The Watermelon of The Sheikh by Kaouther Ben Hania

Television
• 1996 – 1997: El Khottab Al Bab (The Suitors are on the Door) by Slaheddine Essid

• 1998: Il tesoro di Damasco (The Treasure of Damas) by José María Sánchez as Sameer

• 2004: Loutil (The Hostel) by Slaheddine Essid

• 2008: Weld Ettalyena (The Son of the Italian) by Nejib Belkadhi

• 2015: Lilet Chak (The Doubt Night) by Majdi Smiri As Yahiya Ben Abdullah

• 2016: The President by Jamil Najjar As Louay Said

• 2018: Tej El Hadhra by Sami Fehri As General Osman

• 2019: The Affair 460 by Majdi Smiri As Malek Ben Jaafar

• 2021+2022: 13 Garibaldi Avenue by Amin Chiboub

Theater

 * 1995: The Women's School by Mohamed Kouka

Cinema

 * 2005: Tsawer (Pictures) (Short film)
 * 2006: VHS Kahloucha (Documentary)
 * 2013: Bastardo (English) (Feature film)
 * 2014: Seven and a Half (Documentary)
 * 2018: look at Me (film, 2018) (Feature film)

Television

 * 1999–2001: Chams Alik on Canal Horizons+
 * 2002: Dima Labes on Canal 21
 * 2008: Weld Ettalyena (Son of The Italian) (TV-Serial)
 * 2020: The Host and The Tramp (Web-Serial)

TV shows

 * 2013: Klem Ennas (People's Talk) of Lobna Noaman on El Hiwar El Tounsi : Guest of Episode 3 of Season 2
 * 2014: Maghreb Orient Express : Nejib Belkadhi : "Bastardo is long awaited in Beyrouth" on TV5 Monde : Guest
 * 2021: Fekret Sami Fehri of Hedy Zaiem on El Hiwar El Tounsi : Guest of Episode 9 of Season 3 Part 4

Producer

 * 2006: The Tarzan of the Arabs (Feature Documentary)
 * 2017: When The Sun Starts To Cry of Kais Mejri

Honours

 * 2007: Knight of the Tunisian Order of Merit