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Brice Bexter Brice Bexter international Actor.

= Early life and acting background = Brice Bexter was born on the 25th of July 1990 in Lausanne, Switzerland from a French/Moroccan mother and British/Czech father. Brice and his brother were both raised by their grandparents in Rabat, Morocco.

An important figure in Brice’s life is undeniably his grandfather Hassan El Glaoui one of the world’s most famous moroccan painter and son of the last Pasha of Marrakech Thami El Glaoui.

Brice was raised in a creative household which impacted his artistic development from an early age. Brice subsequently appeared in theater productions at his high school, Lycee Descartes.

In 2007, at 17 years old he had the opportunity to work as a stand-in for the main actors on Body of Lies, staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Strong and Russell Crowe directed by Ridley Scott which was partly shot in his hometown Rabat, Morocco.

In 2008 he worked as an extra on Green Zone directed by Paul Greengrass starring Matt Damon, Amy Ryan also partly shot in Rabat Morocco.

After these first on-set experiences, Brice decided to pursue acting more seriously. In 2009, after graduating from french high school Lycée Descartes he moved to NYC, where he attended the New York Film Academy and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute which allowed him to further develop his natural talent.

In 2014, he obtained a BA degree in management from Regent’s University London. In 2016, he also obtained an MSc degree in management from University College London.

While studying in London, Brice kept acting and starred in various shorts and independent features.

= Career = - In 2017 Brice book he’s first national TV commercial for a major water brand in Morocco.

-In 2018 he made an appearance as Captain Tampelton in the movie Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, the on-screen adaptation of the successful TV show Miss Fisher, partly shot in Morocco. The movie was part of the official selection of the Palm Springs Film Festival in 2020 and later released in March 2020.

-Later that same year Brice was casted as Abu Youssef, one of the main roles in the upcoming independent Moroccan feature Greetings from ISIS (Otages) directed by Mehdi El Khaoudy, starring Ouidad Elma, Mehdi Lamrini. The independent film got selected at the national film festival of Tangier in Morocco in February-March 2020 and opened the festival.

-In 2019 Brice was casted as one of the lead roles, in the upcoming international political thriller Redemption Day, directed and produced by Hicham Hajji. In the Moroccan-set film Brice portrays a counter-terrorism agent alongside Gary Dourdan who portrays a US marine on a rescue mission to save his kidnapped wife, played by Serinda Swan. The cast also includes Andy Garcia who plays the US ambassador in Morocco. Redemption Day also stars Ernie Hudson, Martin Donovan, Samy Naceri and Robert Knepper.