Malik Frikah
Malik Frikah | |
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| Born | 2006 or 2007 (age 17–18)[1] Alès, France |
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| Years active | 2022–present |
Malik Frikah (born 2006 or 2007) is a French actor and professional breakdancer.[2][3][4] Frikah started competing in breakdancing championships as a child, becoming World Champion at the age of 10 in the under-12 category at the 2017 Toulouse Battle Pro. He started acting in small parts in 2022 and had a starring role in the romantic drama Beating Hearts (2024).
Early life
[edit]Born in Alès,[4] in the Occitania region in Southern France, he is the son of Jawad Frikah, a Hip hop dancer who is the founder, teacher and director of the dance school All'Style in Alès.[5][6]
Following in his father's footsteps, Frikah started breakdancing as a child having his father as his coach.[7]
Career
[edit]Dancing
[edit]Frikah started competing in breakdancing championships as a child. At the age of 8, he participated in the 2015 Chelles Battle Pro national battle in Paris in the under-12 category.[1][8] In March 2017, at the age of 10, Frikah became the World Champion in breakdancing in the under-12 category at the Toulouse Battle Pro after winning all the regional and national phase, becoming the second French dancer to win the World title.[9][10]
Acting
[edit]Frikah started acting in 2022. He made his film debut in Frank Bellocq's romantic comedy Stuck with You (2022),[11] and had small parts in films such as Romain Quirot's action thriller Apaches: Gang of Paris (2023),[12] and Pierre-François Martin-Laval's adventure comedy Jeff Panacloc: In Pursuit of Jean-Marc (2023).[13]
In 2024, Frikah starred in Gilles Lellouche's romantic drama Beating Hearts as Clotaire, the teenage version of François Civil's character.[14]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Stuck with You | Cousin 1 |
| 2023 | Apaches: Gang of Paris | Ficelle |
| Jeff Panacloc: In Pursuit of Jean-Marc | Lucas (12 years old) | |
| 2024 | Beating Hearts | Clotaire (17 years old) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Barbot, Delphine (17 February 2015). "Lunel : Malik, 8 ans, participe au Battle national à Paris". Midi Libre (in French). Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Malik Frikah". Première (in French). Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Malik Frikah". Unifrance. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ a b Valat, Louis (28 May 2024). "GARD Un acteur alésien monte les marches à Cannes". Objetif Gard (in French).
- ^ "Un Alésien sur les Marches du Festival de Cannes" (PDF). Alés Agglo (in French). 3 June 2024. p. 11.
- ^ Rigo, Amélie (16 July 2021). "Alès : danse, culture et social, le hip-hop dans la peau". Midi Libre (in French).
- ^ Rivier, François (18 February 2015). "Alès : Malik va danser en finale nationale à 8 ans". Midi Libre (in French).
- ^ Rivier, François (25 February 2015). "Alès : la machine s'est grippée pour Malik". Midi Libre (in French).
- ^ "À L'Honneur" (PDF). Alés Agglo (in French). 3 April 2017. p. 21.
- ^ "Reportage M6 le Hip Hop Malik 10 ans champion du monde 2K17". YouTube (in French). 23 June 2019. Archived from the original on 2 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Happy Nous Year (2022) un film de Frank Bellocq". Télérama Vodkaster (in French). Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Apaches - Gang of Paris". Crew United. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Jeff Panacloc : À la poursuite de Jean-Marc". Pathé Home (in French). Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Grierson, Tim (23 May 2024). "'Beating Hearts': Cannes Review". Screen International.
External links
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- Malik Frikah at IMDb
- Malik Frikah at AllMovie
- Malik Frikah at AlloCiné (in French)
- Malik Frikah at Unifrance (in French)
