| Intro | French Benin actor and film director |
| Is |
Actor Film director Screenwriter |
| From |
Benin France |
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
30 December 1970, France, Benin |
| Age | 50 years |
Hubert Koundé (born December 30, 1970) is a French actor and film director. Koundé is best known for his role as Hubert in the film La Haine by Mathieu Kassovitz. He is also the author of a play: “Cagoule: Valentine and Yamina,” performed in 2003 (Cagoule: Valentin et Yamina, montée en 2003). He made two short films: Qui se ressemble s’assemble and Menhir, and co-directed a feature film: Paris, la métisse. He has also worked on English language films such as The Constant Gardener.
He spent his childhood between Benin and France where he was born.
Filmography
Actor
- 1992 : Le Temps d’une nuit
- 1992 : Diên Biên Phu by Pierre Schoendoerffer
- 1993 : Métisse by Mathieu Kassovitz : Jamal Saddam Abossolo M’bo
- 1995 : La Haine by Mathieu Kassovitz : Hubert — nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actor
- 1996 : Colis postal
- 1996 : La Sicilia by Luc Pien : Désiré Mbuyu
- 1997 : Saraka bô by Denis Amar : Blanche-Neige
- 1997 : La Divine Poursuite by Michel Deville : Mamadou
- 1998 : Restons groupés by Jean-Paul Salomé : Aimé
- 1999 : Simon le mage by Ildiko Enyedi
- 2000 : Qui se ressemble s’assemble : le lecteur
- 2000 : Tout va bien, on s’en va by Claude Mouriéras : Arthur
- 2001 : Comment j’ai tué mon père d’Anne Fontaine : Jean-Toussaint
- 2001 : Ndeysaan (Le prix du pardon) by Mansour Sora Wade : Yatma
- 2004 : The Constant Gardener by Fernando Meirelles : Arnold Bluhm
Director
- 1998 : Menhir (short film)
- 2000 : Qui se ressemble s’assemble (short film)
- 2005 : Paris, la métisse
Writer
- 1998 : Menhir (short film)
- 2000 : Qui se ressemble s’assemble (short film)
Television
- 1992 : Nestor Burma, 1 episode
- 1995 : Les Cinq Dernières Minutes, episode Meurtre à l’université : Francis
- 1997 : Les Enfants du Karoo
- 1998 : Maternité
- 2005 : Quelques jours en avril : Père Salomon
- 2005 : L’Arbre et l’oiseau : inspector Kwame
- 2006 : Plus belle la vie : Étienne Anglade (seasons 2 and 3)
- 2007 : Greco, episode Contact : Thierry Benesh
- 2008 : La Cour des grands, episode Alison : Virgil Bouaké
- 2008 : Central Nuit, episode Celui qui n’existe pas : Omar Touré
- 2008 : Le Voyage de la veuve : Léopold
- 2009 : Pigalle, la nuit : Adam
- 2010 : 1788… et demi by Olivier Guignard : Balthazar Beugnot
- 2011 : Braquo (saison 2) by Éric Valette and Philippe Haïm — Jonas Luanda
- 2011 : La Couleur de l’océan by Maggie Peren : Zola
- 2012 : Toussaint Louverture by Philippe Niang : Jean-Jacques Dessalines
- 2014 : La Vallée des Mensonges : Police lieutenant
Theater
- 2001 : Le Costume by Mothobe Mutloatse, directed by Peter Brook
- 2004 : Cagoule by and directed by Hubert Koundé