Nâzim
Boudjenah
pensionnaire
Nâzim Boudjenah was directed by Patrice Chéreau in Henry VI/ Richard III (Fragments), by Daniel Benoin in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, by Éric Vigner in Corneille’s L'Illusion comique and by Jean-Baptiste Sastre in Jean Genet’s Haute surveillance prior to graduating from the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique de Paris in 1999, where he was taught by Catherine Hiegel and Philippe Adrien. In 2001, he joined Jean-Baptiste Sastre to work on Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great (Tamerlan Le Grand). Since 2000, he has been directed, among others, by Simone Benmussa in Luc Bassong's Matricule, by Christophe Perton in Edward Bond’s Lear and by Hubert Colas in Sarah Kane's Cleansed (Purifiés). In 2003, Olivier Py offered him a part in his staging of Paul Claudel’s The Satin Slipper. The director and the actor went on to work on a number of projects together: Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher again by Claudel, Seven Against Thebes (Les Sept contre Thèbes) and The Oresteia (L’Orestie) by Aeschylus, as well as Les Vainqueurs and Les Enfants de Saturne by Olivier Py. When the latter was appointed director of Festival d’Avignon in 2015, he entrusted Nâzim Boudjenah with the role of Edmund in Shakespeare’s King Lear, which he staged in the Palais des Papes.
On the 1st of January 2010, Nâzim Boudjenah joined the ranks of the Comédie-Française as pensionnaire. He first played in Euripides’ Herakles (La Folie d’Héraclès) by Christophe Perton, as well as in Molière’s The Miser (L’Avare) by Catherine Hiegel. Galin Stoev directed him as Valère in Tartuffe, another play by Molière. Nâzim Boudjenah has been cast in many Shakespeare’s plays. He interpreted Iago in Othello by Léonie Simaga, Lord Riversin Richard III by Anne Kessler at the Maison de la Radio, Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet by Éric Ruf, who had previously directed him in Ibsen's Peer Gynt. He played in A Respectable Wedding (La Noce) by Isabel Osthues, The Threepenny Opera (L’Opéra de quat’sous) by Laurent Pelly, and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (La Résistible ascension d’Arturo Ui) by Katharina Thalbach, all three by Bertolt Brecht. Denis Podalydès directed him in Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac and Victor Hugo’s Lucrezia Borgia. He made several forays in contemporary theatre with Fausto Paravidino’s La Maladie de la famille M., Dea Loher’s Innocence directed by Denis Marleau, Saadallah Wannous’s Rituals of Signs and Transformations (Rituel pour une métamorphose) directed by Sulayman Al-Bassam and with Nikolai Gogol’s The Marriage (Le Mariage) directed by Lilo Baur. He reunited with Lilo Baur again on Sergi Belbel’s play After the Rain (Après la pluie). In 2017, he directed the actors from the Company in Intérieur by Maurice Maeterlink at the Studio-Théâtre.
In 2005, Nâzim Boudjenah established Le Théâtre du Lion Vert company, while at the Maison de la Poésie he directed and interpreted La Cantate à trois voix, Les Odes by Paul Claudel, Les Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud and Une saison en enfer –a show taken over by the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier as part of the Carte blanche program. Along with appearing in television films and series, Nâzim Boudjenah performed in L’autre monde, a picture by Merzak Allouache released in 2001.
During the 2018/2019 season, Nâzim Boudjenah will be playing in Jack London’s Construire un feu by Marc Lainé, Les Oubliés (Alger-Paris) written and directed by Julie Bertin and Jade Herbulot – Le Birgit Ensemble and in the reruns of Victor Hugo’s Lucrezia Borgia by Denis Podalydès and Georges Feydeau’s The Free Exchange Hotel (L’Hôtel du Libre-Échange) by Isabelle Nanty.
At the Comédie-Française
2019-2020
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by Lluïsa Cunillé directed by Tommy Milliot
A (alternately)
Studio
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Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Éric Ruf
Le Mathématicien, le Gros Prélat, Bellarmin, Vanni et Marchand (alternately)
Richelieu
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Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Adapted and directed by Rodolphe Dana
Brutus, sénateur conspirateur
Vx-Colombier
2018-2019
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Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Éric Ruf
Le Mathématicien, le Gros Prélat, Bellarmin, Vanni et Marchand (alternately)
Richelieu
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The Free Exchange Hotel by Georges Feydeau Directed by Isabelle Nanty
Ernest (Alternating)
Richelieu
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SPECIAL DAYS / Once upon a time at the Comédie-Française: the première of Paul Claudel’s...
Vx-Colombier
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The Forgotten Ones [Algiers-Paris] Writed and directed by Julie Bertin and Jade...
Karim Bakri, le marié (2019)
Vx-Colombier
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Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès
Don Apostolo (Alternating)
Richelieu
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To Build a Fire by Jack London Directed by Marc Lainé
Studio
2017-2018
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by David Lescot Directed by David Lescot
Scritch, animateur tentant sa chance sur Radio Quoi puis sur Radio Vox ; Xavier, envoyé...
Vx-Colombier
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by Sénèque Directed by Louise Vignaud
Hippolyte
Studio
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La Résistible Ascension d'Arturo Ui
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Katharina Thalbach
Sheet, O’Casey et le Procureur
Richelieu
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Nâzim Boudjenah / Charles Baudelaire
The Poets’ Attic
Richelieu
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Les Journées particulières (Special...
Into the Repertoire time machine
Vx-Colombier
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by Sergi Belbel Directed by Lilo Baur
Coursier
Vx-Colombier
2016-2017
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Les Journées particulières (Special...
Into the Repertoire time machine
Vx-Colombier
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by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès
le Cavalier, Bellerose, le Mousquetaire, Cadet (en alternance)
Richelieu
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Actor School
Studio
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La Résistible Ascension d'Arturo Ui
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Katharina Thalbach
Sheet, O’Casey, le Procureur et le Prêtre
Richelieu
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Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès
Don Apostolo
Richelieu
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by Arthur Schnitzler Directed by Anne Kessler
Le Mari
Vx-Colombier
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Nazim Boudjenah / Fedor Dostoïevski
The Actors’ Attic
Richelieu
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Éric Ruf
Benvolio (en alternance)
Richelieu
2015-2016
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Readings of contemporary authors
Vx-Colombier
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An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche Directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti
Beauperthuis
Richelieu
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by Molière Directed by Galin Stoev
Valère
Richelieu
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Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès
Don Apostolo (en alternance)
Richelieu
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by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès
Le Cavalier, Bellerose, le mousquetaire, Cadet
Richelieu
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare DIrected by scène Éric Ruf
Benvolio (en alternance)
Richelieu
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Readings of contemporary authors
Studio
2014-2015
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by Dea Loher Directed by Denis Marleau
Elisio, immigré clandestin
Richelieu
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Readings of contemporary authors
Studio
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La Petite Fille aux allumettes
The Little Matchstick Girl by Hans Christian Andersen Directed by Olivier Meyrou
The Father
Studio
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An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche Directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti
Beauperthuis
Richelieu
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by Jean Anouilh Directed by Marc Paquien
Hémon (en alternance)
Richelieu
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by Molière Directed by Galin Stoev
Valère
Richelieu
2013-2014
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Qu'est-ce que vieillir au théâtre ?
Débate
Vx-Colombier
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by William Shakespeare Directed by Léonie Simaga
Iago
Vx-Colombier
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Slave Island by Marivaux Directed by Benjamin Jungers
Trivelin
Studio
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by William Shakespeare Reading directed by Anne Kessler
Lord Rivers
Maison de la Radio
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by Jean Anouilh Directed by Marc Paquien
Hémon (en alternance)
Richelieu
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Readings of contemporary authors
Studio
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by Harold Pinter Directed by Claude Mouriéras
Seamus McCann
Vx-Colombier
2012-2013
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by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès
Le Cavalier, Bellerose, pâtissier, le mousquetaire, Cadet
Richelieu
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Rituals of Signs and Transformations by Saadallah Wannous Directed by Sulayman Al-Bassam
Afsah, Safwân et Un Gendarme
Richelieu
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The Miser by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel
La Flèche
Richelieu
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The Sickness of the M. Family by Fausto Paravidino Directed by Fausto Paravidino
Fulvio
Centquatre
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sur une proposition de Catherine Cabrol Responsable artistique Alain Lenglet
Richelieu
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An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche and Marc-Michel Directed by Giorgio Barberio...
Beauperthuis (en alternance)
Théâtre éphémère
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Readings of contemporary authors
Studio
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Carte blanche
Vx-Colombier
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by Jean Anouilh Directed by Marc Paquien
Hémon
Vx-Colombier
2011-2012
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Readings of contemporary authors
Vx-Colombier
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by Henrik Ibsen Directed by Éric Ruf
Le Marié, un Troll, un Singe, Uhu, un Marin, le Maigre
Grand Palais
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Erzuli Dahomey, déesse de l'amour
by Jean-René Lemoine Directed by Éric Génovèse
West
Vx-Colombier
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The Wedding by Nikolaï Gogol Directed by Lilo Baur
Kapilotadov, fonctionnaire, conseiller surnuméraire (en alternance)
Vx-Colombier
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A Respectable Wedding by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Isabel Osthues
Le Marié
Vx-Colombier
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The Miser by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel
La Flèche
Richelieu
2010-2011
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Readings of contemporary authors
Vx-Colombier
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by Alfred Jarry Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
Conspirateur, M. de Königsberg, 2e noble, magistrat, Stanislas Leczinsky, un conseiller,...
Richelieu
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Textes contemporains de la conférence...
Reading Directed by Jérôme Pouly
Vx-Colombier
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The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill Directed by Laurent Pelly
Smith
Richelieu
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The Sickness of the M. Family by Fausto Paravidino Directed by Fausto Paravidino
Fulvio
Vx-Colombier
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The Wedding by Nikolaï Gogol Directed by Lilo Baur
Kapilotadov, fonctionnaire, conseiller surnuméraire
Vx-Colombier
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The Miser by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel
La Flèche
Richelieu
2009-2010
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by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès
Le Cavalier, Bellerose, pâtissier, le mousquetaire, Cadet (en alternance)
Richelieu
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by Euripide Directed by Christophe Perton
Lycos et Iris
Vx-Colombier
Gallery
Othello 13/14
Nâzim Boudjenah
Lucrèce Borgia 16/17
Clément Hervieu-Léger, Ji Su Jeong, Claire de La Rüe du Can and Nâzim Boudjenah
La Ronde 16/17
Nâzim Boudjenah and Julie Sicard
Innocence 14/15
Nâzim Boudjenah
Antigone 12/13
Françoise Gillard, Nâzim Boudjenah
La Maladie de la famille M. 12/13
Pierre Hancisse, Nâzim Boudjenah
L'Anniversaire 13/14
Éric Génovèse, Nâzim Boudjenah
Le Mariage 10/11
Yves Gasc, Nâzim Boudjenah
La Petite Fille aux allumettes 14/15
Céline Samie, Nâzim Boudjenah, Anna Cervinka
Le Mariage 10/11
Nâzim Boudjenah
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie 15/16
Nâzim Boudjenah, Pauline Clément and Benjamin Lavernhe
La Noce 11/12
Marie-Sophie Ferdane, Nâzim Boudjenah