Hubert Koundé

Hubert Koundé (born December 30, 1970 ) is a Benin- French actor and author.

Koundé was best known as the leading actor in Mathieu Kassovitz's first two feature films : “Lola loves black and white” (1992, “Métisse”) and Hass (1995, “La Haine”). He has also made a name for himself as a theater and series actor (2006, “Plus belle la vie”), screenwriter (2003, “Cagoule: Valentin et Yamina”) and short film director.

In 1996 he was nominated for a César as "Best Young Male Actor".

Filmography (selection)

• 1992: Diên Biên Phú - Symphony of Downfall (Dien Bien Phu) , directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer
• 1993: Lola loves black and white (Métisse) , directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
• 1995: Hass (La Haine) , directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
• 1996: La Sicilia, directed by Luc Pien
• 1996: Between black and white (Les enfants du Karoo)
• 1998: Restons groupés, directed by Jean-Paul Salomé
• 1999: Simon le mage, directed by Ildiko Enyedi
• 2000: Everything's fine (we're disappearing) (Tout va bien, on s'en va)
• 2001: Comment j'ai tué mon père, directed by Anne Fontaine
• 2001: Ndeysaan (also: Le Prix du Pardon - The price of forgiveness) (Le prix du pardon) , directed by Mansour Sora Wade
• 2005: The Constant Gardener (The Constant Gardener) , directed by Fernando Meirelles
• 2011: The color of the ocean (El color del océano)
• 2012: Toussaint Louverture
• 2017: Gangsterdam
• 2019: Paradise Beach

Web links

• Hubert Koundé in the Internet Movie Database (English)