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Malik Frikah (born 2006) is a French actor and professional breakdancer. 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 2021 and had a starring role in the romantic drama Beating Hearts (2024).

Early life

Frikah was born in 2006 in Alès, in the Occitania region in Southern France. His father is Jawad Frikah, a Hip hop dancer who is the founder, teacher and director of the dance school All'Style in Alès. His mother is also a dance teacher.

Following in his father's footsteps, Frikah began breakdancing at the age of 3, having his father as his coach.

Career

Dancing

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. 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 phases, becoming the second French dancer to win the World title.

In 2018, Frikah won the 1on1 Kids category at the LCB Battle 2018 in Liège, Belgium.

Acting

Frikah started acting when his mother suggested he should work as an extra in a local film shoot. He enjoyed that experience and decided he wanted to be an actor. He quit school and dancing to concentrate on his acting career. His mother left her job to support his dream and accompanied him to auditions.

In 2021, Frikah had a small role in the first episode of season 13 of the television series Camping Paradis, broadcast by TF1.

He made his film debut in Frank Bellocq's romantic comedy Stuck with You (2022), and had small parts in films such as Romain Quirot's action thriller Apaches: Gang of Paris (2023), and Pierre-François Martin-Laval's adventure comedy Jeff Panacloc: In Pursuit of Jean-Marc (2023).

In 2024, Frikah starred in Gilles Lellouche's romantic drama Beating Hearts as Clotaire, the teenage version of François Civil's character.

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

References

1. ^ "Malik Frikah, invité de "Nouvelles têtes"" (in French). France Inter. 14 October 2024 – via YouTube.
2. Haddad, Yohan (19 October 2024). "Malik Frikah, le jeune acteur qui illumine "L'Amour ouf"". Télérama (in French). À seulement 18 ans, Malik Frikah entre dans le cinéma français par la grande porte. [At only 18 years old, Malik Frikah enters French cinema through the main door.]
3. "Malik Frikah". Première (in French). Retrieved 22 September 2024.
4. "Malik Frikah". Unifrance. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
5. ^ Valat, Louis (28 May 2024). "GARD Un acteur alésien monte les marches à Cannes". Objectif Gard (in French).
6. "Un Alésien sur les Marches du Festival de Cannes" (PDF). Alès Agglomération (in French). 3 June 2024. p. 11.
7. Rigo, Amélie (16 July 2021). "Alès : danse, culture et social, le hip-hop dans la peau". Midi Libre (in French).
8. Rivier, François (18 February 2015). "Alès : Malik va danser en finale nationale à 8 ans". Midi Libre (in French).
9. 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.
10. Rivier, François (25 February 2015). "Alès : la machine s'est grippée pour Malik". Midi Libre (in French).
11. ^ "À L'Honneur" (PDF). Alès Agglomération (in French). 3 April 2017. p. 21.
12. "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.
13. ^ "Gustas vs Malik | FINAL KIDS | LCB Battle 2018". YouTube. 7 December 2018.
14. ^ "Camping Paradis | Saison 2021 - Un cirque au Paradis (Partie 2)". TF1 (in French). Retrieved 10 October 2024.
15. "Happy Nous Year (2022) un film de Frank Bellocq". Télérama Vodkaster (in French). Retrieved 2 October 2024.
16. "Apaches - Gang of Paris". Crew United. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
17. "Jeff Panacloc : À la poursuite de Jean-Marc". TV Magazine (in French). Retrieved 2 October 2024.
18. Grierson, Tim (23 May 2024). "'Beating Hearts': Cannes Review". Screen International.
19. "L'amour ouf se distingue aux Prix Cinema Evok Collection x Brach". Le Film français (in French).
20. Lemercier, Fabien (12 December 2024). "Emilia Pérez domine les nominations pour les Lumières". Cineuropa.

External links

• Malik Frikah at IMDb 
• Malik Frikah at AlloCiné (in French)
• Malik Frikah at Unifrance (in French)

• Living people
• French male film actors
• French breakdancers
• French male dancers
• 21st-century French male actors
• 21st-century French dancers
• People from Alès